BillsVet Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Excellent point. Take away Fitz's rushing yards and we are well below 4 ypc and in the dregs of the running games. He is our second leading rusher and has more yards on far fewer carries than our most electric rookie. Gailey is totally confused. Offensive genius Chan Gailey is throwing 60% of the time now. The question has to be why, and I suspect it's because the OL struggles to run block, which was on display last week. Spiller looks like he needs to add 15 pounds of muscle before next season. The dude looks small and weak in the NFL to me. I was expecting a whole lot more from this kid. Chris Johnson weighs about the same as CJ does now. It's a matter of the OL being able to run block and give him a crease. That is, if Chan would give him the ball from the LOS more than 8 times a game. If WEO added a /sarcasm I'd agree 100%. Gailey knows how to move the ball and score points. We are way more efficient in: red zone touchdowns since... when? 3rd and long conversions since... when? I'd like the same amount of "confusion" on the defense. 32 points scored in two weeks against decent teams in KC and CHI is not what I'd call moving the ball and scoring points. So the offense scores more points, great. The defense gives up more points too. And the record is what you are: 0-8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Yep, the numbers from the non-RB's are skewing the stats. Because the O-line can't run-block. Hence the reason Gailey is passing the ball. Which proves he's not "confused." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San-O Posted November 13, 2010 Author Share Posted November 13, 2010 (edited) Yep, the numbers from the non-RB's are skewing the stats. Because the O-line can't run-block. Hence the reason Gailey is passing the ball. Which proves he's not "confused." OK. Concensus seems to be non-RB running gains are skewing the numbers. Bills passing at 6.2 yards/completion is 27th in the league. Skewed also? Questions: 1. How/why is the run blocking worse than last year. 2. Why then do you draft a RB # 9 overall? 3. Have our young guys regressed under Gailey? 4. Are the GM and HC not on the same page? Let's not confuse FREQUENCY of passing plays with SUCCESS of passing plays. Edited November 13, 2010 by SoCal-Surf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 OK. Concensus seems to be non-RB running gains are skewing the numbers. Bills passing at 6.2 yards/completion is 27th in the league. Skewed also? Questions: 1. How/why is the run blocking worse than last year. 2. Why then do you draft a RB # 9 overall? 3. Have our young guys regressed under Gailey? 4. Are the GM and HC not on the same page? Let's not confuse FREQUENCY of passing plays with SUCCESS of passing plays. I was merely stating that the Bills' running game isn't truly averaging 4.3 YPC. Unless you are advocating having Fitz run the ball more, by design. I agree the Bills should run the ball more than they have. But what I think is going on is Gailey wants to see what he has in Fitz, thus the inordinate numbers of passing plays. That will factor into the decision on whether to use the 1st pick on a QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San-O Posted November 13, 2010 Author Share Posted November 13, 2010 I was merely stating that the Bills' running game isn't truly averaging 4.3 YPC. Unless you are advocating having Fitz run the ball more, by design. I agree the Bills should run the ball more than they have. But what I think is going on is Gailey wants to see what he has in Fitz, thus the inordinate numbers of passing plays. That will factor into the decision on whether to use the 1st pick on a QB. I agree with you, the numbers are skewed. If the Bills don't take a QB very high I feel it would be a terrible mistake. IMHO. I think we know what we have in Fitz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 I agree with you, the numbers are skewed. If the Bills don't take a QB very high I feel it would be a terrible mistake. IMHO. I think we know what we have in Fitz. I don't agree with you that with knew what he have in Fitz. I knew that going with Edwards was just spinning wheels at best. But with the effort Fitz seemed to give in pre-season, I thought he deserved to be cut outright. I wish, looking in hindsight, that Fitz had been named the starter and given all the starting reps. And if Luck doesn't come out, I don't think there's another QB worth taking high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 I was merely stating that the Bills' running game isn't truly averaging 4.3 YPC. Unless you are advocating having Fitz run the ball more, by design. I agree the Bills should run the ball more than they have. But what I think is going on is Gailey wants to see what he has in Fitz, thus the inordinate numbers of passing plays. That will factor into the decision on whether to use the 1st pick on a QB. /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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