OK, he fumble(s)d, but can we talk about Cook's season, historically, please?

[chris heff]

33 minutes ago, Olaf Fub said:

Joe Ferguson lead the league in passing in 1977. 

 

NFL QB 1977 Stats

Was Jerry Butler on that team?

 

I caught a pass from one of the guys on that list.

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[Behindenemylines]

7 hours ago, Buffalo Ballin said:

Cook needs a rebound game this Sunday.

Cook just needs to hold on the F&$&in ball.  Enough of the theatrics etc etc.  

[BADOLBILZ]

8 hours ago, dollars 2 donuts said:

However, don't think of it as games as much as carries.

 

OJ ran for 1,503 on 290 carries.  Cook has 1,308 on 249 attempts.  

 

If...IF you were to grant James his 5.3 yards per carry average over 41 more attempts it would put him at 1,525 yards on 290 carries.

 

 

 

Where you took a wrong turn in this comparison is that the league yards per rush was 4.0 in 1975, 4.1 in 1976, 3.8 in 1977 etc.. and fluctuated in those ranges for many years thereafter.

 

Nowadays that number is all the way up to 4.4 yards per carry.

 

WAY easier to run the ball in the NFL today.    

 

[dollars 2 donuts]

4 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

Where you took a wrong turn in this comparison is that the league yards per rush was 4.0 in 1975, 4.1 in 1976, 3.8 in 1977 etc.. and fluctuated in those ranges for many years thereafter.

 

Nowadays that number is all the way up to 4.4 yards per carry.

 

WAY easier to run the ball in the NFL today.    

 

 

I hear ya, but my main point (lost, my bad in not being clear) was not comparing OJ and Cook, but just that it was a great season by Cook amongst all the 33 rushing seasons in Bills history.

 

 

[BADOLBILZ]

9 minutes ago, dollars 2 donuts said:

 

I hear ya, but my main point (lost, my bad in not being clear) was not comparing OJ and Cook, but just that it was a great season by Cook amongst all the 33 rushing seasons in Bills history.

 

 

 

 

Yeah I just think that in your haste to make a comparison to Bills RB seasons of years past you inadvertently illustrated just how little context your point had.

 

Cook is having an exceptional season but Josh Allen(the franchise's all time rushing TD leader) is one of the greatest force multipliers for RB's in the running game in the history of the NFL.  

 

The Bills organizational identity to this point in their history is clearly running the ball.

 

It's the one area where the standard is HIGH.

 

Cook and this offense is the latest iteration.

 

 They are averaging .7 yards per carry above league average.   Same as the 2015 NFL leading rushing offense(which didn't even HAVE a 1,000 yard rusher).  

 

But the 2016 NFL leading rush offense averaged a ridiculous 1.2 yards above average and had McCoy putting up 5.4 and also Gillislee leading the NFL in ypc(5.7) and 3rd/4th down conversion %.

[Buffalo716]

10 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

Yeah I just think that in your haste to make a comparison to Bills RB seasons of years past you inadvertently illustrated just how little context your point had.

 

Cook is having an exceptional season but Josh Allen(the franchise's all time rushing TD leader) is one of the greatest force multipliers for RB's in the running game in the history of the NFL.  

 

The Bills organizational identity to this point in their history is clearly running the ball.

 

It's the one area where the standard is HIGH.

 

Cook and this offense is the latest iteration.

 

 They are averaging .7 yards per carry above league average.   Same as the 2015 NFL leading rushing offense(which didn't even HAVE a 1,000 yard rusher).  

 

But the 2016 NFL leading rush offense averaged a ridiculous 1.2 yards above average and had McCoy putting up 5.4 and also Gillislee leading the NFL in ypc(5.7) and 3rd/4th down conversion %.

I think that Rushing attack was very good also 

 

I also think gillisllee was a very scheme specific runner.. he wasn't somebody who had the ability to run in any system or any blocking scheme consistently 

 

He was like a two trick pony for his Gap power scheme... But he did both of those at an extremely high level ... He had a few looks that he really really excelled on

 

He wasn't the same runner in a zone scheme

Edited 49 minutes ago by Buffalo716