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I agree but it wasn't his strong suit coming out of college and he didn't wow the world last year. I don't expect, ever with a lot of coaching, that there will be more than a modest improvement. Several of the top 5 running backs are good in this area and a RB by committee will add this weapon to the arsenal.

Yep, I guess the Bill's coaching staff is so dumb that they didn't pass to him or let him run more because,, well they're dumb and didn't want to win or keep their jobs. The only problem was the coaches were not as smart as some fans. ... AND we should line up Dion Dawkins out wide because he has the best {TD/pass target} ratio on the team. AND our QB has over half the rushing yards of your stud running back. And we seldom went to him in short yardage plays. Well forget those. Good coaching will set up and call plays that work effectively. Yards per carry is a result of game planning as much as it is player ability. Answer this question. IF Singletary could do 5.5 yards a carry, the why didn't the Bills just give him the ball on every play, so that every possession would be a 17 play touchdown drive?

OK. How do you know they are not looking for a workhorse RB. Has Beane told you this? Is if from God's mouth to your ear? He is one of the top 4 running backs accord to most draft sites. He is a good receiver, which is something we lacked. Yes, he would do and be our RB 1A.

Other needs that will help the team more? A 3rd string CB, or 3rd string safety or a rookie defensive end? Name the starting player that they have a good chance to put on the bench? Figure out who is going to get more touches with the football in their hands. https://nfldraftrite.com/2020/03/05/j-k-dobbins-running-back-ohio-state-buckeyes/ Don't worry. It is only, at best, a 50 50 shot he will be around at #54. The rest of the league is not as smart as the people posting here.

This is a good year for running backs. A lot of acceptable player will be available late and a lot of very good players will be available early because of the depth. Many people want to take the acceptable players. You don't win agains the best teams with that attitude. Funny. If the guy is not as good as Singletary, he will carry the ball 5-7 times a game. If he is better, then he will carry the ball 20+ times a game. The better players will be better than Singletary, and people are afraid to stick their neck out and want the safe DE, CB or WR at ,,,, wait, if they specify the position, isn't that a position of need? Opps, not as long as it isn't running back, I guess. A third string DE, WR or CB will not be on the field that much and will NOT have the ball in his hands that many times a game. So we can get maybe the 4th for 5th RB in the 2nd round, but people want to take the 7th or 8th RB in the third or the 10th+ RB in the fourth round. Singletary was about 16th in rushing in the NFL (if you give him credit for the 4 games he missed). A small guy running inside IS going to get dinged, but we want to ignore that. He was in the 40's in RB pass receiving, but that is somebody else's fault. The coach, the QB, the front office, maybe bookies in Vegas. Well, don't suggest that the coaches made the right choice not to pass to him more (even though we had two #2 WR's and a slot guy)- he is one of the best RB receivers in the league somehow. Sorry, I like Singletary but I think he is the complemetary piece and we should look for a improvement. RB is the only position where we have not put several layers of veteran players to fight it out for the position. We are going to get one of the top 5 guys and Swift is the only one who will be gone for sure. Flame away.

I'd laugh too except the joke is on us now. Vice President Joe Biden's son is wealthy. He got $40,000 a month from a Ukrainaian energy company and $1,500,000 000 investment from a Chinese bank for his hedge fund company. He was also given a direct commission in the Navy, (by influence of his dad,) and then immediately kicked out for testing positive for drugs. Vice President Mike Pence's son is a pilot in the Marine Corp and a first lieutenant. Why not keep politics out of 2BillsDrive? Yes, there are a lot of experienced QB on the beach and a later round rookie QB would not be able to fill in. Better to use draft picks on high ceiling players who are undervalued and available in late rounds.

To sit on the bench for 3 years You know of course that Joe Biden is a decorated Marine veteran.

Maybe the running back has something to do with it?

or they reached and got lucky

PAC 10 conference.

I don't think so. To me, he looks about the same overall to Singletary. He is bigger and will be more useful in short yardage situations. I think he would be best running between the tackles and (with some break-away speed) maybe a little better on breaking for longer gains, He uses size and better speed there and Singletary is fast enough to run there and has a lot more wiggle. The bigger guy might be more durable. I don't see him as a receiving threat, WR threat, or being a guy who could beat people to the corner and beat them there or cut back. He offers a similar results set from a different platform. As a rookie, there is also a possible bust factor.

Yep. Fill it with a third round pick like the 85th best player for this year. Or go after a free agent running back who nobody else has selected yet. KC is somebody we may meet next year. Maybe a third of the mock drafts have them taking a top or top two running backs with their 1st pick round. We are going to play them with a two third round picks, (or maybe a 3rd and a 4th?). When you have a chance to improve on a good or okay starter, you do it. You don't go shopping for a later round JAG. Maybe Buffalo has been down for so many years, so that low expectations are a tradition? If you can improve a position to be better than your opponents, you do it. Most of the time in mock drafts, I see Swift going to the fish and a second RB also going in the first. I don't think Taylor will be available with out pick. Tampa, Pittsburg, the Ravens and several other teams might also take running backs. I don't see Taylor lasting until our pick or where we can pick. Therefore I do not want to draft Taylor with our #54 pick. I also am giving up sleeping with supermodels.

The hole in the present roster is that we need another running back. At 54, we can get a running back who will probably be an upgrade from Singletary. How is that a bad idea?

OK. But..... Bean did not say that he wanted some quality depth that could take over a starting position in a year or two . Beane has said that he wants a "touchdown maker"..That is not an offensive lineman or defensive end. It is a skill position. We just "drafted" a#1 WR and not are set at #1, #2 and slot WR. What position could give us a starter and "touchdown maker" at #54? This isn't rocket science.

What I think we are lacking with DS are: he is not a break-away long TD threat he is not fast enough to beat people to the edge he is not productive in the passing game he scares no one if he lines up as a WR he is not used in short yard attempts There are many specs to evaluate players. YPC is one but you have to consider when those yards were gained. 15 yard running plays on 3rd and 25, just get you better punting positions. 40 yards of rushing between the twenty yard lines is not as valuable as 15 yards from the 14. We can improve the team the most by getting a better runner and would have a very solid RB situation. The 3rd round pick would give us something like the 83rd best player this year to carry the ball between 10 and 45% of our offensive plays.

Which makes it easier to run between the tackles.

Anyway, I expect Taylor to be gone well before #54, and not be available even with a trade up.

I think with #54 we can get an improvement on Singletary. The new running back would also be a young player. He would be a young player who actually has the ball in his hands and is the primary person involved in about 10 to 40 % of our offensive plays. That is more valuable than a depth player at a different position. I don't know where this "doesn't like to block" comes from. Most likely it is somebody's early statement that has been repeated and repeated by the experts to becomea "truth". One dimensional? He runs inside and outside, breaks away and gets a hell of a lot of yardage rushing. He wasn't asked to catch passes because teams would stack up against him running. Most "bell cow" college running backs are not used in college like a TE lined up in the backfield. If they carry 300 times a year, the coaches expect them to just get in the way and save their energy and injury risk for running and receiving which is where they contribute the most to the team.

I think that there are 5 RB's this year who are quite a bit above the others. There is a lot of good 2nd tier guys for depth in the 3rd and even 4th round. We have a good chance of getting one of those top 5: Swift, Taylor, Dobbins, Edwards-Helaire, and Akers. (Swift will be gone). Each brings something different to the table and I don't know how the Bills have then ranked. Any of them will have a positive offensive impact on the Bills and probably will be the RB1A by the end of the season. We do not have a viable second RB on the roster who can be expected to carry the load or even be a replacement/suppliemental guy. Beane has put out a lot of not so subtle hints about what direction the Bills are going. "Touchdown makers", "not afraid to trade up to get the guy you want", "difference makers". Why didn't they pass to him more? I guess our coaches are not very smart. Why did they trade for Diggs? https://www.buffalobills.com/video/highlight-dion-dawkins-catches-td-pass

About 44 in pass receiving. About 16 in rushing yards, if you imagine that he never gets injured.

RECEIVING: Minimum 25 passes, 50 players ranked Passes includes all passes to this receiver, complete and incomplete. Catch Rate is the percentage of passes completed to this receiver. Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards ▴ EYds TD Catch Rate FUM C.McCaffrey CAR 386 1 351 2 34.8% 4 30.4% 142 1,005 1,365 4 82% 0 A.Ekeler LAC 320 2 359 1 38.8% 3 45.1% 108 993 1,093 8 85% 2 J.White NE 142 5 179 3 14.8% 14 22.4% 95 645 647 5 76% 0 A.Kamara NO 83 13 44 22 1.6% 23 -5.7% 97 533 558 1 84% 1 L.Fournette JAX -17 42 -28 45 -17.0% 42 -19.1% 101 524 349 0 76% 1 D.Cook MIN 144 4 138 5 29.2% 5 27.5% 63 519 535 0 84% 1 M.Sanders PHI 121 7 134 6 20.0% 12 23.7% 63 509 504 3 79% 0 A.Jones GB 35 24 54 20 -5.1% 29 -0.5% 68 474 359 3 72% 1 L.Bell NYJ 3 39 32 25 -13.2% 39 -6.5% 78 461 315 1 85% 1 T.Cohen CHI -36 45 -51 46 -20.1% 43 -22.7% 104 456 337 3 76% 1 S.Barkley NYG -37 46 -25 44 -22.8% 45 -19.9% 73 438 218 2 71% 1 E.Elliott DAL 99 10 87 12 12.6% 16 9.3% 71 420 474 2 76% 0 D.Freeman ATL 51 19 55 18 -0.9% 25 0.1% 70 410 388 4 84% 1 Du.Johnson HOU 125 6 114 7 24.6% 9 21.5% 62 410 481 3 71% 0 C.Thompson WAS 34 25 20 31 -2.1% 26 -7.0% 58 378 280 0 72% 1 Da.Johnson ARI 114 8 111 8 29.2% 6 28.0% 47 370 426 4 77% 1 K.Drake 2TM 23 29 -25 43 -7.9% 33 -20.1% 68 345 331 0 74% 0 J.Richard OAK 39 21 54 19 2.7% 22 8.6% 43 323 252 0 84% 1 N.Hines IND -24 43 -1 38 -21.5% 44 -14.2% 58 320 174 0 76% 1 R.Jones TB 47 20 58 17 9.2% 17 14.5% 40 309 242 0 78% 1 J.Samuels PIT 17 33 23 30 -8.9% 35 -7.2% 57 305 288 1 82% 1 M.Gordon LAC 19 31 15 34 -7.3% 32 -8.8% 55 296 246 1 76% 1 D.Washington OAK 74 15 76 15 21.1% 11 22.3% 41 292 303 0 88% 0 J.Mixon CIN 86 12 80 13 19.3% 13 17.2% 45 287 363 3 78% 0 D.Ogunbowale TB 31 26 16 32 -2.9% 27 -8.3% 46 286 267 0 76% 1 K.Hunt CLE 71 16 80 14 14.2% 15 18.1% 44 285 325 1 84% 0 R.Burkhead NE 37 23 27 28 4.0% 21 -0.8% 38 279 227 0 71% 1 N.Chubb CLE -4 41 10 35 -15.3% 41 -10.0% 49 278 174 0 73% 1 C.Carson SEA 57 18 39 23 8.9% 18 1.6% 47 266 295 2 79% 1 R.Freeman DEN 10 36 15 33 -10.1% 36 -8.3% 50 256 208 1 86% 0 J.Williams GB 103 9 103 10 27.4% 8 27.5% 45 253 391 5 87% 0 J.Conner PIT 75 14 93 11 21.2% 10 29.8% 38 251 308 3 89% 0 M.Ingram BAL 145 3 153 4 74.6% 1 79.1% 29 247 418 5 90% 0 K.Juszczyk SF 98 11 108 9 47.6% 2 53.5% 24 239 317 1 83% 0 L.Murray NO 19 32 24 29 -5.6% 31 -3.4% 43 235 202 1 79% 0 G.Bernard CIN -55 49 -58 49 -38.5% 48 -40.0% 43 234 46 0 70% 2 J.D.McKissic DET 12 35 -2 39 -8.2% 34 -14.6% 42 233 176 1 81% 0 Dam.Williams KC 24 28 34 24 -3.7% 28 0.7% 37 213 216 2 81% 0 T.Gurley LAR 0 40 -20 42 -13.8% 40 -21.0% 49 207 197 2 63% 0 P.Laird MIA 39 22 51 21 8.6% 19 15.4% 30 204 205 0 77% 0 B.Scott PHI 67 17 62 16 29.0% 7 25.9% 26 204 250 0 92% 1 P.Lindsay DEN -69 50 -57 48 -39.7% 49 -35.0% 48 196 48 0 73% 0 D.Singletary BUF -47 48 -53 47 -35.2% 47 -37.7% 41 194 61 2 71% 0 D.Montgomery CHI 15 34 8 36 -5.5% 30 -9.3% 35 185 164 1 71% 0 L.McCoy KC -34 44 -15 41 -32.2% 46 -22.0% 35 181 63 1 82% 1 T.Coleman SF 23 30 28 27 0.0% 24 2.7% 30 180 168 1 70% 0 J.Jacobs OAK 28 27 31 26 4.6% 20 6.6% 27 166 166 0 74% 0 D.Lewis TEN 3 38 -8 40 -11.9% 38 -19.0% 32 164 115 1 78% 0 C.J.Ham MIN 6 37 2 37 -10.1% 37 -12.5% 26 149 134 1 65% 0 T.Johnson DET -45 47 -60 50 -40.2% 50 -48.8% 31 109 29 0 77% 1 Here is one valid source for evaluating Singletary as a running back receive. I have sorted this chart by total yards receiving. Singletary is WAY down the list. He is 47th in total yards among NFL running backs. (If I counted right) There are all sorts of bells and whistles and 39 term mathematical expressions that people make up to evaluate players. Somehow, I think that total yards and/or total TD's are the best ones. This "football outsiders" site also has its own complicated ranking of RB's as receivers and Singletary ranks #48 there. Come on. If Singletary is going to be classified as a "good receiver" shouldn't he be at least in the top 16? Now you can make all sorts of excuses, "well the Bills didn't pass him the ball very much because { x y z q a t }. I say that they didn't do what didn't work very well. Singletary is NOT a top running back. Here is the same source ranking running backs by their criteria. RUSHING: Minimum 100 rushes, 45 players ranked Player Team DYAR Rk ▾ YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM Suc Rate Rk E.Elliott DAL 324 1 271 1 16.5% 4 12.4% 301 1,358 1,637 12 3 56% 4 C.McCaffrey CAR 278 2 190 6 14.9% 5 7.5% 287 1,387 1,468 15 1 47% 28 M.Ingram BAL 257 3 249 3 19.8% 2 19.0% 202 1,018 1,194 10 2 60% 1 A.Jones GB 207 4 226 4 12.0% 7 13.8% 236 1,091 1,202 16 2 56% 5 K.Drake 2TM 202 5 176 8 19.7% 3 16.0% 170 817 942 8 2 51% 16 D.Henry TEN 192 6 251 2 6.7% 11 11.4% 303 1,542 1,391 16 5 50% 17 R.Mostert SF 191 7 188 7 26.8% 1 26.3% 137 772 775 8 1 53% 9 D.Cook MIN 183 8 191 5 9.3% 10 10.1% 250 1,135 1,178 13 3 49% 23 N.Chubb CLE 162 9 99 15 4.5% 12 -0.6% 298 1,493 1,324 8 2 45% 37 C.Carson SEA 130 10 96 16 1.9% 16 -0.8% 278 1,235 1,278 7 6 57% 3 G.Edwards BAL 126 11 124 12 11.8% 8 11.5% 133 710 736 2 2 56% 6 J.Jacobs OAK 126 12 171 9 3.5% 14 7.9% 242 1,152 1,096 7 1 51% 14 L.Murray NO 125 13 118 13 10.7% 9 9.6% 146 637 760 5 0 60% 2 J.Howard PHI 113 14 105 14 14.2% 6 12.7% 119 525 608 6 0 53% 8 M.Mack IND 102 15 155 10 1.0% 18 5.8% 247 1,091 1,087 8 0 52% 10 P.Lindsay DEN 94 16 133 11 1.9% 17 6.2% 224 1,011 928 7 0 50% 19 J.Mixon CIN 90 17 74 18 -0.9% 20 -2.3% 278 1,137 1,156 5 0 46% 30 S.Barkley NYG 84 18 29 26 0.4% 19 -5.5% 217 1,003 933 6 0 44% 38 A.Kamara NO 81 19 56 23 3.1% 15 -0.5% 171 802 729 5 3 52% 12 D.Singletary BUF 75 20 65 19 3.7% 13 2.1% 151 775 647 2 4 50% 21 He comes out as #20. I would like to see top 12 or top 8. Here is that same chart, but sorted by total yards gained rushing. Yes, Singletary missed 4 games so if you project his 12 games to 16 games, then he would have about 1,000 yards. Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards ▴ EYds TD FUM Suc Rate Rk D.Henry TEN 192 6 251 2 6.7% 11 11.4% 303 1,542 1,391 16 5 50% 17 N.Chubb CLE 162 9 99 15 4.5% 12 -0.6% 298 1,493 1,324 8 2 45% 37 C.McCaffrey CAR 278 2 190 6 14.9% 5 7.5% 287 1,387 1,468 15 1 47% 28 E.Elliott DAL 324 1 271 1 16.5% 4 12.4% 301 1,358 1,637 12 3 56% 4 C.Carson SEA 130 10 96 16 1.9% 16 -0.8% 278 1,235 1,278 7 6 57% 3 L.Fournette JAX 0 34 -7 39 -8.6% 34 -9.2% 265 1,152 980 3 0 42% 39 J.Jacobs OAK 126 12 171 9 3.5% 14 7.9% 242 1,152 1,096 7 1 51% 14 J.Mixon CIN 90 17 74 18 -0.9% 20 -2.3% 278 1,137 1,156 5 0 46% 30 D.Cook MIN 183 8 191 5 9.3% 10 10.1% 250 1,135 1,178 13 3 49% 23 M.Mack IND 102 15 155 10 1.0% 18 5.8% 247 1,091 1,087 8 0 52% 10 A.Jones GB 207 4 226 4 12.0% 7 13.8% 236 1,091 1,202 16 2 56% 5 C.Hyde HOU 54 22 90 17 -3.3% 26 0.2% 245 1,086 968 6 4 52% 13 M.Ingram BAL 257 3 249 3 19.8% 2 19.0% 202 1,018 1,194 10 2 60% 1 P.Lindsay DEN 94 16 133 11 1.9% 17 6.2% 224 1,011 928 7 0 50% 19 S.Barkley NYG 84 18 29 26 0.4% 19 -5.5% 217 1,003 933 6 0 44% 38 S.Michel NE 23 28 1 37 -6.4% 29 -8.5% 247 912 953 7 2 49% 22 A.Peterson WAS 39 24 57 21 -4.1% 27 -1.9% 211 900 799 5 2 47% 27 D.Montgomery CHI -46 42 -41 41 -13.0% 40 -12.5% 242 889 820 6 2 46% 29 T.Gurley LAR 58 21 56 22 -2.4% 25 -2.7% 223 858 907 12 3 48% 26 M.Sanders PHI 14 30 9 35 -6.6% 30 -7.3% 179 818 662 3 2 45% 34 K.Drake 2TM 202 5 176 8 19.7% 3 16.0% 170 817 942 8 2 51% 16 A.Kamara NO 81 19 56 23 3.1% 15 -0.5% 171 802 729 5 3 52% 12 L.Bell NYJ -76 44 -54 43 -16.6% 44 -14.3% 246 790 695 3 0 42% 40 D.Singletary BUF 75 20 65 19 3.7% 13 2.1% 151 775 647 2 4 50% 2 Over 16 games he would be about # 12 to #15, but realize that I have not similarly adjusted the other players for playing all 16 games., so it is likely that he is, at best, in the middle of the pack, lets say #16. (By the way, he is undersized as a running back, so getting hit by bigger players and getting injured is ALSO part of evaluating what he brings to the team. ) Singletary doesn't carry the ball in short yardage situations. Allen has half the rushing yards of Singletary. Singletary does not run sweeps around the end very often or well. (hence the jet sweep with a WR carrying is used to make the defense defend the edge). Singletary does not set out wide and play as a wide receiver to create mismatches or pressure the defensive backs into single coverage on a prime WR. He has his limitations, and is useful but we could use an upgrade. https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/nfl/rb/2019

Gesh. If you are a running back in the Big Ten and the major weapon, you are getting gang tackled by many nfl calibre players and the second guy is trying to strip the ball. Singletary was playing against Stony Brook, Wagner and Bethune-Cookman. There have not been many nfl level players from these small schools.

Singletary played at Florida Atlantic against weak competition, who they dominated. They had a lot of 20-30 point wins. When they played the big boys they got dominated. Oklahoma 63 F.A. 14. 2018......Wisconsin 34 -14. Playing against bigger, stronger faster players is a difference.

The teams should care. He knew he was going to get tested and did not have the self-control to stay off the pot for a while. Maybe a million dollar or so hit. Should you count on him in other ways? . https://www.healthline.com/health/how-long-does-weed-stay-in-your-system#detection-time-by-drug-test

I meant 2017. Before Beane. Round 2, Pick 5 (No. 37) (From L.A. Rams) Zay Jones, WR, ECU: Buffalo traded down in Round 1, then goes up in Round 2—picks 44 and 91 to the Rams for 37 and 149. The Bills did so because they needed a wide receiver and missed out on the top three guys Thursday night. Jones should be their No. 2 guy opposite Sammy Watkins right away. GRADE: B+