The Ray Davis-backup running back discussion

[buffaloaggie]

12 hours ago, GASabresIUFan said:

....and I thought Davis made Cook expendable.  What a difference a few months makes.  

 

Davis needs to be better.   He is to good a player to play this bad.  He lacks Cookie's vision or speed, but he looks timid and timid running is death to a running back.

This was most fan's hope that Davis was a #1-A running back. As preseason went on, we could see Davis was not going to make us forget Cook. It made Josh appreciate Jimbo even more. Ty Johnson should be #2 and Gore and Davis need to switch spots. If we lose Davis through the PS, so be it. Only thing I'd hate to lose is his Kentucky connections with Max and Walker. Seem like a tight knit group.

[colin]

13 hours ago, ganesh said:

Ray Davis was the 128th pick in the NFL Draft - drafted in the 4th round.  It is kind of insane to think that he is going to account for 30% of snaps at where he was drafted unless we caught lightning in a bottle.

 

i admit, i thought he was a round earlier.

 

still -- we have holes at CB and S, last year it was DT, this year it seems to be LB and most def WR, but we keep throwing reasonable picks (im not knocking the cook pick, i was a booster then and even more now, talent matters more than position) at a position we already have a platoon at, and one of the easiest to find a replacement level player at, leaving huge depth holes in the roster.

 

being down a single corner (albeit our best one) and a safety basically took us out of the afc chip game, but if we brought in a practice squad guy over davis or whoever at arb, what difference would it make to our O?

 

that's my gripe.