(10-27-2017, 09:43 PM)JaguarsWoman Wrote: Bills fans seem to be shocked and upset Buffalo only got a sixth rounder out of it.

https://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/1...ksonville/

(10-28-2017, 12:14 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: So far, Buffalo was ranked 3rd against the run this season. Hopefully, Dareus can bring that skillset to Jacksonville.

Good or bad, Dareus had little to zero to do with it.
Only time his name was called was for jumping offside after a timeout to prepare for a huge 3 and 10 last week. That bone headed ill timed penalty turned it into an easy 3rd and 5 and eventually led to a score that could have cost the game.
He very well could return to form.
But this isn't the Dareus of 2014.
If he was at all contributing the Bills would have just dealt with overpaying and lived with it.
It was the becoming invisible, bone head moves, new injury to sit out every week, fake pot, drag racing, showing up late, not showing up etc. He was setting a bad example for the young guys and wasn't falling inline. Which is why TO THEM it was worth it to have him gone via trade or cut... bc it was addition by subtraction. At one point their beat reporter actually had to contend there was something in the CBS that stated they couldn't just pay him to stay home. Sadly, it got that bad.

Hes been rotating (like 22% of snaps a couple weeks ago) with a bunch of guys that have been stout, but none the less his backups  in years past.
We are lucky we didn't have to GIVE a late pick as well.

The Bills and Jags are quite similar actually.
Both seasons thus far have a similar trajectory.
The Bills are a bit more of a surprise, but are also fighting for the playoffs.
Both teams have new regimes that are setting standards and building a culture.
Here's to hoping he becomes an asset and not a hindrance as he had become here.
He could become the crown jewel in a already very good DL.

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