Sisyphean Bills Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Wood is fine. Is he a pro-bowl player, no. But he is a solid center who you can build a good O-line around, as long as the offensive coaches are all gone. He's not the first guy voted off the island ... but he's not winning his battles. (It was a great tackle though. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 (edited) No problem with chia head Edited December 24, 2014 by JTSP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Wood's play was not good this season. But have to ask how much of it was due to having terribad guards on either side of him. This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Peters is a flawless football player. Just dominates his position. Much like Marshawn. Ex bills > current bills. Roster issues. Cant win them all, pulled the right strings with Byrd at least. I supported re-signing Byrd but the scoreboard is inarguable at this point. He may bounce back and be a second string All Pro next year but his injury history is officially extensive. Unfortunately things went south for Aaron Williams this year. He was the worst regular player on the defense. Hands down. And the reason is either early season concussions or a neck injury. He absolutely fell off the face of the planet and got burned on passing plays and long runs.....plays he cleaned up with ease last season. Hopefully he comes back strong but this was a lost season for him. He made some really costly mistakes in the losses in Denver and Oakland. REALLY costly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seq004 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 (edited) I think Wood is a solid fixture on the team despite not playing great this season. He may have one or two more good years in him though. We need guards for now. Edited December 25, 2014 by seq004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilsner Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 A good Ross Tucker article from the not so distant past stated that RG is quite a challenging position to man. Considering the inadequacies at RG AND LG this season it seems Eric Wood has had to pay more than his fair share of attention to his adjacent mates. Mr. Wood can't split himself in half to help the guards and do a good job blocking his man at the same time. Wood will be fine when decent guards are found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Wood has been good but not this season. Latest rankings has him in the bottom third of starters (23rd out of 35 ranked). I like the guy but with the guard spots being so weak, he has had his hands full. 2 more talented linemen are needed to make the line better. New line coach is a must. The group regressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantankerous Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 A good Ross Tucker article from the not so distant past stated that RG is quite a challenging position to man. Considering the inadequacies at RG AND LG this season it seems Eric Wood has had to pay more than his fair share of attention to his adjacent mates. Mr. Wood can't split himself in half to help the guards and do a good job blocking his man at the same time. Wood will be fine when decent guards are found. What do the guards on either side of him have to do with him getting his ass kicked one on one, time and time again. He gets ZERO push on short yardage plays. Both guards suck, but this does not excuse Wood's ****ty play at center for most of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMan Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 He's a baller. A good FO would build a line around him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilsner Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 What do the guards on either side of him have to do with him getting his ass kicked one on one, time and time again. He gets ZERO push on short yardage plays. Both guards suck, but this does not excuse Wood's ****ty play at center for most of the season. Perhaps I need to watch more snaps to counter your assessment. Merry Christmas my fellow fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent 91 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Agent 91 where are you? Lol late but sounding off. He is another home grown hero. But watch out. People will tell you how he was highly regarded by his peers. Thats probably because they get their best stats against him. The proof is on the field. He doesnt meet the standard. Cheap hit on Clay Mathews and he is tough? Im not buying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent 91 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Agent 91 where are you? Lol late but sounding off. He is another home grown hero. But watch out. People will tell you how he was highly regarded by his peers. Thats probably because they get their best stats against him. The proof is on the field. He doesnt meet the standard. Cheap hit on Clay Mathews and he is tough? Im not buying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Douggie Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 They need to get Eric Wood in space, to see what he can truely do. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent 91 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Fred Jackson is most overrated. Wood is second. Kiko is to be determined. I honestly dont think fred is overrated. People acknowledge him for his stats. What he has done... outside of that MVP paced season he really didnt get much talk for pro bowl. Fred is revered for coming from DIII and sustaining a career. He is revered for never giving up. I dont remember ever hearing anyone make him anything more than a local legend. And even to this day, at 33 years old. His production has not dropped off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdand12 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 E Woods has looked bad. i thought it was the guard play for quite awhile. but he gets knocked off the ball and has had little to no push in short yards. If i did not know otherwise, i might guess he has some major lower body injury. And yes i have been watching him at the snap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Not really, hard to be effective with crap guards on each side. He was durable all year and I dont remember one bad snap either. This team has bigger problems that wood on that side of the ball. I would love to see levitre back and pick up a few more guards. The ones we have now dont belong on an nfl roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Not really, hard to be effective with crap guards on each side. He was durable all year and I dont remember one bad snap either. This team has bigger problems that wood on that side of the ball. I would love to see levitre back and pick up a few more guards. The ones we have now dont belong on an nfl roster. The problem with the "bad guards" excuse is that it doesn't explain why Wood loses mano-on-mano match-ups, which he does with some regularity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) Not really, hard to be effective with crap guards on each side. He was durable all year and I dont remember one bad snap either. This team has bigger problems that wood on that side of the ball. I would love to see levitre back and pick up a few more guards. The ones we have now dont belong on an nfl roster. If you mean QB.....yes, that is a bigger problem. But as Wood himself said this week......he has been a problem. He's been in decline for a couple seasons and this year he has just been awful since preseason......and he is paid like a very good center. I think he knows that if he were on a team that did a good job identifying OL talent his release would be imminent. He has stunk this year. Bad. Not many teams would tolerate that level of play but this team has nothing but stiffs starting on the entire interior OL and doesn't have the kind of athletic reserves a lot of the better teams have. They have Richardson and Kouandjio.....two developmental big guys who don't have the feet to cover up the holes in their game while they acclimate. They amount to no depth at all. Edited December 27, 2014 by BADOLBEELZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Badol, wrt Richardson, I will always be a tad suspicious of HUGE blockers coming out of college. Mike Williams (chronic ankle injury and all) was drafted so early because he was able to beat the crap out of his college opponents. He was twice as strong as them but it doesn't work this way in the NFL. Richardson probably enjoyed some of this. Kuondjio was simply a bad pick. I was shocked by that selection.He was hurt and not especially good. Btw please tell me.....is Cam Robinson already the best LT in the NCAA? From where I sit the kid looks literally great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Badol, wrt Richardson, I will always be a tad suspicious of HUGE blockers coming out of college. Mike Williams (chronic ankle injury and all) was drafted so early because he was able to beat the crap out of his college opponents. He was twice as strong as them but it doesn't work this way in the NFL. Richardson probably enjoyed some of this. Kuondjio was simply a bad pick. I was shocked by that selection.He was hurt and not especially good. Btw please tell me.....is Cam Robinson already the best LT in the NCAA? From where I sit the kid looks literally great. As for Robinson, I don't know if he is the best but he is dominant. The Kuondjio pick was surprising because he was sliding in the eyes of most. It's another case of drafting for need biting a team. At this point I'd just like to see them get some athletic blockers in who can engage quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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