Keon WTF?

[Pete]

1 hour ago, Figster said:

Look at Cooks separation and then explain why James Cook had the lowest number of touches this season vs Patriots. Zero pass completions. One of the best scoring machines in the NFL. Hello

 

 How about Joe Brady WTF?

Brady would rather run Jet Sweeps with Knox or run into stacked boxes on 2nd and 1 then to throw the ball to Cook and get him in space.  Joe Brady is a major problem IMO

[gobills404]

46 minutes ago, ganesh said:

They should be throwing to James Cook more often.

They should be letting him run more actual routes like he did at Georgia. Sick of watching him have to stay in to block for a few seconds before leaking out, catching a pass, and barely having a chance to blink before getting hit.

[gobills404]

1 hour ago, Figster said:

Look at Cooks separation and then explain why James Cook had the lowest number of touches this season vs Patriots. Zero pass completions. One of the best scoring machines in the NFL. Hello

 

 How about Joe Brady WTF?

Outside of that 51 yard catch and run in week 1 Cook is averaging an abysmal 3.5 yards per reception. Brady needs to find a way to make Cook an actual weapon in the passing game before he starts getting more targets.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by gobills404

[BillsFanForever19]

8 hours ago, Pete said:

Keons numbers are fairly comparable to those drafted behind him.  

The Bills had the first pick in the second round, a coveted draft spot.  Beane traded with Carolina, trading 32 for 33 and a 4th.

 

Beane fielded many trade offers.  Cooper was on the board, a run on WR, it was basically the first pick of a new draft.  So I am sure the offers were substantial.  I would like to know what Beane turned down, because he should have accepted the best offer.  Trade back- there is a good chance Coleman is still available.  One trick Ponies usually don’t do well in NFL.

 

Draft night I wanted Cooper or Ladd, but I wanted a trade back most of all, because of loaded up on draft picks in that draft and the next years.  Instead we got a slow WR that struggles to win 50/50 balls 

 

It depends how far he traded back.

 

Considering Ja'Lynn Polk, who was considered to go much later than Coleman as an Outside WR prospect, was reached for just 4 Picks after we took him (and has already been traded away for a bag of balls) - I think the idea that we could have waited on Coleman is inaccurate.

 

It's been said they settled on Polk bc they missed out on Coleman. And the other Top 3 Outside WR's left - Adonai Mitchell, Troy Franklin, and Jermaine Burton, all had red flags that caused them to heavily slip down boards. 

 

On the Ladd or Cooper note - I've beaten this horse to death, both Pre-Draft and Post-Draft to this day, but Ladd wasn't compatible for us. We didn't need guys who were Slots. McConkey works out of the Slot even as much as 50% of snaps. We had that covered with Khalil Shakir, Dalton Kincaid, and Curtis Samuel. But we had nothing (besides Mack Hollins) to replace Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis on the Outside. And as I said in the post, Coleman has better numbers than McConkey thus far this season anyways.

 

Hard to argue against the idea of taking Cooper DeJean instead of Keon Coleman with hindsight, especially seeing the position we're in at CB right now. But at the time, we didn't know Douglas was going to hit a wall and as I said, we had a *glaring hole* at Outside WR. And when you consider the Draft red flags with Mitchell, Burton, and Franklin - the pickings were incredibly slim at that point.