Maine-iac

I'm on the fence ..... I feel like the throws are there and they're not being made. Not every time, but a lot of times. Still on coaching I suppose but not so much play calling.

Theoretically I'd agree with you. If we ran the ball more (although it's pretty even) you could argue that Cooks offers a larger home run potential, but we don't run the ball much. If we threw to the rb's more you could argue that Cooks is better catching the ball, but we don't throw to the backs that much. What we do all the time is throw the ball and Singletary was a much better pass blocker which is why Cooks is off the field so much when we are throwing in the fourth quarter. Cooks will most likely get better at pass blocking but we still probably will not use our rb's as much as other teams.

Then with that 3rd they were going to draft the next Calvin Johnson because draft picks are sure things ......................

Sadly even when it doesn't fail we just stop running the football.

Honestly it seems like they must like Gabe because Shorter seems like a Gabe clone. We'll see when/if he gets on the field but they have almost identical measurables. Even if Gabe is our second outside WR I'm betting as the season progresses Shakir and Kincaid get the lions share of the targets.

Now the Giants are getting fiesty ..............

Besides running Cooks seems like he could add so much catching passes if Allen (or Dorsey take your pick) would just throw him the ball more.

Same problem with Cook that we had with Singletary. We have zero commitment to the running game. It was worse when Motor was here. We might have upped our average carries for a running back from sub 10 up to 12 or so but we still rarely run the ball as a way to win a game. In many cases we don't even run enough to set up passing either. We spread the field and let Josh run around until someone gets open or he breaks a run. Why else would a team be able to commit two guys to spying on our QB other than they aren't worried about our running game or coverage.

Singletary (or Cooks for that matter) could probably do anything Ekeler does out in LA and I feel like he's a decent back. I can't remember the last time we came out and just ran the ball at teams. Maybe Chicago last year or the Raiders this year, either way we just don't do it. I don't believe it's that we can't. I just think we don't and I feel like it would make life much easier for every part of our passing game.

Would like to see Shakir play the 2 spot and run 12 personnel when Knox gets back. Either way if we actually ran the ball and threw short enough to make teams do something other than play shells on us Davis would be more productive. It's not that Davis is never open. https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2023/11/8/23951740/all-22-analysis-buffalo-bills-wr-gabe-davis-vs-the-cincinnati-bengals-nfl-week-9-snf

Kind of cherry picking. Singletary has a whole career of averaging well over 4 yard per carry. Not surprising a team gives him some carries and he responds. I don't think he's better than Cooks (unless we are talking about pass blocking) but they are both capable backs. Now if we would just give a back on our roster some carries.

When you don't look at your short guys who are open and don't run the ball not the best or as good as it should be.

The score is zero zero and this is the most exciting this Dallas/Giants game is going to get.

McDermott school of clock management and wasted challenges.

We kept the guy who missed a 1/2 dozen extra points right?

Didn't we draft Hopkins as well as Teller? Not that we need a kicker. Your welcome Browns fans.

Our RB's had what 8 or 9 carries? We just have little to no commitment to the run. Effects every other part of our offense.

So much focus on Davis when the problem has never been Davis. We needed to replace Beasley's catches (ala Shakir or Kincaid) and Davis was never going to do that. Davis keeps safeties over the top and he run blocks. That what he does. Our offensive woes are because our QB can't consistently find hot reads and we refuse to use the running game to make teams put guys in the box.

Now the Saints are within one score and driving ................. teams just can't put anyone away.

So many teams finding ways to lose .................... should we feel better about things?

I'd have to think that if you actually give a RB more than 10 or 12 carries with even mediocre success that it helps your passing game. If you just drop back and pass 75 percent of the time you are just going to make pass rushing predictable and finding open throws that much harder.

Cook is as good a runner (and a little faster) and we wanted some power. So we signed Harris. If we used our RB's we could probably get more production out of Cooks but since they mostly pass block it's entirely possible Singletary was a better fit.

Cook got a lot of carries at the end of the season but I'm with you ............. as far as I know Singletary was still the starter. Cook has never been able to pass block well and considering we run about 10 times a game our RB's are mostly pass blockers.

McKenzie's "good" game is still nothing that makes me miss him being on our roster. Shakir is far and away a better receiver.

Amazing how good RB's look when you use them. Our RB's are mostly used as extra pass blockers and it's probably what they (Cook at least) are worst at.