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How has he "earned the starting job"?? Is he the league leader in rushing?....... Conference leader in rushing?.... Division leader in rushing?.... Top 8 in rushing yardage?.... Top 16 in rushing yardage?.... Top 24 in rushing yardage? Well he is about there. I guess you are satisfied with finishing about 3/4 down the standings. .... Not to be mean, but do you understand what I am saying? ... (now I expect a whole bunch of excuses)

....and Singletary is 41 for 194 yards. Kenneth Davis often got that many yards on a single play.

That 41 catches for 194 yards by Singletary is less than the combination of Gore (16 for 100yards) and Yeldon (15 for 124) = 31 for 224 yards.

You mean this guy Singeltary? https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/nfl/rb/2019 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 M.Ingram BAL 145 3 153 4 74.6% 1 79.1% 29 247 418 5 90% 0 D.Cook MIN 144 4 138 5 29.2% 5 27.5% 63 519 535 0 84% 1 J.White NE 142 5 179 3 14.8% 14 22.4% 95 645 647 5 76% 0 Du.Johnson HOU 125 6 114 7 24.6% 9 21.5% 62 410 481 3 71% 0 M.Sanders PHI 121 7 134 6 20.0% 12 23.7% 63 509 504 3 79% 0 Da.Johnson ARI 114 8 111 8 29.2% 6 28.0% 47 370 426 4 77% 1 J.Williams GB 103 9 103 10 27.4% 8 27.5% 45 253 391 5 87% 0 E.Elliott DAL 99 10 87 12 12.6% 16 9.3% 71 420 474 2 76% 0 K.Juszczyk SF 98 11 108 9 47.6% 2 53.5% 24 239 317 1 83% 0 J.Mixon CIN 86 12 80 13 19.3% 13 17.2% 45 287 363 3 78% 0 A.Kamara NO 83 13 44 22 1.6% 23 -5.7% 97 533 558 1 84% 1 J.Conner PIT 75 14 93 11 21.2% 10 29.8% 38 251 308 3 89% 0 D.Washington OAK 74 15 76 15 21.1% 11 22.3% 41 292 303 0 88% 0 K.Hunt CLE 71 16 80 14 14.2% 15 18.1% 44 285 325 1 84% 0 B.Scott PHI 67 17 62 16 29.0% 7 25.9% 26 204 250 0 92% 1 C.Carson SEA 57 18 39 23 8.9% 18 1.6% 47 266 295 2 79% 1 D.Freeman ATL 51 19 55 18 -0.9% 25 0.1% 70 410 388 4 84% 1 R.Jones TB 47 20 58 17 9.2% 17 14.5% 40 309 242 0 78% 1 J.Richard OAK 39 21 54 19 2.7% 22 8.6% 43 323 252 0 84% 1 P.Laird MIA 39 22 51 21 8.6% 19 15.4% 30 204 205 0 77% 0 R.Burkhead NE 37 23 27 28 4.0% 21 -0.8% 38 279 227 0 71% 1 A.Jones GB 35 24 54 20 -5.1% 29 -0.5% 68 474 359 3 72% 1 C.Thompson WAS 34 25 20 31 -2.1% 26 -7.0% 58 378 280 0 72% 1 D.Ogunbowale TB 31 26 16 32 -2.9% 27 -8.3% 46 286 267 0 76% 1 J.Jacobs OAK 28 27 31 26 4.6% 20 6.6% 27 166 166 0 74% 0 Dam.Williams KC 24 28 34 24 -3.7% 28 0.7% 37 213 216 2 81% 0 K.Drake 2TM 23 29 -25 43 -7.9% 33 -20.1% 68 345 331 0 74% 0 T.Coleman SF 23 30 28 27 0.0% 24 2.7% 30 180 168 1 70% 0 M.Gordon LAC 19 31 15 34 -7.3% 32 -8.8% 55 296 246 1 76% 1 L.Murray NO 19 32 24 29 -5.6% 31 -3.4% 43 235 202 1 79% 0 J.Samuels PIT 17 33 23 30 -8.9% 35 -7.2% 57 305 288 1 82% 1 D.Montgomery CHI 15 34 8 36 -5.5% 30 -9.3% 35 185 164 1 71% 0 J.D.McKissic DET 12 35 -2 39 -8.2% 34 -14.6% 42 233 176 1 81% 0 R.Freeman DEN 10 36 15 33 -10.1% 36 -8.3% 50 256 208 1 86% 0 C.J.Ham MIN 6 37 2 37 -10.1% 37 -12.5% 26 149 134 1 65% 0 D.Lewis TEN 3 38 -8 40 -11.9% 38 -19.0% 32 164 115 1 78% 0 L.Bell NYJ 3 39 32 25 -13.2% 39 -6.5% 78 461 315 1 85% 1 T.Gurley LAR 0 40 -20 42 -13.8% 40 -21.0% 49 207 197 2 63% 0 N.Chubb CLE -4 41 10 35 -15.3% 41 -10.0% 49 278 174 0 73% 1 L.Fournette JAX -17 42 -28 45 -17.0% 42 -19.1% 101 524 349 0 76% 1 N.Hines IND -24 43 -1 38 -21.5% 44 -14.2% 58 320 174 0 76% 1 L.McCoy KC -34 44 -15 41 -32.2% 46 -22.0% 35 181 63 1 82% 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 T.Johnson DET -45 47 -60 50 -40.2% 50 -48.8% 31 109 29 0 77% 1 D.Singletary BUF -47 48 -53 47 -35.2% 47 -37.7% 41 194 61 2 71% 0 G.Bernard CIN -55 49 -58 49 -38.5% 48 -40.0% 43 234 46 0 70% 2 P.Lindsay DEN -69 50 -57 48 -39.7% 49 -35.0% 48 196 48 0 73% 0

Thank you for you comments.

Diggs was included to illustrate how significant McCaffrey's receiving numbers were. Receiving yards IS part of the conversation when you are discussing running backs. There are a lot of running backs who don't earn their keep. As well as other positions. ... and your point is? You get what you pay for. Sometimes you get more and sometimes less. The market pays more for players who are expected to be better. The market does NOT pay more for poorer players. The market expects higher draft picks to perform better than lower draft picks. A rookie RB is on a four year cost-controlled contract. They are cheaper than the same quality veterans, but come with some start-up time and some possibility of being a bust. The bust rate goes way up in later rounds. . . ick Range Total Value Signing Bonus Picks 33-41 $7,650,500 to $7,125,435 $3,584,000 to $3,202,135 Picks 42-48 $6,994,472 to $6,077,737 $3,106,889 to $2,440,173 Picks 49-64 $5,932,210 to $4,578,946 $2,334,334 to $1,350,142 NFL Draft Rookie Contracts: Round 3 Pick Range Total Value Signing Bonus Picks 65-74 $4,278,420 to $4,028,376 $1,138,382 to $1,031,870 Picks 75-92 $3,975,925 to $3,624,290 $1,002,690 to $863,695 Picks 93-102* $3,458,115 to $3,399,480 $793,704 to $761,516 NFL Draft Contracts: Rounds 4 -7 Round Total Value Signing Bonus Round 4 $3,324,499 to $3,006,531* $804,499 to $486,531 Round 5 $2,868,832 to $2,753,988* $348,832 to $233,988 Round 6 $2,728,511 to $2,647,353* $208,511 to $127,353 Round 7 $2,631,885 to $2,594,288* $111,885 to $74,288 https://heavy.com/sports/2019/04/nfl-draft-pick-salaries-contracts-signing-bonuses/

Notice at 7:36 and a bit later, he meets Digg's younger brother. Guess who got the better of it.

It looks like you think he needs some coaching up but has a high ceiling. What round do you think he would go in? We could get a RB1A in the second or another RB1B to pair with Singletary in the 3rd round. Then this guy could be in the plan for starting 2022. Stash him on the practice squad for as long as you can or keep him as RB 3. ?

Well I disagree a bit with that. I think the plan is to get the "touchdown maker" type player in the second round. The backup plan is to draft somebody to share the RB with Singletary i the 3rd round. We have a shot at Swift, Taylor, Dobbins and E-T at 54 or a move up. We should be able to draft Akers at 54. There are a lot of 3rd round decent backs if those things fail- enough of them that we could do a number of things, some of which might be surprising. Trade down from 54, move up from 83(?), maybe ever swap this year's 3rd for a 2021 second?

Singletary was 22nd in yards gained rushing and 44th in yards gained receiving. We can not escape the fact that those numbers are low production.

Singletary is 45th in receiving and 31st in rushing. That may be your running back. Are you from Miami? The math doesn't work. Can't do it. We could get close by using the 2021 second round pick and our 2nd round pick.

Yep. Some teams reject will do just fine (sic). We need to get somebody who other teams are scared of.

Guard?

Wouldn't it be nice if the Bills drafted a player, who after a year might even be in a conversation about McCaffrey? Well, who cares, we got a cost effective guy in the 4th round. And missed the playoffs again or were a "one-and-done".

You are either kidding or are trolling.

I think our coaching staff is smart enough to figure out that short circle or spot passes to the RB would be deadly with our two speedy WR and Allen's threat of his running for a chunk. I think they didn't call them because Singletary just didn't catch the ball reliably in practice and if he did, in a game, he was not shifty enough in the open field to break a big gain, nor was he fast enough to squirt out of there for a big gain by outrunning the defensive linemen and LB's. So those plays were not called, because the didn't look like (I;m sure they tried) would work.

I didn't make that #31 ranking but lets be honest. You rate people on production and not on emotions. He was 22nd in yards rushing and 44th in yards receiving for a running back. Yes, he missed 4 games. You might expect that for a smaller RB who does most of their work between the tackles. Singletary had only 41 receptions and we needed another weapon there and he was not it and probably will not make great improvements there. With some luck, we can get a top 3 or top 5 RB this year and it is a good year for them. It would be stupid to go cheap and take a 3rd or 4th round player because "it is a bargain and cost effective" or some other excuse. Lets get a guy, who the "experts" feel is a certain 3 down starter, rather than a guy who is expected to be a complementary piece, or a good backup.

Look at his pass receiving. He has the 44th most yards for a running back. AND we had Allen, who could have used a lot of dump off short passes to help him out.

E-H or Akers are the most likely. Swift, Dobbins and Taylor will be gone too early to even thing about trading up for. E-H is "like" Singletary, except that he is so much faster that he can get around the edge, outrun LB and safeties, and be a threat to go the distance. Also, he is a very good pass natural catcher, has good hands and will be a check-down receiver for Allen AND he can spread out wide as a legit 4th WR. Akers is also fast and brings break away potential and is heavier. He catches well but we haven't seen him run with discipline because his offensive line was bad in college. So he has some down side. IF all 5 of these are gone, the second tier in the 3rd round- maybe with a trade up, will be fine. Sometimes these guys can be a real winner, but the chances are less.

Been there. Parked a good ways away and walked the last half mile. People were selling 6-packs on the street for you to carry into the game. I remember one game where the Bills were backed up near their own goal line and the QB threw a pass that was intercepted for a pick-6. The Bills offensive line tackled the guy in the end zone and then went on a rampage tackling and knocking down the other team's players fro 3-4 minutes. The officials didn't know what to do, it was just like a Bison's hockey game. Fans loved it. I also went to the first game at Rich Field and my wife and I both got a plastic silver dollar sized gold colored token as a keepsake. Damn! have lost or misplaced it years ago.

This comment will be good for about another 20 posts.

We just like seeing your picture.

He also directs parking cars in the lot before the game.

A smart GM and team might figure out what really good players would be available at our draft picks and then use free agency to fill the other needs of the team. When your draft pick comes up, you then can draft the BPA, within reason, and also fill a need for the team. You might even move up in the draft, twice a year for three years to get that player you want. The hole right now is starting RB1A /RB 1B. The backup RB did not dress for 10 games last year.

McCaffrey $16,0 million a year 1,387 yards rushing 1,005 yards receiving 1st round pick 8 rank at RB 1 Diggs $14.4 million a year ------------------------------- 1,130 yards receiving Yeldon $01.5 million a year 63 yards rushing 124 yards receiving 2nd round pick 36 rank at RB 96 Singeltary $00.97 million a year 775 yards rushing 194 yards receiving 3rd round pick 4 rank at RB 31 You get what you pay for.