Maine-iac

Granted O'Connell didn't give the Jets the ball 4 times.

I mean the other option is the Jets win and we're in 3rd place in the division.

At the moment beating the Jets.

O'Connell doing what we couldn't.

returned that kick 80 yards ............ but only 13 of that was up the field.

Again I didn't say he's as good. They have similar capabilities. Cook doesn't see nearly enough touches to tell whether he could be as good as Ekeler and he's not a great blocker. They are both good runners but neither would be confused with a healthy Chubb or Barkley and they both are theoretically good pass catchers. Ekeler being the on who is actually good at it and Cook the one who seemingly should be good at it but again we don't throw to him so I say theoretically.

So he's a healthy Nick Chubb good? He's not. He's good at catching passes and he's in an offense that uses him almost to perfection. He's probably not even Kamara good but he's on the right team. Cook is probably very similar to Ekeler but we don't use him very well. Motor is probably as good a runner as Ekeler and probably half the receiver. Again the right back in the right system. If Ekeler is here he would get 10 carries and average 50 yards a game and get a couple catches here and there just like everyone else.

Not sure what you're talking about ................ said right in the post that you quoted that I thought he's a decent back.

Don't forget the Giants/Dallas game which was super competitive. DeVito should be starting somewhere next year for sure.

Jets have scored more points in the first half than we have in 3 out our last 4 games 4 of our last 5 games.

He'd average 5 ypc but he'd only get 10 carries a game and average 900 yards per season.

I'm on the fence ..... I feel like the throws are there and they're not being made. Not every time, but a lot of times. Still on coaching I suppose but not so much play calling.

Theoretically I'd agree with you. If we ran the ball more (although it's pretty even) you could argue that Cooks offers a larger home run potential, but we don't run the ball much. If we threw to the rb's more you could argue that Cooks is better catching the ball, but we don't throw to the backs that much. What we do all the time is throw the ball and Singletary was a much better pass blocker which is why Cooks is off the field so much when we are throwing in the fourth quarter. Cooks will most likely get better at pass blocking but we still probably will not use our rb's as much as other teams.

Then with that 3rd they were going to draft the next Calvin Johnson because draft picks are sure things ......................

Sadly even when it doesn't fail we just stop running the football.

Honestly it seems like they must like Gabe because Shorter seems like a Gabe clone. We'll see when/if he gets on the field but they have almost identical measurables. Even if Gabe is our second outside WR I'm betting as the season progresses Shakir and Kincaid get the lions share of the targets.

Now the Giants are getting fiesty ..............

Besides running Cooks seems like he could add so much catching passes if Allen (or Dorsey take your pick) would just throw him the ball more.

Same problem with Cook that we had with Singletary. We have zero commitment to the running game. It was worse when Motor was here. We might have upped our average carries for a running back from sub 10 up to 12 or so but we still rarely run the ball as a way to win a game. In many cases we don't even run enough to set up passing either. We spread the field and let Josh run around until someone gets open or he breaks a run. Why else would a team be able to commit two guys to spying on our QB other than they aren't worried about our running game or coverage.

Singletary (or Cooks for that matter) could probably do anything Ekeler does out in LA and I feel like he's a decent back. I can't remember the last time we came out and just ran the ball at teams. Maybe Chicago last year or the Raiders this year, either way we just don't do it. I don't believe it's that we can't. I just think we don't and I feel like it would make life much easier for every part of our passing game.

Would like to see Shakir play the 2 spot and run 12 personnel when Knox gets back. Either way if we actually ran the ball and threw short enough to make teams do something other than play shells on us Davis would be more productive. It's not that Davis is never open. https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2023/11/8/23951740/all-22-analysis-buffalo-bills-wr-gabe-davis-vs-the-cincinnati-bengals-nfl-week-9-snf

Kind of cherry picking. Singletary has a whole career of averaging well over 4 yard per carry. Not surprising a team gives him some carries and he responds. I don't think he's better than Cooks (unless we are talking about pass blocking) but they are both capable backs. Now if we would just give a back on our roster some carries.

When you don't look at your short guys who are open and don't run the ball not the best or as good as it should be.

The score is zero zero and this is the most exciting this Dallas/Giants game is going to get.

McDermott school of clock management and wasted challenges.