Shady's release ends 16-year streak of Bills' overinvestment in RB position

[HOUSE]

 

The Bills are better off putting their resources into running backs T.J. Yeldon (29), Devin Singletary (40) and Senorise Perry (32) than into continuing to overspend on backs like LeSean McCoy, Mark Gaughan says. (James P. McCoy/News file photo)

 

By Mark Gaughan
Published 6:00 a.m. September 1, 2019|Updated 1 hour ago

 

Fans and media have spent the past month talking about how little preseason means in the NFL – with good reason.

However, there was significance to the past six weeks of Buffalo Bills football when it came to LeSean McCoy. The strong training camp and preseason performances of Devin Singletary and Frank Gore cemented the irrelevance of McCoy on the Bills’ roster.

The bigger-picture takeaway on the end of the “Shady era” in Buffalo is this:

Let’s all hope and pray this ends a long and regrettable chapter in Bills roster-building history: The Giant Investment in Running Backs.

 

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https://buffalonews.com/2019/09/01/lesean-mccoy-buffalo-bills-devin-singletary-frank-gore-nfl-cuts-draft-brandon-beane/

Edited September 1, 2019 by HOUSE

[RoyBatty is alive]

A bit of a stretch for a story, If McCoy was 28 he would still be on this team."Long and regrettable chapter"? Yes the NFL is now largely not a  one RB league anymore.

[GunnerBill]

17 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

A bit of a stretch for a story, If McCoy was 28 he would still be on this team."Long and regrettable chapter"? Yes the NFL is now largely not a  one RB league anymore.

 

Agreed. The sentiment of the piece is right but it is a stretch to see Shady's release as part of a move to the point he is making

[oldmanfan]

Interesting take

[thebandit27]

"The RB position just isn't worth investing premium assets anymore"

 

- everyone except for the two teams that played in the Super Bowl 

 

[BITE ME]

The Running Back was much more valuable in the past before the NFL decided to make it a passing league.  Can't blame the Bills for bringing in McCoy but he probably should have been moved last year.  Hard to move a big name RB though off the first playoff season in nearly two decades. 

2 minutes ago, thebandit27 said:

"The RB position just isn't worth investing premium assets anymore"

 

- everyone except for the two teams that played in the Super Bowl 

 

 

The Patriots did not invest a ton in the RB position. They invested 12 million over 3 years with only 4.69M guaranteed. That is probably what one should invest. Investing 9 million in a running back that would get 1/3rd of carries is not smart. McCoy is now being paid what he should be paid. $3M with up to $4M. Bills had to cut McCoy at the salary he was getting. 

[Cripple Creek]

28 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

A bit of a stretch for a story, If McCoy was 28 he would still be on this team."Long and regrettable chapter"? Yes the NFL is now largely not a  one RB league anymore.

Long regrettable chapter generates clicks.  Silly, IMO, article that was done to fulfill contractual obligations (Gaughan). 

[Nanker]

The classic Mike Backer is also a devalued position, as is Fullback. No NFL team has had a head-on place kicker for a couple of decades. 

 

[thebandit27]

5 minutes ago, FUTURIST said:

The Running Back was much more valuable in the past before the NFL decided to make it a passing league.  Can't blame the Bills for bringing in McCoy but he probably should have been moved last year.  Hard to move a big name RB though off the first playoff season in nearly two decades. 

 

The Patriots did not invest a ton in the RB position. They invested 12 million over 3 years with only 4.69M guaranteed. That is probably what one should invest. Investing 9 million in a running back that would get 1/3rd of carries is not smart. McCoy is now being paid what he should be paid. $3M with up to $4M. Bills had to cut McCoy at the salary he was getting. 

 

They signed multiple FA RBs in back to back off-seasons.

 

They drafted a RB in the first round 

 

They went from a pass blocking LT to a run blocking mauler.

 

While the rest of the league was going pass happy, NE loaded up to railroad teams with the run...and won a Super Bowl doing it 

[RoyBatty is alive]

Just now, thebandit27 said:

 

They signed multiple FA RBs in back to back off-seasons.

 

They drafted a RB in the first round 

 

They went from a pass blocking LT to a run blocking mauler.

 

While the rest of the league was going pass happy, NE loaded up to railroad teams with the run...and won a Super Bowl doing it 

 

Yeah just wait til the Pats put up 400 yards rushing against us,  Brady declining, build the defense and go back to winning lower scorer time consuming short pass and run oriented offense.

[Steptide]

The running back position is important still, but not for 8 million dollars a year. This isn't the 90s or early 00's anymore. You need a good running back with fair pay, like what we now have 

[Phil The Thrill]

18 minutes ago, thebandit27 said:

"The RB position just isn't worth investing premium assets anymore"

 

- everyone except for the two teams that played in the Super Bowl 

 

 

It worked out so well for one of those teams that the performance of the RB with a huge contract was surpassed by a street free agent.  Now they are regretting the deal 

[Rico]

I thought Perry was gone, wtf.

[BITE ME]

5 minutes ago, thebandit27 said:

 

They signed multiple FA RBs in back to back off-seasons.

 

They drafted a RB in the first round 

 

They went from a pass blocking LT to a run blocking mauler.

 

While the rest of the league was going pass happy, NE loaded up to railroad teams with the run...and won a Super Bowl doing it 

 

NE has Tom Brady. It is a lot easier to run when teams have to play the pass virtually every down.  And the Bills ran for 124 yards a game last year. The Patriots ran for 127. Not a big difference.  The Ravens and Seahawks both ran for 150+ per game.  Did not work out too well for them.

[Gugny]

5 minutes ago, Rico said:

I thought Perry was gone, wtf.

 

I, too, thought he was cut.

[HOUSE]

Shady would not be happy with a limited role in Buffalo. His contract was up after this season.  Clearly time to move on. Even the national media is not blaming Beane. The problem is he continued to mis lead .

[TPS]

I was thinking about this yesterday after Shady's release.  The Bills are following the Patriot way in this case, carrying a mix of RBs with different skill sets, and at reasonable salaries, as opposed to over-paying for a big name.   

[RoyBatty is alive]

1 minute ago, HOUSE said:

Shady would not be happy with a limited role in Buffalo. His contract was up after this season.  Clearly time to move on. Even the national media is not blaming Beane. The problem is he continued to mis lead .

 Yes he did mislead BUT i think they were trying to trade him so I assign zero blame for that.

[dave mcbride]

23 minutes ago, thebandit27 said:

 

They signed multiple FA RBs in back to back off-seasons.

 

They drafted a RB in the first round 

 

They went from a pass blocking LT to a run blocking mauler.

 

While the rest of the league was going pass happy, NE loaded up to railroad teams with the run...and won a Super Bowl doing it 

They don’t devote much salary to the position though.

[RoyBatty is alive]

Great backs that are versatile still command a huge premium in the NFL but just a handful, Exekiel Elliot, Barkely, Gurley, McCaffrey...they can be game changers.  And the NFL has learned RB's half lie is very short if they have a lot of touches.  I never though McCoy would last as long as he did with the Bills.