So we bring in Barkley and and pay him millions to carry the ball 8 times a game? That's about what a starting rb here gets. I'm not going to argue Barkley ins't better but I will argue we don't use rb's enough to warrant using the resources to get him.
If we don't run the ball when we are not in 3rd and 1 why would we all of a sudden be great at running when we get in short yardage. We are just a throw all the time team and that makes us predictable on all downs and out of rhythm in short yardage when we actually want to be able to get a yard.
Our backs have 5 carries it's probably still hard to say we have no runnin game. We just have no commitment to the run. Up, down, healthy, injured, good weather or bad we simply do not run the ball.
I still think Singletary is our best back but the Bills seldom seem ready to use him so if we are going to pass 60 times a game and run most of the time with everyone spread out we might as well bring in Cook for speed and recieving. As long as he can pass block enough to not get Josh killed I'm ready to give that a try.
If this is the play I'm thinking of Dawkins certainly did get smoked but (not that it's an excuse) Holland actually laid a legit DE move on him sweeping Dawkins arm and blowing right by him.
So you want to cherry pick the last two games? His career average is higher than Barkleys so let's cherry pick Barley's 2020 season where he averaged 1.8 for the whole season. See how that works? When you cherry pick your stats you can make up just about anything.
They had Smith before Dillon and won with him.
He's been better any time they've dedicated themselves to running him more than 7 or 8 times a game. Pure and simple. Hell he was our leading reciever last week or doesn't that not count for anything?