Selected in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft, linebacker Matt Milano has quietly been one of the biggest draft successes for the modern era Buffalo Bills not named \u201cJosh Allen.\u201d That success though has been mixed with injuries.<\/p>\n
As a result of that, Milano will able to test free agency for the first time in his career. Once lauded for his sideline-to-sideline ability, what remains of Milano\u2019s physical capability? Should the Bills try to keep him town?<\/p>\n
A lot of defensive pieces are a question mark this season with new coaches all over that side of the ball. On one hand, Milano\u2019s experience might help him learn a new system rapidly. On the other hand, having to adjust to new staff may exacerbate athleticism shortcomings due to injury.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, my verdict on Milano is that I suspect free agency is likely to result in a price tag for the linebacker that Buffalo shouldn\u2019t bite on. Milano can still play and play well, but his injuries are a twofold concern.<\/p>\n
Milano seems to lack burst, speed, and power from his heyday. Counting on him staying healthy seems like a bit of a gamble too.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t think he\u2019s completely fallen off a cliff and finding a replacement at his level isn\u2019t a guarantee by any means. What I\u2019m getting at is that I also don\u2019t believe he\u2019s at so much of a higher level than other players to justify a bidding war.<\/p>\n
The X-factor for Milano is that he took a surprisingly team-friendly deal before. The enigmatic linebacker may value his current home and team enough to make it happen again. I\u2019m not opposed to that by any means.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Selected in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft, linebacker Matt Milano has quietly been one of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[215,214,53,85590,1622,2086,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-762789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-bills","9":"tag-buffalo","10":"tag-buffalo-bills","11":"tag-buffalo-bills-analysis","12":"tag-buffalo-bills-opinion","13":"tag-buffalobills","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116098345961820066","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}