Bills will likely be thin at RB in Sunday

[YoloinOhio]

Tolbert still not practicing today with a hamstring. Chris Brown said it’s not looking good for him to play. So now behind Shady it’s just Travaris Cadet, who is mainly used in the passing game, and the FB Pat dimarco. Dimarco has very little experience as a runner and hasn’t been successful in short yardage situations and we don’t know if Cadet knows all the protections to be the 3rd down back like Tolbert was. Tolbert isn’t my favorite option as RB2 but that looks like a big hole going into the game. Only RB on the PS is Marcus Murphy, 5’8 193.

 

its too bad since LAC’s run D has sucked all year and it would be good to take advatange of that. Though perryman came back from IR last week and helped a lot. Interestingly the Jags reversed tendencies vs the Chargers and passed more than they ran. 

Edited November 16, 2017 by YoloinOhio

[RoyBatty is alive]

Travares Cadet, LOL.  Never thought i would be yearning to see Mike Tolbert playing.  The J Williams release just pisses me off ever time i think about it.

[Coach Tuesday]

They are incredibly stubborn about the RB position.  Incredibly.

[BrooklynBills]

1 minute ago, YoloinOhio said:

Tolbert still not practicing today with a hamstring. Chris Brown said it’s not looking good for him to play. So now behind Shady it’s just Travaris Cadet, who is mainly used in the passing game, and the FB Pat dimarco. Dimarco has very little experience as a runner and hasn’t been successful in short yardage situations and we don’t know if Cadet knows all the protections to be the 3rd down back like Tolbert was. Tolbert isn’t my favorite option as RB2 but that looks like a big hole going into the game. Only RB on the PS is Marcus Murphy, 5’8 193.

 

its too bad since LAC’s run D has sucked all year and it would be good to take advatange of that. Though perryman came back from IR last week and helped a lot. Interestingly the Jags reversed tendencies vs the Chargers and passed more than they ran. 

 

We are going to have to throw to beat the Chargers and McDermott knows this from watching how LAC played D against JAX. They stacked the box with 8 and sometimes 9 guys and there was no room for Fournette, so much so that in a close game Bortles threw 51 times and Fournette was ineffective and taken out of the game in the 2nd half.

 

The way to beat the Chiefs, Pats, and Colts is to throw also. 

[RoyBatty is alive]

1 minute ago, Coach Tuesday said:

They are incredibly stubborn about the RB position.  Incredibly.

I never thought of it that way but it is a very apt description.  The Saints have two of the best RBs in the NFL but they picked up Williams, we on the other hand will likely be playing Travares Cadet, a NY Jet castoff.

[YoloinOhio]

1 minute ago, BrooklynBills said:

 

We are going to have to throw to beat the Chargers and McDermott knows this from watching how LAC played D against JAX. They stacked the box with 8 and sometimes 9 guys and there was no room for Fournette, so much so that in a close game Bortles threw 51 times and Fournette was ineffective and taken out of the game in the 2nd half.

 

The way to beat the Chiefs, Pats, and Colts is to throw also. 

I agree but oddly enough LAC pass defense was so much better than run defense up until last week. Perryman is a big part of that I guess but the DT Philon has been excellent too in run D.

[theAteam]

We just freed up a player used to running the ball. Hand it to him.

[nucci]

4 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

Travares Cadet, LOL.  Never thought i would be yearning to see Mike Tolbert playing.  The J Williams release just pisses me off ever time i think about it.

I'm still not

[CardinalScotts]

Tolbert has to be put in a situation to use what he does. The number of defenders at the line of scrimmage back them off with pass

[row_33]

This will be painful.

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

15 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

Tolbert still not practicing today with a hamstring. Chris Brown said it’s not looking good for him to play. So now behind Shady it’s just Travaris Cadet, who is mainly used in the passing game, and the FB Pat dimarco. Dimarco has very little experience as a runner and hasn’t been successful in short yardage situations and we don’t know if Cadet knows all the protections to be the 3rd down back like Tolbert was. Tolbert isn’t my favorite option as RB2 but that looks like a big hole going into the game. Only RB on the PS is Marcus Murphy, 5’8 193.

 

its too bad since LAC’s run D has sucked all year and it would be good to take advatange of that. Though perryman came back from IR last week and helped a lot. Interestingly the Jags reversed tendencies vs the Chargers and passed more than they ran. 

-Yes it was "garbage time "  but  Patrick DiMarco did have 3 catched for 21 yds.  

Edited November 16, 2017 by ShadyBillsFan

[Andrew Son]

Our RB's are literally and figuratively thinner without Tolbert  

[RoyBatty is alive]

What happens if Shady gets hurt in this game?

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

Just now, RoyBatty is alive said:

What happens if Shady gets hurt in this game?

 

I dunno - Tyrod?

[Kirby Jackson]

It’s funny that you are “thin” at RB when Tolbert doesn’t play. 

[jr1]

active Marcus Murphy from the practice squad

[YoloinOhio]

1 minute ago, SWATeam said:

Our RB's are literally and figuratively thinner without Tolbert  

I was waiting for someone to catch that 

[PromoTheRobot]

When haven't we been thin at that position this year?

[YoloinOhio]

1 minute ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

What happens if Shady gets hurt in this game?

Cadet is kind of similar to him in style (poor mans version)

[Kelly the Dog]

Well, we have been fat the whole season.