San-O Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 With the season all but over, again, and 12 games into the 2012 season, Gailey doscovers running game? o 17 pass attempts. o 39 run attempts. I'm sure there is a reaonable explanation, I just don't know what it could be? Flame away. Go Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 He still Didnt run spiller more than 14 times I think. What a joke. What happened to 70% CJ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaGimp Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 He's coaching to keep the only job he knows he can get in the NFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 He still Didnt run spiller more than 14 times I think. What a joke. What happened to 70% CJ? Fred played great. Our team parted the Red Sea for us today. Don't piss in the sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 He still Didnt run spiller more than 14 times I think. What a joke. What happened to 70% CJ? Spiller's never had 25 carries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awwufelloff Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Pretty sure the weather had a lot to do with the amount of running plays. The Jags could not pass as well as they have the last few games due to 40 mph winds and pouring rain. The weather conditions favored our play style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San-O Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 He's coaching to keep the only job he knows he can get in the NFL Well, if so, then it's probably going to work: run the hell out of the ball, with Freddy and C.J. Too bad he wouldn't do so when against better teams and when games meant something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Wind and rain dictated the run game today. Not to mention the ducks Shitzpatrick was throwing today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bananathumb Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Chan will never know that running the ball in Buffalo is what you need to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San-O Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 Maybe we need to play all games at home and in the rain!!! Or, just tell Chan it's raining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRM33064 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Maybe we need to play all games at home and in the rain!!! .... against weak teams, so long as the game is also essentially meaningless. Under those conditions, we are money. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Fred played great. Our team parted the Red Sea for us today. Don't piss in the sand. Great is probably a it over rated. But that's besides the point. Just this past week Chan stated that CJ would get 70% of the touches. CJ is better and that's the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Player Available Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Wind and rain dictated the run game today. Not to mention the ducks Shitzpatrick was throwing today. This^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Spiller's never had 25 carries. Nope. But he's had more than 14. He's been on the field in the Red Zone before. He's been more involved and that's for sure. Again, Chan lied, said CJ would be more of a focal point but want. Besides, even if CJ has never carried 25 times, doesn't mean he can't or won't. Why not try it to see what happens for once. Again, I'm happy we ran to begin with, but that's probably more telling because of the rain and not Chan wanting to run. I'm sure well see it again soon that Chan gets pass happy again. Who knows, maybe he'll show is all how great the lame @$$ wildcat is again. So happy we saw that 2 times today. Regardless if it worked or not; it took offensive weapons off the field and out the ball into Brad Smiths hands and that's a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FitzShowUsYourTitz Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 (edited) With the season all but over, again, and 12 games into the 2012 season, Gailey doscovers running game? More like: 44 GAMES IN AS BILLS HEAD COACH AND CHAN DISCOVERS THE RUNNING GAME!! Edited December 2, 2012 by Cville Bills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 More like: 44 GAMES IN AS BILLS HEAD COACH AND CHAN DISCOVERS THE RUNNING GAME!! this. And the bad thing Is he said when he got here how much he wanted to run. No link, but it def happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Beard Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 1) Playing with a big lead 2) Playing in the rain We finally figured out how to get Chan to use the run! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDH Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 (edited) Great is probably a it over rated. But that's besides the point. Just this past week Chan stated that CJ would get 70% of the touches. CJ is better and that's the point. Some of you guys kill me. CJ wasn't consistant today. You want to run CJ no matter what but other than the long TD run he was getting stuffed all day. You can't keep giving him the ball when he's getting shut down or you'll end up in 2nd and 3rd and long and then we'll have to hear people B word about how Fitz sucks and why is he throwing the ball but when you're put into those situations they dictate throwing the ball. FJ was getting consistant yards today, turning out run after run and keeping drives going and putting them in 3rd and manageable situations and people STILL B word? It's his ability to keep turning out yardage and putting them in good down and distance situations that enabled them to run the ball so much. Really, I think people just want to preach their agenda and that's it. The Bills put up 34 points today and ran the ball all over the Jags - what does it matter who got the yards? Edited December 3, 2012 by MDH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Some of you guys kill me. CJ wasn't consistant today. You want to run CJ no matter what but other than the long TD run he was getting stuffed all day. You can't keep giving him the ball when he's getting shut down or you'll end up in 2nd and 3rd and long and then we'll have to hear people B word about how Fitz sucks and why is he throwing the ball but when you're put into those situations they dictate throwing the ball. FJ was getting consistant yards today, turning out run after run and keeping drives going and putting them in 3rd and manageable situations and people STILL B word? It's his ability to keep turning out yardage and putting them in good down and distance situations that enabled them to run the ball so much. Really, I think people just want to preach their agenda and that's it. The Bills put up 34 points today and ran the ball all over the Jags - what does it matter who got the yards? Your right. The Bulls won. We put up TDs instead of FGs. If we weren't 5-7 and were 7-5 or better and in a prime playoff race, no one would care who got the carries. But there's a few things to your issues. IF Chan would have found his run game earlier in the year, we would have been in the playoff fight as we speak. Instead, he was pass happy, early and often and were suffering now because of it. As far as Freddy goes today. Did you pay attention to the rushing stat line at the half? You claim CJ was constantly stuffed for no gain it little yards. Well, at the half, he and Freddy were almost identical. They were both in the 2.0 yard average range. Its inly in the 2nd half that Freddy pulled away in the YOC department. And since CJ didnt get many opportunities in the 2nd half, well never know. So the question is, if CJ ran more, would we have been more dominant today? Whether that matters or not is up for debate. Regardless of all this, that doesn't change the fact that this past week Chan said that CJ would be more important to the offense. Said he would be getting close to 70% of the runs. And yet, like he has done for the last 3 years of our HC, he has pulled one over on us again. It's not that some of us just want OUR OWN agendas to be fulfilled. It's the fact that many if us here have constantly been more right and less predictable than our own coaches. Honestly, that shouldn't be the case. We are message board fans, former high school football dreamers. We shouldn't be able to provide the same amount of knowledge about the game that our HC who makes millions every year does. But we consistently show that we could make better draft picks, and game plans than the southern idiot. Maybe that's why I'm always so critical of Chan. Why others are as well. Because we know that of CJ was the focal point of our team, we wild be in a prime spot to end this 13 year playoff drought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 With the season all but over, again, and 12 games into the 2012 season, Gailey doscovers running game? I'm sure there is a reaonable explanation, I just don't know what it could be? Flame away. Go Bills. Pretty sure the weather had a lot to do with the amount of running plays. The Jags could not pass as well as they have the last few games due to 40 mph winds and pouring rain. The weather conditions favored our play style. Yes. The weather had some to do with it. But again, remember what Gailey was saying this past week: he put in plays that Fitz wasn't allowed to audible out of because he wanted to run the ball more. The obvious implication is that Fitz was tending to check out of running plays and into passing plays. As I've said a few times in other threads, there's a possibility that the reason Fitz was throwing too much had to do with Fitz and not so much Gailey. Great is probably a it over rated. But that's besides the point. Just this past week Chan stated that CJ would get 70% of the touches. CJ is better and that's the point. I went back to Gailey's statement which came out on an ESPN text and technically he said the snaps would go to Spiller on a 60/40 basis. That said I think again that the weather had to do with the change in strategy and that Gailey wanted to pound the ball with the bigger back. I think that strategy worked well today and I was pleased with Freddy's performance. However I think (repeating myself again) that it would be nice if both backs were on the field at the same time. They are the two best offensive skill players on the team (along with Stevie) and even if they don't get the touch on any particular play, just their presence is enough to create problems for the defense. I remember before the season began that Gailey was saying that he was gonna try getting them both on the field at the same time. Clearly that plan has fallen by the wayside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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