Mr. WEO

Well yeah, short routes are easier--this is why RBs routinely have amongst the highest catch % in the league. But WRs on the outside are drafted and paid to run those routes and catch those passes.

This seems right. Bills have all the leverage. He'll play. NFL history is littered with RB's who stunk up the joint after a holdout.

TE's don't count if you stay in the confines of the topic of the thread. Knox has settled in to mediocrity. Kincaid is a short yardage checkdown receiver who didn't get better his sophomore year. Shakir on the Giants? Who knows. But Wan'Dale Robinson was able to improve every year despite bad QB play. Hollins is a journeyman on his 6th team in 8 seasons--best season was with Derrick Carr throwing the ball in Vegas. Diggs doesn't count because he also isn't on the team (and the Bills total Offense improved after he left). He never got them over the top anyway. Anyway, yes having the best QB in the league hides a lot of faults. Ignoring the position in the draft annually may contribute to zero SB appearances. Jets, Broncos, Giants? Rogers is a 1st ballot HOF. The current version of Rodgers looks cooked. Even the horribly run Jets didn't want him any more. Darnold only played for the Jets in the 1st of those 5 years, then he bounced around the league until finding his groove in Minny (now gone)--the best Offense he's played on, with far and away the best WR in the NFL. His record is 35-38. Giants have Jones on the roster the entire 5 year period of the topic at hand. Broncos look like they've solved their QB issue with Nix. Russ Wilson on the Steelers went 6-5, losing 5 of their last 7 games before getting blown out in the playoffs. The Steelers still have no QB--they are currently deciding between Wilson and Rodgers lol. Yes the post clearly shows that. So you would agree that the issue with those teams is the QB spot, not that they spent capital on WRs, which is the point. Nabers is going to be a great NFL receiver, but the Giants passed on Nix and Penix because they are as incompetently run as the Jets.

Brown is worse. Sounds like he goes and hits a bag in the mens room each commercial break--guy's too wired.

Giants once. Bengals twice Broncos once Jets zero Chargers twice Obviously the issue with the Jets, Broncos, Giants is the QB spot. So your point gets lost immediately here...

Fair points. Beane needs to find better talent at the DB spots. Coaching up marginal players and then letting them go to start over again puts a burden on the D. Benford is the only true starter they have--Benford and his agent know this and will squeeze Beane.

His YBC average for the season is 11.8. He's not a slot receiver. He only caught 50% of his targets all year. Worst of all starters. Pick another game then: weeks 15 and 16, he played 66% and 90% of Offensive snaps, caught 4 of 9 targets for 44 yards. The playoffs he was nonexistent--3 catches in 3 games despite playing 60% of snaps. For the season he dropped 7% of his targets. He clearly struggles to get open and to come down with the ball. Kid has a long way to go.

come on..."the Bills could win 11 games with Trubisky" anyway, in the same game, Samuel went 7/8, Hollins 3/4, Morris 3/4, Davis 2/3. Trubisky wasn't the problem. Coleman went 3 for 8 in the playoffs with the NFL's best QB looking his way.

greatest typo ever!

I missed it too, otherwise I wouldn't have posted that. My shift never ends....

in what way

Beane's quote suggests he thinks otherwise. Given how he performed in 7 games after he was judged healthy to return, he would not have hit those numbers. He was not good. He caught 2 of 10 targets in week 18.

Gunner got me there. Fire Chan and Era getting some special ed! Maybe BB "coached them up" the second time? Crickets? Nah, I was working last night...me and the anesthesiologist. Take your W and mount it on your naked wall lol...

there's 1---11 years ago. tell us what "coaching up" means, since you brought it up. school me lol

I was invited lol. I've never seen these wankers ride about and try to hit the ball. Sounds worse than soccer! At least I hear there's lots of booze to be had.

who knows the future? Extrapolations never make sense. the kid couldn't play the whole season--his rookie season. he averaged 4 targets per game before he went out, 5 after he got back and 3 in the playoffs. Weather and power game were therefore not factor. After he came back and through the playoffs, his catch % was an abysmal 35% over 7 games. For the season he was 50%--team worst of any starter at any position. Let Beane help you out here: “I would say, probably was a little disappointed in the return from the injury. I did not see the same player down the stretch from a physicality, some of the things that he needs to use his size,” Beane said, via the team’s website. “Some of that is youth, some of that is, I’m not sure how many injuries he’s had to overcome in-season and come back. That takes a certain experience level, how to deal with an injury and how to return.” “He has a skill set that we think will play well in this offense, but it’s up to him,” Beane said. “He’s going to have to work very hard this offseason, him and Josh continue to work on that rapport together."

That's true about "Inner Excellence" Brown. Goofball. Sidenote: I'm coming over the pond in June! Visiting a former trainee of mine. Might catch some polo in the park (Chestertons).

You keep mentioning "Johnston" for some reason. Anyway, do more research.

Eagles seem comfortable with the fact that they won a SB by essentially abandoning the passing game all season---12 games under 200 yards. @GunnerBill might this not swing them to picking a DB?

no reason to believe that at all. he had 2 games over 51 yards and 6 under 30. in his last 4 games he had 7 catches--2/10 in the final game. He was nonexistent in the playoffs. add those 3 games (3/8, 23 yards) and the last 4 of the season and you get 10/29 for 131 yards (64 going in one game). He ran out of gas in his rookie season. Hope he is serious about getting ready for this season.

8 years of college down the drain...

Why would I think that? It's obviously not true. He's a feature back. What's also true is that, in 6 seasons on 3 different teams, no one has saw fit to use him in the way you are suggesting. The Bills rarely handed him the ball. He's a good RB3....you could find that anywhere in day 3 of the draft. He's a poor man's Zach Moss.

Beane is the MVP tho...

Hey if he's their feature back, then that's great. If they hand him the ball 3 times in a row, he's done for the game.