dave mcbride Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/sports/football/02passing.html?ref=football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsVet Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Good read and hadn't realized the expanding disparity between passing and rushing TD's. This naturally begs the question of why did Buffalo decide to take yet another RB in the first round? On the surface, with the league so passing oriented, finding players who can throw the ball, pass block, catch, and pass rush seems to be a priority if you can't do any of them especially well. Even Arian Foster, who won the rushing title, seems to be living beneath the radar to most that don't play fantasy football. If Buffalo's top pick isn't geared to helping their passing game or hurting their opponents' then it's a wasted pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealityCheck Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Good read and hadn't realized the expanding disparity between passing and rushing TD's. This naturally begs the question of why did Buffalo decide to take yet another RB in the first round? On the surface, with the league so passing oriented, finding players who can throw the ball, pass block, catch, and pass rush seems to be a priority if you can't do any of them especially well. Even Arian Foster, who won the rushing title, seems to be living beneath the radar to most that don't play fantasy football. If Buffalo's top pick isn't geared to helping their passing game or hurting their opponents' then it's a wasted pick. If, and of course this is a big if,we can put together a great physical o-line 2 years from now, would a player of Spiller"s calibre then be a wasted pick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 Good read and hadn't realized the expanding disparity between passing and rushing TD's. This naturally begs the question of why did Buffalo decide to take yet another RB in the first round? On the surface, with the league so passing oriented, finding players who can throw the ball, pass block, catch, and pass rush seems to be a priority if you can't do any of them especially well. Even Arian Foster, who won the rushing title, seems to be living beneath the radar to most that don't play fantasy football. If Buffalo's top pick isn't geared to helping their passing game or hurting their opponents' then it's a wasted pick. Good point, although if I can play devil's advocate for a moment, isn't Spiller the sort of back that should be valuable as a receiver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Trooth Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 This naturally begs the question of why did Buffalo decide to take yet another RB in the first round? Better have a running game in Buff once the winds of Novemeber kick in, cuz the passes are gonna get caught up with the geese flying south. Bills felt confident in their running game all year. It was a false positive because who wouldn't be confident when you run at will on the Bills defense in practice. What, we don't need no stinkin offensive linemen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan714 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Well one part of the passing game we continue to ignore is TE, we have to have the worst collection of turds at TE in the entire NFL. As much as we need to some OL help we need a qaulity starting TE not our usual 4th round turd, the newest of which is Shawn Nelson. Gailey should have his head examined for taking Troup over the top rated TE in the draft who also happened to be a local boy, Gronkowski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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