The Ray Davis-backup running back discussion

[nuklz2594]

wonder if jets would trade us breece hall? be a great 2nd rb to cookie. 

[Warriorspikes51]

3 minutes ago, nuklz2594 said:

wonder if jets would trade us breece hall? be a great 2nd rb to cookie. 

 

would make zero sense for the Jets and I doubt Beane has considered that 

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

4 of his carries were in the 4th quarter after Dawkins, Edwards, and McGovern came out of the game up 40-9.  Its a 100 percent obvious run down, and those 4 carries resulted in 1 yard total.  

 

Did people actually watch the game?  

[Sierra Foothills]

On 10/2/2025 at 9:57 AM, TBBills Fan said:

So Ray Davis said he dropped about 15 lbs and wanted to be more elusive. However, that is not what brought him to the big leagues and so far this year we are seeing a much less productive Ray Davis. 

 

In the preseason he looked awful and so far this year he has looked awful.

 

So I am curious as to if the staff will use a call up soon on Frank Gore Jr, put him in Davis role, make Davis inactive and see if that is an upgrade. 

 

We have 3 call ups, so at one point would you say, ok let's see what Gore can do for us this year?

 

After all, Gore ran behind the same backups that Davis did in preseason and looked much better. 

 

Gores stats in 2025 

11 carries, 29 yards, 2.6 yards per attempt. 

 

We will need someone to spell Cook...

 

So if you had a say, would you give Gore a call up and make Ray inactive to see if this helps. And if so, how long a leash are you giving Davis before you do this?

https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/gamelog/_/id/4429501/ray-davis

 

We can't expect Cook or any running back to have almost 400 touches....

 

On 10/28/2025 at 6:17 AM, Bleeding Bills Blue said:

4 Davis carries were in the 4th quarter after Dawkins, Edwards, and McGovern came out of the game up 40-9.  Its a 100 percent obvious run down, and those 4 carries resulted in 1 yard total.  

 

Did people actually watch the game?  

 

Regarding Ray Davis, it looks like the sophomore slump is officially busted. It possibly started with his kick return TD against the Texans but more significant was the game against the Steelers.

 

Before the Pittsburgh game Davis had 24 carries for 44 yards... 1.83 yards per carry.

 

Last week he had 9 carries for 62 yards... 6.89 yards per carry.

 

The 15 pounds he dropped during the offseason has him looking more agile and it seems like he's understanding the blocking schemes better. Hopefully he'll be able to assume a larger share of touches to keep James Cook fresh for the playoffs.

 

[DaVinci]

All Day Ray , I hope he busts out against the Bengals.

[skibum]

It was nice to see him have a 'big' game, but the Steelers couldn't stop a toddler on a tricycle last week. Can Ray make the same impact against a better run defense? History suggests not really, but it sure would be great if what we saw in Pittsburgh was a sign of things to come.  His college reel would indicate the potential is there. 

Edited Saturday at 09:29 PM by skibum

[In Summary]

Give me 5 carries per game with a 5 yard average for starters.

[BillsShredder83]

Im very much a 'you are what you show you are' guy. But hes been setup for failure all year.

 

Zero chance to get in any rhythm. No 3rd down targets. When he has gotten a hand off, theres 2mins left, were up 2 scores, 100% sold out vs run.

 

We need to get him some real drives, not for his good, our own. Cook has never seen this type of work load and hes our most important player currently. 

 

If we wanna make a run, g2 let off the gas with him. Also a thunder lightning thing would benefit the duo and that OL. We gotta few weeks to get it going and its a worthy investment. 

[T master]

This entire season in part because of the signing of the Cook contract they have been under utilized they meaning Ty & Davis . Both are weapons that could be used weather it be in the passing game or the run game, as a decoy or as the guy on that series .

 

Last year both. had their significant roles to make this offense the highest scoring offense in the league and this year up until last week haven't been used which IMHO is a HUGE mistake on Brady's part to not include them as I said ether as a decoy or the guys to make a difference because if they are on the field you can't tell me that the D coordinator for the opposition isn't thinking about them ...