James Cook's Fumbles

[Blackbeard]

Not worried.  

 

Coaches will make him practice a little hands stuff this week.   He'll get it together.  

[Psautcsk]

1 hour 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. Glad to make you feel better.

[transient]

I make be wrong, but on the replay I don’t think it was a clean exchange on the second fumble, either. It looks like it took a second to get it secured. Don’t know how much that played into it. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

1 hour 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.

I mean, he's traditionally had issues with putting the ball on the turf. Last year was an anomaly and he looks to have regressed to the means this year. What's different to me, in the past when he would have a run of fumbles he would get benched for a bit. That's no longer the case.

 

Yesterday not only was he not benched, he immediately saw the ball come his way including more goal line opportunities. Even with the fumbles the good far outweighs the bad.

[Boatdrinks]

12 minutes ago, transient said:

I make be wrong, but on the replay I don’t think it was a clean exchange on the second fumble, either. It looks like it took a second to get it secured. Don’t know how much that played into it. 

It wasn’t a clean handoff , not sure if that was on Josh or Cook. He took a second to gather it in: probably should have gone to the ground for no gain and lived to fight another down. 

[BlazinBill]

His carries are up a lot- late season fatigue is setting in- he will overcome , adjust and adapt without being benched

[Danger Mouse]

1 hour 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.

 

I think it will be fine. 

 

He fumbled once last season, McD benched him and he didn't do it again. It will be a concentration thing. He's having a probowl year and is perhaps getting carried away. He knows how to protect the ball. He just needs a bit of a telling off I reckon.

[Rousseauisnoschmo]

He'll be fine. He went forever without fumbling. I have faith he'll get this fixed.

[extrahammer]

He was pretty remorseful and upset on the sidelines about it. I think he'll figure it out and fix it. One was from him reaching for the first down or touchdown, it's hard to fault him for knowing where the 1st down marker was, but something clean up. 

[MikePJ76]

Not worried at all.  You could see him clapping and blowing in his hands.  
 

Give it to him 25 times this week 

[SoonerBillsFan]

He needs to know that now teams are focusing on it and use 2 hands more.  He does that, we should be fine

 

[NoSaint]

41 minutes ago, Matt_In_NH said:

He will be targeted moving forward.  That’s how it works.  He has shown ability to put both hands on it.  A couple have been sloppy on his part.  You cannot reach for the goal line like he did.  That Wii be a point of emphasis for the whole team.  It always is taught.  

also, if people get more punchy, he might break a few extra tackles, right?

[US Egg]

1 hour ago, Mr. WEO said:

But if you must fret over something

We Must! We Must! 

[Matt_In_NH]

1 minute ago, NoSaint said:

also, if people get more punchy, he might break a few extra tackles, right?

Agree. His explosiveness has to be a concern

[PoundingDog]

Teams are active looking for answers against you, especially when you have success. Cook is superb in short spaces finding a crease and it looks like defenses are increasing the effort at going after the ball instead of merely trying to tackle him. To me it is a concern because when we go into the playoffs, the quality of defense we are going to see and like someone said, the volume and critical plays Bills' offense is placed on his shoulders.

[BuffaloBill]

3 hours ago, BuffaloRebound said:

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.  

 

 

This ^^^^ He need not do it. Take the ball on the 1/2 yard line and slam it in on the next play.

[Old Coot]

I think we all know why Cook has fumbled four times -- fire Brady!

[Donuts and Doritos]

Letting him Cook when he fumbles is like:

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Donuts and Doritos

[dorquemada]

3 hours ago, finn said:

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

 

Choosing to try to punch the ball out rather than just tackle can absolutely lead to a missed tackle, especially with a guy as shifty as Cook.  It'll result in more turnovers but also more big plays by cook. 

[bigK14094]

3 hours 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.

I recall this was a problem his first year.  He is moving back to his old tendency.