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Originally Posted by JPH83
Bills have competent LBs that can play the run and cover, that's the biggest question for us. I reckon it'll be much harder to have a balanced game and run on them. But if we DO manage to run on them and CEH gets a ton of yardage I think this offence is absolutely set.
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ummm. do they?
Edmunds is pretty good against the run when allowed to run and chase. Milano has a rep as a good pass defender.
Neither one showed a hint of slowing down Kelce last season. Milano was healthy for the AFC title game and had no effect on the Chiefs' ability to get the ball to Kelce.
I'm interested to see how the Bills approach this one. They tried playing light box/deep zone in the first matchup last year and got absolutely demolished, in the rain, by the Chiefs ground game (which is showing signs of being far superior this year).
The second matchup, the box wasn't as light, and Hill and Kelce absolutely roasted them.
They do have Stat Lotuleilei back after his COVID opt-out last year, and he has traditionally been a pretty good interior run defender. They've added Greg Rousseau and Carlos Bashem to the DL unit.
Are those changes enough for them to run a light box and still contain the run? That seems unlikely.