Devin Singletary clocked 20+

[Da webster guy]

Next Gen stat of the game: Bills RB Devin Singletary reached a speed of 20.29 mph on his 46-yard TD run.

 

So does that make him a "home run hitter" now Beaner?   Whaddya know he was right here all along.....

 

 

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Edited September 20, 2021 by Da webster guy

[Straight Hucklebuck]

It’s a testament to his hard work in the off-season.

 

The Bills said he was in better shape to start the year.

[BillsShredder83]

I don't understand how but it doesn't surprise me seeing him this year. I really thought by the time you hit the NFL there was no getting faster.  Did I hear something about him training at that Don Beebe speed camp, or did I just make that up in my head 

[Don Otreply]

Yup, before the season started a lot of people here said he could not remake himself as Josh did for himself, well, it appears those folk are wrong, good on Singletary for all the hard work he put in this past off season, ( yes DBs speed camp) it is already paying off.

 

Go Bills!!!

Edited September 20, 2021 by Don Otreply

[NewEra]

1 minute ago, Don Otreply said:

Yup, before the season started a lot of noisy people here said he could not remake himself as Josh did for himself, well, it appears those folk are wrong, good on Singletary for all the hard work he put in this off season, it is already paying off.

 

Go Bills!!!

To be fair to those people, me included, I feel the % of players that are able to “remake” themselves at the NFL level is pretty low.  
 

Sure, lots of players improve aspects of their game.  But to improve a trait such as speed, is more difficult to do.  “Bruising goal line RBs rarely transform into what we would call a “speed back”.  Devin was a shifty back that has added the element of speed to his arsenal.  It’s rare imo. 
 

Standing ovation for Motor.  He won me over.  

[dorquemada]

This passes the eye test. He looks faster, and has maintained the shiftyness.  Once the OL gels he's going to have some solid gains

[CBD]

Breida was previously clocked at 22.3 for reference. 

 

https://www.nfl.com/videos/next-gen-stats-san-francisco-49ers-running-back-matt-breida-s-22-3-mph-td-run-fa

[Don Otreply]

2 minutes ago, NewEra said:

To be fair to those people, me included, I feel the % of players that are able to “remake” themselves at the NFL level is pretty low.  
 

Sure, lots of players improve aspects of their game.  But to improve a trait such as speed, is more difficult to do.  “Bruising goal line RBs rarely transform into what we would call a “speed back”.  Devin was a shifty back that has added the element of speed to his arsenal.  It’s rare imo. 
 

Standing ovation for Motor.  He won me over.  

It was more so that some poo pooed him even trying to improve himself, that group was quite vocal in there general disdain of Singletary as a RB, to me it was short sighted on their behalf, and proved to be so. 
 

Go Bills!!!

[Jerome007]

21 minutes ago, dorquemada said:

This passes the eye test. He looks faster, and has maintained the shiftyness.  Once the OL gels he's going to have some solid gains

Both he and MOSS HAD solid gains yesterday. And that's good news.

[1ManRaid]

Devin seemed to be running out of steam as the safety was closing fast on him.

 

But I've always been a proponent of his as speed < elusiveness and field vision.

[Royale with Cheese]

Not possible.  He added muscle in the offseason which means he would be slower.

[Draconator]

22 minutes ago, CBD said:

Breida was previously clocked at 22.3 for reference. 

 

https://www.nfl.com/videos/next-gen-stats-san-francisco-49ers-running-back-matt-breida-s-22-3-mph-td-run-fa

 

previously...

[clearwater cadet]

I always thought he was a good back, I think its simply the fact that we gets 7 or 8 touches a game and just can't get started with so few touches.  He did fumble again out of bounce which does concern me.

[BuffaloRebound]

That’s the adjustment the offense needed/needs to make.  Quick hitting runs for 5-6 yards a pop.  If we have a RB that can run hard through the LOS, the D/Line won’t be able to pin their ears back or the LB’s will be forced to play closer to LOS.  It opens up that 10-25 yard range where Josh is deadly.  

[Don Otreply]

20 minutes ago, BuffaloRebound said:

That’s the adjustment the offense needed/needs to make.  Quick hitting runs for 5-6 yards a pop.  If we have a RB that can run hard through the LOS, the D/Line won’t be able to pin their ears back or the LB’s will be forced to play closer to LOS.  It opens up that 10-25 yard range where Josh is deadly.  

This^^^
mixing in an effective run game will always help the passing game be more effective, which in turn makes the run game more effective, which in turn makes the pass game more effective…, hello Brian Dabol…, 😁

 

Go Bills!!!

[JESSEFEFFER]

OK, for our collective education, McCourty, who caught him at the goal line, ran a 4.3 at his pro day in 2009.  Rookie Jevon Holland ran a 4.47 at his pro day and he did not gain any ground on Devin.  I do not know how much running with a football would slow him down but he seems objectively faster than his 4.66 time at the combine. 

 

It's odd to me that all the combine and pro day testing we hear about at draft time is such a big story but we never hear of it again during the rest of their NFL careers.  Do the Bills have guys like Devin and AJ retest to see how their off season work has affected their athletic testing?  Wouldn't they want to monitor their progress?  We never hear any chatter of it so it's likely they do not do it.  I asked Joe Marino about that for his pod and he said that he never hears anything of that sort either.

[Mango]

Considering the fastest clocked speed in the NFL is over 23 mph. No, not really close. Matt Breida was clocked at 22+ mph in 2019. 

Singletary is about 15% slower than the fastest guy in the league. If the EZ was another 5 to 10 yards, he would have been caught from behind. 

[billybrew1]

1 hour ago, NewEra said:

To be fair to those people, me included, I feel the % of players that are able to “remake” themselves at the NFL level is pretty low.  
 

Sure, lots of players improve aspects of their game.  But to improve a trait such as speed, is more difficult to do.  “Bruising goal line RBs rarely transform into what we would call a “speed back”.  Devin was a shifty back that has added the element of speed to his arsenal.  It’s rare imo. 
 

Standing ovation for Motor.  He won me over.  

He didn't change that much. He always had an excellent burst, maybe he cleaned-up his gate going longer a little bit.

He always was good enough.

What he always needed was some plays, some called runs, for him. I think he still needs that. Daboll doesn't spend enough time on the run game, imho.....Our run plays often look clunky and two defenders meet Devin at the line and Devin is blamed. We need Josh to play well under center and run some offense that way and we need some better looking run plays when we're in the shotgun....

 

The good news is our backs (plural) are fine, they always were fine.

 

Go Bills!

[RobbRiddick]

"We clocked the Singletary at 32 mph"

"A Singletary? You've got a Singletary?"

"Yes"

"Say again?"
"ha, we have a Singletary!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry

[dave mcbride]

The thing that most impressed me on the run was that he didn't fumble. The Dolphins DB made a textbook-perfect strip attempt right before he crossed the goal line.