Joey Bosa question

[ShakAttack]

One of the most important things for the Bills to have a chance down the stretch requires that our pass rush is at LEAST capable of generating pressures again.

 

Joey Bosa has been completely ineffective for 3 weeks due to his injured wrist.  And Rousseau only seems to play well as a complementary pass rusher.

 

Can someone explain to me how we are not better off letting Bosa sit out for 2-3 weeks and allow his wrist to heal a bit?

 

If our best pass rusher is barely functional due to a bad wrist when the playoffs start, what's the point of making the playoffs at all?

 

If we are going to have any chance, it would entail allowing our defense to get as healthy as possible.

 

What am I missing? Unless this is a situation where a few weeks of rest won't do anything for Bosa's wrist, then I don't understand what we are doing here. He's not helping us in his current state.

[Kelly to Allen]

6 minutes ago, ShakAttack said:

One of the most important things for the Bills to have a chance down the stretch requires that our pass rush is at LEAST capable of generating pressures again.

 

Joey Bosa has been completely ineffective for 3 weeks due to his injured wrist.  And Rousseau only seems to play well as a complementary pass rusher.

 

Can someone explain to me how we are not better off letting Bosa sit out for 2-3 weeks and allow his wrist to heal a bit?

 

If our best pass rusher is barely functional due to a bad wrist when the playoffs start, what's the point of making the playoffs at all?

 

If we are going to have any chance, it would entail allowing our defense to get as healthy as possible.

 

What am I missing? Unless this is a situation where a few weeks of rest won't do anything for Bosa's wrist, then I don't understand what we are doing here. He's not helping us in his current state.

 

I'm just speculating but because the cast came off, I'm assuming he's getting closer to 100%. And it's something he can play through and be fine for the playoffs 

[BuffaloBillyG]

29 minutes ago, ShakAttack said:

One of the most important things for the Bills to have a chance down the stretch requires that our pass rush is at LEAST capable of generating pressures again.

 

Joey Bosa has been completely ineffective for 3 weeks due to his injured wrist.  And Rousseau only seems to play well as a complementary pass rusher.

 

Can someone explain to me how we are not better off letting Bosa sit out for 2-3 weeks and allow his wrist to heal a bit?

 

If our best pass rusher is barely functional due to a bad wrist when the playoffs start, what's the point of making the playoffs at all?

 

If we are going to have any chance, it would entail allowing our defense to get as healthy as possible.

 

What am I missing? Unless this is a situation where a few weeks of rest won't do anything for Bosa's wrist, then I don't understand what we are doing here. He's not helping us in his current state.

The bolded is the correct sentence in your whole post.

 

You don't understand what we are doing here. Because you don't have access to the medicals, you wouldn't have been in the doctor's visits. I'm betting you don't have access to his medical records either. 

 

This could be something that the medical staff has said won't get worse playing on it. In fact, as one poster pointed out, being the cast has come off it would suggest it's doing better. 

 

[SCBills]

Just now, BuffaloBillyG said:

The bolded is the correct sentence in your whole post.

 

You don't understand what we are doing here. Because you don't have access to the medicals, you wouldn't have been in the doctor's visits. I'm betting you don't have access to his medical records either. 

 

This could be something that the medical staff has said won't get worse playing on it. In fact, as one poster pointed out, being the cast has come off it would suggest it's doing better. 

 

His pressure rate has dropped from Top 8 in the league to like 5.8%
 

Hes clearly not right. 
 

We brought him here with a “plan” to keep him healthy and have him good for the playoffs. 
 

Thats now become Bosa playing a ton of snaps through injury. 
 

Clownshow. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

4 minutes ago, SCBills said:

His pressure rate has dropped from Top 8 in the league to like 5.8%
 

Hes clearly not right. 
 

We brought him here with a “plan” to keep him healthy and have him good for the playoffs. 
 

Thats now become Bosa playing a ton of snaps through injury. 
 

Clownshow. 

Again, did we? Were we there when they discussed this? Did I pull a Keon and miss a meeting?

[US Egg]

42 minutes ago, ShakAttack said:

He's not helping us in his current state.

Who is?

[SCBills]

1 minute ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Again, did we? Were we there when they discussed this? Did I pull a Keon and miss a meeting?

The FO and Bosa both have alluded to this.  
 

They then used him at an insane amount likely thinking they could rest him when Hoecht came back.  
 

Then Hoecht goes down.   They keep using him at a high usage.   Then he gets hurt, we scale him back a tiny bit with the wrist injury and he’s gone from a league leader in pressure to a JAG.  
 

If he’s not healthy for the playoffs, this pass rush is DOA. 

[BillMafia716ix]

It’s so frustrating Groot hasn’t developed into that premier pass rusher. It’s sad that we have relied on old timers like Von Miller and Joey Bosa to improve our pass rush. 

[BobbyC81]

I don’t understand why Solomon doesn’t get more chances.  He seems to show great speed and pressure when given opportunities.

[ShakAttack]

The point is Bosa is very, very clearly more effective when playing with 2 hands, which is to be expected.

 

If it’s a situation where he can’t make anything worse by playing on it, that’s one thing, but I certainly hope that is the case. Otherwise, it would be silly not to let him sit out a bit, recover and return to the lineup able to contribute on the level he did up to the Chiefs game. 

 

Some of you act like this team has never made a poor decision before. We saw plenty of bad decisions by coaching in the Texans game alone. They’re “professionals” too. I guess we give our medical staff the benefit of the doubt. Poor judgement is a thing, even from professionals.

[Psautcsk]

6 hours ago, SCBills said:

The FO and Bosa both have alluded to this.  
 

They then used him at an insane amount likely thinking they could rest him when Hoecht came back.  
 

Then Hoecht goes down.   They keep using him at a high usage.   Then he gets hurt, we scale him back a tiny bit with the wrist injury and he’s gone from a league leader in pressure to a JAG.  
 

If he’s not healthy for the playoffs, this pass rush is DOA. 

If our pass rush is DOA now, we aren't making the playoffs so it does not matter.

[Augie]

7 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Again, did we? Were we there when they discussed this? Did I pull a Keon and miss a meeting?

 

Well, it might have been the plan before we lost 50% of our starting DLine to injuries. Stuff happens, and you adjust.This is where we are. 

[Livinginthepast]

He struggled mightily in that game where he wore the cast. To the point where he was trying to body tackle with arms and one hand. I suppose the plaster club could have been good for swatting passes down like a tennis racquet or smacking the ball out but that had to hurt like hell. And yes Bosa's effectiveness seems to have dropped drastically. If we had no other injuries he would have sat but with Oliver and Hoecht out, Bosa was forced to play injured. The problem is that the backups havent really inspired much hope that they can fill in properly so here we are.

[Mr. WEO]

7 hours ago, SCBills said:

His pressure rate has dropped from Top 8 in the league to like 5.8%
 

Hes clearly not right. 
 

We brought him here with a “plan” to keep him healthy and have him good for the playoffs. 
 

Thats now become Bosa playing a ton of snaps through injury. 
 

Clownshow. 

 

There is no plan to keep a Bosa healthy...

[BananaB]

With our schedule we have left can we afford anyone solid sitting? Jesus even the Browns seem like a tough win after the way our Oline played the other night. 

[Psautcsk]

10 minutes ago, BananaB said:

With our schedule we have left can we afford anyone solid sitting? Jesus even the Browns seem like a tough win after the way our Oline played the other night. 

Myles Garrett-who do we have to block him?

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

Wrist or no wrist, circumstances dictate that the Bills have to deviate from their original plan and overplay him during the regular season due to injuries and a general lack of any consistent pressure from anyone else on the roster. I expect him to be gassed come playoff time (or injured again)