GunnerBill

Yep he has really excellent vision and you are right he goes through the hole so fast. If you don't have the perfect angle you are not going to be able to stop him because he accelerates too quickly to be stopped by an arm tackle.

I mean they really don't. Against the Rams 2nd half they blitzed almost every 2nd and 3rd down. To my mind they have blitzed too much the last 3 weeks and it has been part of the struggle on defense. Just as it was middle of last year when McDermott went blitz happy and lost to Mac Jones and Russell Wilson while sending the house. Put that nonsense away, get back to our fundamentals and play proper defense. I get it that with backups in the secondary they trust that less but it is the only way to get things corrected IMO.

All the people who were down on him have a stylistic preference for a bigger, bruiser, type of back. A 3rd and 1 back. But the Bills aren't gonna be a big 3rd and 1 running back run team while Josh Allen is almost automatic in that spot. Given our passing attack is more methodical than explosive I think the value having a big play threat at running back gives this team over a volume / grinder back like a Josh Jacobs for example is significant.

I think this is absolutely it. He can still get out of his stance fast, but what made him special was at the top of the bend he could explode again towards the Quarterback. He'd get to the top of his bend and then hit 5th gear in his dip inside. That is what is not there anymore. Which is why he can still get pressure when he is on his game but can't finish like he used to.

Was exactly my view then and now. If Cook wants to hold out and someone offers me a 2nd or a pick in the top half dozen of this year's 3rd round then I'd take it. If he isn't holding out it would take a pick in the first half of round 2 or better to trade my cheap final year of him.

Cook is a different level of player to Singletary. He was the easiest non-extension in history. A backup level player we pretended was a starter for 3 seasons who left and was suddenly a backup again. Cook is a harder call, because he is a dynamic playmaker and the most consistent one we have aside from Josh Allen. But he is still a running back. I'd let him walk, take the comp pick and draft a day 3 back. But not another Singletary, Moss, Davis short, low centre of gravity, falls forward type. Another speedy slasher. Cook-lite if you like. That is what this offense calls for.

We agreed on 6 sacks as the metric. He needs 2 in the final 2 games to even get to that pretty low bar. You won't be getting many victory laps. EDIT: and I am completely objective on it. See the thread @Savage started questioning his game Sunday. I defended Von. He played well v New England. I'd say one of his 3 best games of the year with Miami road and Indy. I am just a truth teller on this topic rather than someone clinging to a narrative.

You see it correctly. He is still struggling with coverage. He seems late to his spot too often. Down in the box playing the run he has been solid the past 2 games.

The people who hate on Cook do so because they still prefer bigger, more physical backs who can do the 3 yards and a cloud of dust stuff. Cook is not that kind of player but he is a top 10 back. His vision and short area acceleration are elite. EDIT: to be clear: I'm still not paying a running back while I have Josh Allen.

This year it IS reality though. 3rd down is an issue. It is previous years where the perception and reality don't match up.

That is perception. The statistical reality is the Bills have been a consistently good 3rd down team under this staff. This year they are like 6 percentage points worse than their worst year previously under McD.

He makes Spector look like Ray Lewis.

The whole season basically. Way worse than every other year or this regime.

He did blitz well. At the moment he is arguably our best blitzer.

Correlation not causation. In coverage he struggled too.

Oh I'm not disagreeing with that. I just take issue with the "game turned on Williams coming in" narrative.

Oh Williams. 100 times out of 100.

They were both hurt and sharing the load per McD. Spector sucked in coverage but I am bot buying into the "game turned when Williams came in" narrative. He was pretty ropey in coverage too. Other than Elam nobody gave up more yards.

I'm as big of a Von critic as you will find. But he did have a couple of nice pressures on important downs last night. I still want him gone asap and say 4 sacks at this point and one since week 3 is just a mark of who he is.

He also got a career high in pressures v Detroit. I think he was out there less last night. Will be interested to see snap counts. But the Bills look to me to already be doing some load management.

Think the same on Bishop. He is better vs the run still having some coverage issues. He was late to recognise his assignment in zone a couple of times giving up completions that he needn't have. I'm more down on Elam than at any point tbh. That was not a good display. Both the calls on Elam were legit DPI.

DB who can from the Eagles and starter for us? You sure you are not thinking of Ronald Darby who was drafted here then traded TO the Eagles for a pick and Jordan Matthews on the same day we traded Sammy?

He has made in game adjustments a TON this year. In my view he adjusts a bit too much and a bit too quickly. I think he has a bit of a trigger finger and lacks patience. Which is an essential quality of a good DC.

I am not sure they are so much as they are putting him in a position where he puts himself in harms way. That last run from him was utter stupidity.

Yea he did have a good game last night. Agree he moved better than in a fair old while.