Big Turk Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 (edited) Foster might be turning into an unexpected gem for the Bills...3 100+ yard games and another 94 yard game in the 5 games since he has been back...extrapolated over a 16 game season he would have 51 catches for 1402 yards and 7 TDs....considering we had nothing at WR coming into the season this has to be viewed as a big unexpected win moving forward... Edited December 16, 2018 by matter2003 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Just now, matter2003 said: Foster might be turning into an unexpected gem foe the Bills...3 100+ yard games and another 94 yard game in the 5 games since he has been back...extrapolated over a 16 game season he would have 51 catches for 1315 yards and 7 TDs....considering we had nothing at WR coming into the season this has to be viewed as a big unexpected win moving forward... If you discount the 30 yard game earlier in the season and before getting cut, it's 1,402 yards and 6 TD's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Duffy Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Quite the pleasant surprise he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 Just now, Doc said: If you discount the 30 yard game earlier in the season and before getting cut, it's 1,402 yards and 6 TD's. I was counting only the 5 games starting with the Jets game after he came back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, matter2003 said: I was counting only the 5 games starting with the Jets game after he came back... I know. You extrapolated it out over a 15 game season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPar_v2 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Whatever metric you use, it’s a dramatic turnaround for the guy. Looks like something has definitely clicked. I’ll never doubt another ‘bama guy again @Sky Diver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Just now, JoPar_v2 said: Whatever metric you use, it’s a dramatic turnaround for the guy. Looks like something has definitely clicked. I’ll never doubt another ‘bama guy again @Sky Diver I still have no idea how he improved his hands and track so much. You almost never see that. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 An unlikely turnaround. Hoping to see the Allen and Foster connection for many years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Now Moment Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 You have to find players that can play in unexpected places to be a great team. Those UFA and late round draft picks that become crucial players on a team is a huge factor to accelerating a rebuild and keeping long term success. Bringing in top free agents with huge price tags and relying on 1st and second round picks to fill out the roster won't work. Nice to see them have success with finding those diamond in the rough type players so far. Hope it continues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPar_v2 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Just now, Doc said: I still have no idea how he improved his hands and track so much. You almost never see that. Absolutely. And don’t know, don’t care. When’s the last time we had a WR go back-to-back 100 yd games? Stevie? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, Doc said: I know. You extrapolated it out over a 15 game season. Actually forgot to add in the 27 yard game against the Dolphins...wow even better...when was the last 1400 yard receiver for the Bills? Moulds? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 He will look even better when he is being used as a complimentary piece and not the focus of the offense. Because at the moment teams can shade coverage and you saw that on a couple of those deep balls. Put a legitimate #1 who is a bit more rounded (ie. can run the whole route tree and is more of a contested catch guy) opposite Foster with McKenzie in the slot and you might even have something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Now Moment Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Robert Foster deserves a lot of chatter but Mckenzie has also added another playmaker to the offense. He hasn't had a big breakout game but he's improving. Those two are major finds in what many fans consider a lost season. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, JoPar_v2 said: Absolutely. And don’t know, don’t care. When’s the last time we had a WR go back-to-back 100 yd games? Stevie? Sammy's back half of 2015 I'd guess. He had a real run there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, JoPar_v2 said: Absolutely. And don’t know, don’t care. When’s the last time we had a WR go back-to-back 100 yd games? Stevie? I don't care either, unless he can teach other guys how to improve... 1 minute ago, matter2003 said: Actually forgot to add in the 27 yard game against the Dolphins...wow even better...when was the last 1400 yard receiver for the Bills? Moulds? Too funny! Extrapolating it out over 15 games gives you almost the exact same as forgetting the 27. And IIRC, Foster got hurt in that game and didn't play a lot, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 16 minutes ago, matter2003 said: Foster might be turning into an unexpected gem for the Bills...3 100+ yard games and another 94 yard game in the 5 games since he has been back...extrapolated over a 16 game season he would have 51 catches for 1402 yards and 7 TDs....considering we had nothing at WR coming into the season this has to be viewed as a big unexpected win moving forward... Another Beane gem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 8 minutes ago, Doc said: I still have no idea how he improved his hands and track so much. You almost never see that. Could be that that skill was always there, and it just took some soul searching to get over the bigness of the moments and do the job. Foster and McKenzie should give us a lot of hope moving forward that our staff can find guys to make plays on offense. (which was definitely a concern a few months ago.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCOrange Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I still don’t really trust his hands or ball tracking at the moment but he’s so freaking fast and is able to stop on a dime that he’s a really tough cover for anyone 1 on 1 right now. He and Levi were the two undrafted guys that I was at least moderately excited about. Both have looked good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice_32 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I can't believe @Sky Diver hasn't come to gloat. I would be insufferable if I were him. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, Juice_32 said: I can't believe @Sky Diver hasn't come to gloat. I would be insufferable if I were him. He does deserve to take a victory lap. Hopefully he will at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostbitmic Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Foster seems to be getting better every week whereas Zay, who had been improving, has gone back to using Crisco slip um on his hands the last couple of games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacklabel Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 13 minutes ago, Bangarang said: An unlikely turnaround. Hoping to see the Allen and Foster connection for many years. Told my brother today that I hope Allen to Foster is the next Kelly to Reed for the next decade. Foster has been a huge surprise. Every now and then a team scores on an undrafted or late-round gem who just took a little longer to develop than most guys. I hope that's Foster. He and Allen certainly seem to have a great chemistry. And was it just me or did today's TD catch look similar to the bomb vs. Jacksonville? Looked like the same route and Foster caught it almost the exact same way. Allen also had his pick of open guys on that play. Zay flew up the seam and his defender fell down so Zay was ridiculously open. Allen had already zeroed in on Foster though and laid out a perfect ball. Gah. I cannot wait to watch this team with some more playmakers and better OL play. With the equivalent of a JV squad around him, Allen still has the ability to get it done. He's been surrounded by average to below average players from Wyoming til now and he has at least one or two plays a game that make you sit up and say, "Whoa, how the hell...?" Immense talent. Just keep refining it, surround him with some legit playmakers and watch this kid set the league on fire. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call_Of_Ktulu Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 9 minutes ago, DCOrange said: I still don’t really trust his hands or ball tracking at the moment but he’s so freaking fast and is able to stop on a dime that he’s a really tough cover for anyone 1 on 1 right now. He and Levi were the two undrafted guys that I was at least moderately excited about. Both have looked good so far. I don't trust his hands either but he could develop into a solid contributor on offense. I would be very happy if he developed into a #2 next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hebert19 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Imagine if he had someone competent on the other side. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 1 hour ago, whatdrought said: Could be that that skill was always there, and it just took some soul searching to get over the bigness of the moments and do the job. Foster and McKenzie should give us a lot of hope moving forward that our staff can find guys to make plays on offense. (which was definitely a concern a few months ago.) Yeah, with Foster, another starting WR, and McKenzie and Jones in the slot, that's the makings of a really good WR corps. Now they just need to find the OL and another starting WR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannc Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Someone should be fired for cutting him earlier in the year.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterpan Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 He and McKenzie have been great. To the point where WR is no longer a top 2 need. I'd still like to see a big jump ball receiver. A guy like say Mike Evans. When Allen scrambles and heaves it up to a guy who is covered, but will still be able to jump up and compete for the ball. Someone with a big catch radius to haul in some inaccurate passes. Man that would really compliment our team so we'll. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 41 minutes ago, mannc said: Someone should be fired for cutting him earlier in the year.? Someone should be fired from the other 31 teams for not picking him up after he was cut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Doc said: I still have no idea how he improved his hands and track so much. You almost never see that. Maybe he had the rookie jitters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 28 minutes ago, peterpan said: He and McKenzie have been great. To the point where WR is no longer a top 2 need. I'd still like to see a big jump ball receiver. A guy like say Mike Evans. When Allen scrambles and heaves it up to a guy who is covered, but will still be able to jump up and compete for the ball. Someone with a big catch radius to haul in some inaccurate passes. Man that would really compliment our team so we'll. Foster is basically the deep and 15-20 yard hitch threat and McKenzie is the short-intermediate threat...Daboll has done a very nice job working them into the offense and utilizing their abilities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 1 minute ago, billsfan_34 said: Maybe he had the rookie jitters? Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Doc said: Maybe. Regardless who cares right? Give me his production every week!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewin Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Doc said: I still have no idea how he improved his hands and track so much. You almost never see that. When I saw him at training camp 3 consecutive practices I posted he looked like the best receiver on the field each day. So smooth and fast and was catching everything. It was obvious he had physical tools and skill. He had a few bad plays to start the season and people went nuclear - I don't think they would have if they saw what I saw at camp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 52 minutes ago, mannc said: Someone should be fired for cutting him earlier in the year.? I wanted him cut right after one of the preseason games where it just looked like he had no heart to finish a route. Glad he is coming back to prove me wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerlyofCtown Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 8 hours ago, Doc said: If you discount the 30 yard game earlier in the season and before getting cut, it's 1,402 yards and 6 TD's. He said since he came back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 6 hours ago, peterpan said: He and McKenzie have been great. To the point where WR is no longer a top 2 need. Yes, it still is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T master Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 I've seen others post that we have nothing on this years team but there has been a couple of bright spots that can be carried into next year & i think Foster could have a good role in that future ! I hope if they get some other talent they don't just forget about him when it comes to looking for him on the field but i think Josh won't let that happen !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 With all the holes on offense, Foster allows us to drop WR as top need so we can prioritize offensive line. We still need WRs, but Foster and Isiah have really played well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Id be happy going out and getting julio jones for WR, and patrick peterson for CB if they are available at not quite our first pick. front loaded contracts to soak up our extra cap during our youth movement. we need to draft some big guys, DE, OG, OT, and TE (unless there is an FA available for those). Foster gives us hope, but i think a big part of it is our OC knows him very well, and Josh Allen doesn't trust his other WRs, so he gets the focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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