James Cook's Fumbles

[stlbills13]

4 fumbles (2 lost) in the last 2 games. Someone make me feel better and tell me this will not be an issue going forward. Please.

[Sweats]

Teams are taking swipes at the ball and making honest efforts to get the ball out of Cook's hand by any means necessary.

 

I'm not worried.

 

 

 

 

[Bongo]

1 minute ago, stlbills13 said:

4 fumbles (2 lost) in the last 2 games. Someone make me feel better and tell me this will not be an issue going forward. Please.

This will not be an issue going forward 

[stlbills13]

Just now, Bongo said:

This will not be an issue going forward 

Okay that's all I needed. I feel better now. Thank you. 

[Mr. WEO]

One was a fumble out of bounds so by definition it is insignificant as no opponent can recover it (play was negated by penalty anyway).  The other one was a good play by the Defender with a cold snowy wet football.  

 

Nothing to worry about.

 

But if you must fret over something, worry about a RB who falls down untouched with a clear path to the EZ (and who subsequently sells a play action handoff fake so poorly tht Josh gets lit up).

Edited 52 minutes ago by Mr. WEO

[BuffaloRebound]

the reach for the end zone was a poor decision, not ball security issue.  I’d really prefer to use Josh in short yardage and goal line situations from here on out.  I think that solves the majority of the issues.  

[zow2]

It's a market correction.  Cook had not fumbled for a while,  and he's not a huge guy and has beefy arms raking at the ball on every touch.  Just be happy his fumbles are coming in back to back games that we've won.  I'm sure he will clean it up.

[DrDawkinstein]

Wont be an issue going forward.

 

This is just a result of our 2 stars (Josh and Jimbo) feeling the pressure to press and make even more plays since it's all on the two of them. Just like hero-ball Josh. Cook will calm down and protect the ball better again.

[finn]

23 minutes ago, Bongo said:

This will not be an issue going forward 

How so? If I'm a Bills opponent, I see red meat. 

[Walking Tall]

I fully expect him to not be happy and to take care of this. It hasn’t been an issue with him up until the last 2 games. We’ll see moving forward but I’m not concerned.

Edited 27 minutes ago by Walking Tall

[SageAgainstTheMachine]

We tend to see things that happen randomly in clumps as a trend.  Joe Burrow isn’t suddenly a prolific thrower of INTs, for example, just because he threw two in a row.

[Bongo]

32 minutes ago, finn said:

How so? If I'm a Bills opponent, I see red meat. 

I think you missed my awesome comedic timing. Ok, ok, I won’t give up my day job.