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But watching this guy kills me. We never should have let him go. LB is clearly our biggest weakness, and the guy can STILL flat-out play, even in his mid-30's.
I was watching the game and thinking about making a thread to ask this question. Why did the Bills ever let him go to begin with? He was great while he played here.
I thought he was awful tonight to be honest, really showed his age, kind of sad but he was playing with a bum ankle. With that said I agree with your premise. Guy is a leader, was a great player for us, never should have been let go, same deal with Pat Williams. Both played great football after they left Buffalo, though we can say that about a lot of ex-Bills, but Pat Williams and Fletcher in particular, especially Pat. Hard to find genuine NT in this league.
Jauron had his wunderkind Poz, so I guess he had no use for Fletcher.
Fletcher was let go generally with the fans happy to see him go.
Because somewhere along the way people started to think he sucked because he wasn't Ray Lewis, and him leading the league in tackles (or close to it) meant nothing because he wasn't killing people in his limo and dumping... wait... no... i mean killing RBs in the hole or that most of his tackles were junk because most weren't behind the LOS.
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Fletcher was let go generally with the fans happy to see him go.
Because somewhere along the way people started to think he sucked because he wasn't Ray Lewis, and him leading the league in tackles (or close to it) meant nothing because he wasn't killing people in his limo and dumping... wait... no... i mean killing RBs in the hole or that most of his tackles were junk because most weren't behind the LOS.
The fans are not football experts who get paid millions to get it right. The FO is. Brandon has the marketing aspect locked down. The rest of the FO should concentrate on making the right football tradition.
Fletcher was let go generally with the fans happy to see him go.
Because somewhere along the way people started to think he sucked because he wasn't Ray Lewis, and him leading the league in tackles (or close to it) meant nothing because he wasn't killing people in his limo and dumping... wait... no... i mean killing RBs in the hole or that most of his tackles were junk because most weren't behind the LOS.
Most often when a player is part of the team, the fans overrate him and when he leaves the team, the same fans blast him. When Fletcher left the Fans were happy the same way they were happy to see Pat go, and Peters, and Winfield, and Clements, et al.
Like Poz, Fletcher was a drag down tackler after the RB already gained 7-8 yards. Avoided sticking his body in the hole at all costs.
Good locker room guy but that doesn't get the job done on the field. His peak was winning the SB with the Rams 13-14 years ago.
Just because Sheppard & Barnett aren't playing well doesn't cloud my memeory of Fletcher, Poz and others that didn't get the job done. That's the Bills not putting effective talent on the field.
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I thought he was awful tonight to be honest, really showed his age, kind of sad but he was playing with a bum ankle. With that said I agree with your premise. Guy is a leader, was a great player for us, never should have been let go, same deal with Pat Williams. Both played great football after they left Buffalo, though we can say that about a lot of ex-Bills, but Pat Williams and Fletcher in particular, especially Pat. Hard to find genuine NT in this league.
Jauron had his wunderkind Poz, so I guess he had no use for Fletcher.
Fletcher was let go generally with the fans happy to see him go.
Because somewhere along the way people started to think he sucked because he wasn't Ray Lewis, and him leading the league in tackles (or close to it) meant nothing because he wasn't killing people in his limo and dumping... wait... no... i mean killing RBs in the hole or that most of his tackles were junk because most weren't behind the LOS.
The same goes for Poz, sure he would of cost a lot, but good players are going to cost and as far as "he only made tackles 8 yds. down field", that was a complete myth. This year in 12 games, Poz has over 100 total tackles, 3 int's, 7 PD's and 2 FF's, while our MLB has 51 total tackles and that's it, no int's, no passes defensed, no forced fumbles and basically sucks.
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