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4 hours ago, buffblue said:

Cook is on pace to have 325 carries for the season. He is not a large guy. I know his smooth running style and body control prevents him from taking a lot of big hits, but he is getting too much work imo. The problem is the Bills entire offense is so extremely reliant on him. If it feels difficult to remove him from the field because there is such a drop off, then it calls into question another area of roster building and depth where Beane deserves scrutiny.

 

That would imply you need to have someone close to the best RB in football as your 2nd or 3rd RB.

 

Anyone who has an Elite RB has this problem. If you have someone like a Cook or a Taylor, you're going to have a massive dropoff if they go down. League wide, 2nd or 3rd RB's are fairly unimpressive ball carriers. 

 

Like the best situations league wide are going from Bijan Robinson to Tyler Allgier or from Christian McCaffrey to Brian Robinson. And like having a decent Backup QB, these are outliers. Most teams with good to very good RB's go from a James Cook to a Ty Johnson or Ray Davis.

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2 hours ago, Blackbeard said:

Likely they don't.  But my point is, the franchise is in upheaval.  There are multiple issues going on over there.

You are correct.  There certainly are.  McDaniel is in over his head as the head coach.  

 

And there are a lot of distractions in South Florida.  I live part time in Fort Lauderdale.  And my boys who are in their 20's live in Miami.  A lot of fun, (if you know what I mean) that can take your focus away from what you should be prioritizing.

 

In the high rise I live in down there, I rode up the elevator one day with this huge dude.  I had a Bills T shirt on.  And he made a favorable comment about Bills Mafia.  I asked who he was.  And it was Patrick Paul.  The Dolphins Left OT.  He was real friendly.  Just massive.  And I am over 6 feet.  

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1 hour ago, Rich Stadium Original said:

By my count, thats 8 players on the defensive side of the ball on the injury report this week to go along with the other 9 defensive players placed on IR since the start of training camp...not including people that are banged up but not showing up on the list...thats about as bad as I can remember.

Undersized and under conditioned

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5 hours ago, buffblue said:

Cook is on pace to have 325 carries for the season. He is not a large guy. I know his smooth running style and body control prevents him from taking a lot of big hits, but he is getting too much work imo. The problem is the Bills entire offense is so extremely reliant on him. If it feels difficult to remove him from the field because there is such a drop off, then it calls into question another area of roster building and depth where Beane deserves scrutiny.

As we get into the latter stages of the season, I suspect we will see Davis and Johnson get more carries. With that said, Cook is elite and will most likely get 16-20 carries per. 

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6 hours ago, buffblue said:

Cook is on pace to have 325 carries for the season. He is not a large guy. I know his smooth running style and body control prevents him from taking a lot of big hits, but he is getting too much work imo. The problem is the Bills entire offense is so extremely reliant on him. If it feels difficult to remove him from the field because there is such a drop off, then it calls into question another area of roster building and depth where Beane deserves scrutiny.

Beane deserves scrutiny in lots of places 

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7 hours ago, buffblue said:

Cook is on pace to have 325 carries for the season. He is not a large guy. I know his smooth running style and body control prevents him from taking a lot of big hits, but he is getting too much work imo. The problem is the Bills entire offense is so extremely reliant on him. If it feels difficult to remove him from the field because there is such a drop off, then it calls into question another area of roster building and depth where Beane deserves scrutiny.


We paid him and we should use him, he’s our best player not named Josh Allen

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