Mr. WEO

yeah no one is really arguing about that particular game in this discussion.... scroll up, I'm headed outside!

dang, that's a shame. frosted tips are still a great look, though--especially when caught on camera crying/yelling at your HC on the sidelines after a 3 turnover performance vs the absolutely awful Titans D.

1 playoff appearance (loss). currently having his worst statistical season (yards, attempts, TDs, completion %, 1st downs)

Sure, at this point. But we are talking about all of the other games he has played in. The "vanilla" explanation makes no sense whatsoever for those other games. And what's not "vanilla" about just sending your best WR out there to beat guys and make big plays? I think this is the most likely reason he hasn't some much here. The rest of this stuff...nah.

everyone draws coverage. he's a great route runner, to be sure. I think Josh just doesn't look for him as much as guys he's comfortable with (Kincaid, Shakir, Coleman). It's probably as simple as that. No need for people to conjure up these alternative scenarios where he is sucking up all the coverage when he's in there, or that he is on ice until they "break the glass" come the playoffs. It would make FAR more sense to give Cooper a ton of targets leading up to the playoffs so Josh can feel comfortable with finding him. The rest of this seems like nonsense. Keeping it "vanilla", simply by keeping a 32 year old journeyman WR on the sidelines for much of the season.... ? Why not just bench Allen?? It would get vanilla real quick..

What other team brought in a shiny new toy midseason and didn't really use him (we are not in the midst of the playoffs, by the way)? Is that what KC is doing with Hopkins (for example)? Leading up to the playoffs (say, the past 4 games), who have the Lions "unnecessarily blown out"? Prior to that, they did this because Dan Campbell and Ben Johnson don't understand NFL 101?

did he say that after the Seattle game? How about KC? SF? Were in "vanilla" when they put up 42 (and lost) in LA?

well, he's not. so it's not a point worth making--he's not leaving/getting "QB money" that's "on the table". that's like saying, "had he not retired, he would be making millions per year"

I'm not "inserting it"...it's fact. he has 12 catches since the end of October. when did the Bills "clinch"? Who else have they shut down like this? what other team has "hidden" their "top WR" the past 2 months in anticipation of the playoffs? he said that when talking specifically about why he's not looking Cooper's way?

I'm saying it's an unusual treatment for a broken bone (oven mitt on game day only). and why not just say it was broken at the time? the giant glove was a glaring red cape for any Defender to tee off on....yet they really didn't. Defenders are always trying to take out a QB. They don't need an injury report to give them the green light to do so (that doesn't seem to matter).

maybe...so what? No one is talking about who or what the best "boundary receiver" is. we are talking about why he hasn't made much of an impact yet. I keep reading that he's drawing all of the coverage (he's not) and that he's being shelved so that he can be unleashed in the playoffs (come on).

he put on a glove. a giant glove and announced the hand was injured. they were going to twist it anyway, no? and what was the outcome of Defenders knowing his hand was injured? It healed anyway, no?

quoted the wrong dude... now you're asking for help? you've been stating this as fact this whole thread.

what other team uses this plan of not really using their "top WR" for months prior to the end of the season....as "another level of strategy"? If Cooper is, "by a mile", what is a WR1?

how do we know? Why would he hide a splint off the field?

you tell us...in the KC game he had 2 nice catches--both times covered by a single Safety (Nazeeh Johnson). Perfect throws by Josh who saw (again) Cooper in Safety single coverage. hang in there, doc!

It might be absurd. You maximize your weapons to your advantage in every game----he joined the team months ago. He's had 12 catches since Halloween.

What would be the point of all that: admitting his hand is broken but pretending it's not?

beside the point

he's getting $134K for 2 games

Every team but the Lions have snubbed Schwartz for HC--and that was years ago....and his Defenses were atrocious (the shot up to #3 in least points allowed 1 year after he was fired---with human mannequin Jim Caldwell. In Cleveland, the Defense is awful. Eagles D now is better than when Schwartz was there. He had a cup of coffee in Buffalo. They were top 5 (4th) in points allowed--something a variety of Bills DC's have replicated in 4 of the last 6 seasons, including 3 seasons at #1 or #2. The Jim Schwartz myth was born in Buffalo I guess....

In the "Super Bowl days", the Bills were outscored 139-73....82-30 by the Cowboys. is there a different era to reference? lol

same as the majority of Beane's vet WR signings over the years....his best days are well behind him. No one brings in a guy like that on a team like this to sit around on game day.

you didn't hear me say that.....

Tyreek was on the Chiefs 2 Lombardi's ago. There's a lot of WR ahead of him waiting to get into the HOF. Humphrey, McDuffie and Butker aren't getting into the HOF... Last season, Chiefs won the SB with 1 WR over 500 yards (no receiver over 1000 yards), no 1000 yard rusher. Bills had Cook and Diggs both over 1100. As a team, the Bills passed and ran for more yards last year and their Offense was 6th/Defense 4th in points (Chiefs were 15th/2nd). The difference is likely Reid.