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I'd add Brees to that list - he's gotten the Saints within sniffing distance 3-4 times and probably will again this year. He lost a heartbreaker in SF in 2011, and I think that team would have beaten the Giants in the NFC championship game. Disagree about Russell Wilson, btw -- his production is actually incredible both in its quality and consistency. His 2014 and 2015 seasons were great (859 yards rushing in 2014!), but he's good every year: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WilsRu00.htm .
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The Bills in 2015 were about 5th when you take away the QB rushing yards. They were second in 2016 when you take away the rushing yards. If you're talking about both seasons *combined*, which was not clear in your initial post on the matter, you are correct. That said, I think a season-by-season measure is better because in one season you have a healthy AP, the next you don't - and the next season you have Zeke Elliott. There are risers and fallers across the board in the run game stats on a year-to-year basis. Regardless, see KtD's post above about how Taylor opened up the run game. Neither Karlos Williams nor Gillislee had anywhere near the success they had in Buffalo afterward, and that is a function of the threat that the Roman-schemedTaylor poses to a defense's run game design. That doesn't really strike me as a debatable point, but as I said others can certainly disagree. I just want to see a reasoned argument as to why Taylor didn't open things up. I get that you hate Taylor and want him gone ASAFP. Personally, I think he is an average starting qb who gives them their best chance to win this season. But that negativity toward him shouldn't preclude you from taking a deeper dive into the design of the Bills run game in 2015 and 2016. Everything KtD says above is true, at least in my opinion.
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Gilmore has been playing well lately: https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/pro-refocused-new-england-patriots-35-miami-dolphins-17 CB STEPHON GILMORE, 89.3 OVERALL GRADE Gilmore was targeted three times on 44 snaps in pass coverage. On those three passes, he allowed a 5-yard catch to make a quick tackle, intercepted a pass, and had a contested pass with safety Duron Harmon, who ended up with the interception on the Dolphins’ final offensive play of the game.
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Reggie Ragland's play for the chiefs
dave mcbride replied to berg1029's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I actually thought Brown was pretty good in coverage yesterday. He was in zone, but he always seemed to be in the right spot. -
No, I am not. I am arguing that the Bills run game design exploited the very real threat that Taylor posed as a runner himself. Criticize him all you want as a passer, but he is a phenomenal, instinctual runner and an exceptional athlete. The necessity of planning to contain him created real problems for defenses trying to plan against the Bills run offense under Roman/Lynn. I honestly don't think that's debatable, although others can certainly disagree. Also, the actual claim I was responding to was factually incorrect. The initial statement is incorrect for both years in any case.