Buffalo Bills linebacker tabbed as seventh best LB in the NFL
The Buffalo Bills certainly don't lack talent, especially at the linebacker position. Matt Milano has become one of the very best off-ball linebackers in the NFL over the last several seasons, and his absence was felt last season once he was lost in October due to a leg injury suffered against the Jacksonville Jaguars in […]
The Buffalo Bills certainly don't lack talent, especially at the linebacker position.
Matt Milano has become one of the very best off-ball linebackers in the NFL over the last several seasons, and his absence was felt last season once he was lost in October due to a leg injury suffered against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London.
His elite play has earned himself praise from Doug Farrar of USA Today's Touchdown Wire, who ranked him as the seventh-best linebacker in football.
"Milano had just 211 snaps before a fractured right leg ended his season, and he was still good for two quarterback pressures, 23 solo tackles, two tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, and 11 stops," Farrar wrote. "He also had five missed tackles, which is one of the rare downsides of his breakneck style — he had 23 missed tackles in 2022. But you have to go a long way to find such a ding. In coverage last season, Milano allowed 14 catches on 18 targets for 162 yards, 90 yards after the catch, no touchdowns, two interceptions, two pass breakups, and an opponent passer rating of 64.6.
"Milano is one of the league’s most athletic, aggressive, and aware coverage linebackers, and that’s true whether he’s working the numbers or the seam or lying in wait to bait a quarterback into a bad decision."
Milano was practicing at mandatory minicamp, which was a big step in his progression to come back from the leg injury.
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