Greg Rousseau has turned out to be a complete slug.

[NastyNateSoldiers]

23 hours ago, Walking Tall said:

After Greg Rousseau’s 3 sack game against the Cardinals in the 2024 opener, he has played a total of 26 regular season games. In those games he has a total of 8 sacks, with only 6 of those being unassisted. He has 88 total tackles since the beginning of 2024. Last season he had 15 “stuff” tackles which are in the backfield. This year he only has 3 of those.

 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/gamelog/_/id/4362506/greg-rousseau

 

This guy is literally become the invisible

man of the defense and it has been going on for almost 2 full seasons. The bad part is they just signed this slug to a big contract and we are stuck with him.

 

On a day where a lot of people are taking deserved heat, Rousseau seems to be a forgotten man. He shouldn’t be. He IS a huge part of the problem on that side of the ball.

maybe one of the reporters can flat out ask McDermott about his lack of production. I’d like to hear an honest answer from the coach.

 

I always said trade him before resigning him. 

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

17 hours ago, nedboy7 said:

My god. This board has become a bigger embarrassment than the actual defense.  Just pick a name each day and cry about it.  

Reid Ferguson sucks. Cut his sorry azz 🤪

[Sojourner]

20 minutes ago, LarryMadman said:

Ok, so he cant get to the QB and the Bills are 2nd worst in the league against the run. I'd say he is maybe adequate against the run because he is stuck at the LOS because he is stuffed and rendered useless by any and all linemen.

 

Rousseau appears to not be good at anything except getting stuffed at the line. 

For sure. Just like Josh his first year… outstanding running the ball but that wasn’t going to cut it. 
 

Even then I don’t think I’d say Groot is outstanding this year. Good with a flash of great here or there at best. 

[TheyCallMeAndy]

22 hours ago, Walking Tall said:

For gawd sake where the hell was he when Davis Mills dropped back to pass last night? Or where the hell has he been when any QB is dropping back to pass?

 

Leading the team in tackles last night. Whoopie. He had 6 total tackles and one of them was for a loss where he was credited with half a tackle.

 

No, it’s not me and most others.

 

It’s you that can’t see he’s a big issue. Especially with the enormous contract he has.

Have you ever even looked at that contract? We have one season (2027) where we are in a difficult position.

 

Before that? Cheap.

After that? Cap savings.

[Sojourner]

1 minute ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

Have you ever even looked at that contract? We have one season (2027) where we are in a difficult position.

 

Before that? Cheap.

After that? Cap savings.

Definitley a friendly contract to potentially get out of if they ever go that route, that would be in my opinion either via trade or a restructure. Not an outright cut. Will give them credit for that bit of good business on his extension. 
 

The problem is that right now he’s the highest paid defender on the team…

[TheyCallMeAndy]

5 minutes ago, Sojourner said:

Definitley a friendly contract to potentially get out of if they ever go that route, that would be in my opinion either via trade or a restructure. Not an outright cut. Will give them credit for that bit of good business on his extension. 
 

The problem is that right now he’s the highest paid defender on the team…

Right now, in 2025, he isn't. We can't worry about the deep future because there are billions of variables. Contracts are made to be adjusted, and the only season that will be tricky with him is 2027. 

[Sojourner]

10 minutes ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

Right now, in 2025, he isn't. We can't worry about the deep future because there are billions of variables. Contracts are made to be adjusted, and the only season that will be tricky with him is 2027. 

He is the highest paid defender man. Whether it’s factored in this year or the future. He’s at an average for $20m a season. $3m more than Benford and Ed. 
 

He got paid. $39m at signing to be exact. $54m practical guarantee if the contract numbers online are accurate. 
 

“It’s ok boss. I know you paid me top dollar for the role in our industry. I’ll make it up later”

As I’ve stated in other posts, I’m not bashing Greg or saying he’s garbage but simply the production isn’t matching the $’s he was given

Edited 11 hours ago by Sojourner

[TheyCallMeAndy]

21 minutes ago, Sojourner said:

He is the highest paid defender man. Whether it’s factored in this year or the future. He’s at an average for $20m a season. $3m more than Benford and Ed. 
 

He got paid. $39m at signing to be exact. $54m practical guarantee if the contract numbers online are accurate. 
 

“It’s ok boss. I know you paid me top dollar for the role in our industry. I’ll make it up later”

As I’ve stated in other posts, I’m not bashing Greg or saying he’s garbage but simply the production isn’t matching the $’s he was given

Can't bash him for what he hasn't made yet, though. He made 5.8m this season. AJ made 6.

[Don Otreply]

Yup another acquisition that turned out to be far less than was hoped for, he is essentially another version of that guy we let walk to Chicago, you know, the guy who’s only twenty years old…, 

[Kelly to Allen]

He needs to step up big time. Every game should be how he played vs kc

Edited 4 hours ago by Kelly to Allen

[Buffalo716]

7 hours ago, LarryMadman said:

Lol, the Texans wrecking machine Anderson has played 2 less seasons and has more sacks than Rousseau. They were both 1st round picks, at this point Rousseau has been a failure.

Anderson was the third overall pick in the draft 

 

That's the difference between drafting a blue chip player and getting a good player who can't rush the passer

[WideNine]

On 11/21/2025 at 8:04 AM, SCBills said:

He’s hurting us at BOTH end positions because we can’t even think to rest Bosa with his injury due to Rousseau being a compete non-factor rushing the passer. 

 

I prefer contracts tied to incentives as too many players completely tail off after getting big $ locked in.

 

Go from performance to doing just barely enough.

 

Oliver was an exception, got his contract and made good on it the year after, too bad about the injuries.

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by WideNine

[BADOLBILZ]

9 hours ago, Sojourner said:

He is the highest paid defender man. Whether it’s factored in this year or the future. He’s at an average for $20m a season. $3m more than Benford and Ed. 
 

He got paid. $39m at signing to be exact. $54m practical guarantee if the contract numbers online are accurate. 
 

“It’s ok boss. I know you paid me top dollar for the role in our industry. I’ll make it up later”

As I’ve stated in other posts, I’m not bashing Greg or saying he’s garbage but simply the production isn’t matching the $’s he was given

 

You can't talk money and gloss over how little they've gotten from Christian Benford.   He'd be near worthless in free agency this offseason if he continues to have a 110 passer rating against and 0 passes defensed.   So his extension is looking like a windfall compared to the one year prove-it deal he'd be looking at at this point.

 

Ed Oliver will only play like 8% of the teams defensive snaps coming off a season when he was one of the very worst run defending DT's in the NFL.   Two years into the extension, he's had one bad year and one lost year.

 

Rousseau would easily get the same deal or more than he got from the Bills in free agency this offseason.   That's just the nature of DL value.   You disagree?  If not then you guys are just b!tching at the wall for the sake of it.  

 

We can be disappointed that Rousseau hasn't risen up to carry the defense like Allen does with the offense but aside from him nobody else on the Bills does that either.   The team lacks elite talent at premium positions but Rousseau is not paid like an elite player.  Not even close.

 

[BADOLBILZ]

3 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

Anderson was the third overall pick in the draft 

 

That's the difference between drafting a blue chip player and getting a good player who can't rush the passer

 

 

Yeah, sorry @LarryMadman..........it will basically cost you FOUR #30 overall picks to move up to #3..........and most years you still aren't getting a prospect like Anderson at #3.   

 

The Bills entire draft hasn't had enough value in any year to move up that high since the 2018 draft with multiple #1's, #2's and #3's.

[Buffalo716]

1 minute ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

Yeah, sorry @LarryMadman..........it will basically cost you FOUR #30 overall picks to move up to #3..........and most years you still aren't getting a prospect like Anderson at #3.   

 

The Bills entire draft hasn't had enough value in any year to move up that high since the 2018 draft with multiple #1's, #2's and #3's.

And their number one corner Derek stingley Jr was also a number three overall pick 

 

The bills haven't drafted that high in what like what 15 years? Once when we took Marcel Darius

Edited 1 hour ago by Buffalo716

[LarryMadman]

3 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

Anderson was the third overall pick in the draft 

 

That's the difference between drafting a blue chip player and getting a good player who can't rush the passer

Yup, need better player evaluations going into the draft

[Buffalo716]

1 minute ago, LarryMadman said:

Yup, need better player evaluations going into the draft

You don't need player evaluation to draft a guy like Anderson Jr lol he had enough talent to be a potential number one pick overall

 

Beane would have been able to make that pic 

 

It's a lot harder at 30

Edited 1 hour ago by Buffalo716

[Avisan]

11 hours ago, FireChans said:

the 6 points don’t count because we turned it over?

 

We were playing Davis Mills. 
 

It would be nice to get a carry job by the defense playing against a backup QB on a short week when the offense can’t get it going for once. 
 

I guess we need to hand out a couple more $20M AAV extensions or spend a few more offseasons exclusively on the defense to expect them to perform above average against a career backup.

It wasn't quite a carry job, but it was close.  Mills was 16/30 for 153 yards.  That's not a very good day and well below his previous two performances.

[BADOLBILZ]

Just now, Buffalo716 said:

And their number one corner Derek stingley Jr was also a number three overall pick 

 

The bills haven't drafted that high end like what 15 years? Once when we took Marcel Darius

 

 

Yeah what set the Bills roster back was not being able to make it work with their own early 1st and 2nd round picks in Gilmore, Woods, Watkins, Dareus and Darby.  

 

In bringing in a nobody head coach and GM combo they felt compelled to relieve themselves of prime aged players who had enough contract leverage to question McDermott's tactics.

 

Trying to find that many athletes like those while drafting in the late 20's of each round isn't really do-able on that scale.

 

It's cost Beane hundreds of millions in bad free agent contracts over the years trying to do so.    

[Cubanmist 1]

Nah, I think he is good. However, he may not be the right player for this scheme. He should have some value in the trade market. I’m pretty sure we will have to eat some of his salary though.