Fournette wasted opportunity.

[newcam2012]

The Bills had a chance to pick up Fournette. Easy to play armchair QB but I remember wanting the Bills to sign him. Instead the Bills are left with Moss, Motor, and Breida. None of these guys compare to Fournette. The Bills as many other teams whiffed on him. 

Edited November 28, 2021 by newcam2012

[BuffaloBillyG]

Does the TB offensive line come with him?

[RaoulDuke79]

We don't need a thread every time someone has a good day. 

[TheBeaneBandit]

2 minutes ago, No Place To Hyde said:

Does the TB offensive line come with him?

TB has also invested in the oline in both draft and free agency.

[Ya Digg?]

5 minutes ago, RaoulDuke79 said:

We don't need a thread every time someone has a good day. 

Wish I could give this more than 1 beer

[newcam2012]

11 minutes ago, No Place To Hyde said:

Does the TB offensive line come with him?

That would help for sure.

5 minutes ago, Ya Digg? said:

Wish I could give this more than 1 beer

Fournette has been very good for Tampa not only today. He was very good in the playoffs and super bowl. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

9 minutes ago, TheBeaneBandit said:

TB has also invested in the oline in both draft and free agency.

You don't say???? 

2 minutes ago, newcam2012 said:

That would help for sure.

Fournette has been very good for Tampa not only today. He was very good in the playoffs and super bowl. 

And here in Buffalo with our oline he would look more like the Fournette in Jacksonville. 

 

Fix the line and Motor would look much more competitent 

[PonyBoy]

8 minutes ago, Ya Digg? said:

Wish I could give this more than 1 beer

🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

[Augie]

7 minutes ago, Ya Digg? said:

Wish I could give this more than 1 beer

 

We preach drinking wisely around these parts!  

 

Hindsight threads are generally annoying. Our RB’s could be better. Our OL NEEDS to be MUCH better. 

[PatsFanNH]

21 minutes ago, newcam2012 said:

The Bills had a chance to pick up Fournette. Easy to play armchair QB but I remember wanting the Bills to sign him. Instead the Bills are left with Moss, Motor, and Breida. None of these guys compare to Fournette. The Bills as many other teams whiffed on him. 

How do you know he wanted go anywhere but TB? I doubt he did, Allen doesn’t have the pull of Brady when drawing talent.. not yet at least. 

[FLFan]

Another highly useful and insightful thread started by the OP. 

[BuffaloBillies]

We're fine. Just need our O line to block and call great plays. Go Bills

[Ya Digg?]

35 minutes ago, newcam2012 said:

That would help for sure.

Fournette has been very good for Tampa not only today. He was very good in the playoffs and super bowl. 

So then where was this thread when he ran for 8 yards or another game when he ran for 30 yards?

 

As others have said he looks decent (not very good) because of the line and he’s definitely not the focus of the other team’s defense. He was thought of so poorly that Jacksonville just cut him

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

58 minutes ago, newcam2012 said:

The Bills had a chance to pick up Fournette. Easy to play armchair QB but I remember wanting the Bills to sign him. Instead the Bills are left with Moss, Motor, and Breida. None of these guys compare to Fournette. The Bills as many other teams whiffed on him. 

 

A running back is only as good as his O Line unless you have Barry Sanders or OJ. 

[Bad Things]

Fournette was one of the key douchebags in the big melee between the Bills and Jags, when they met in 2018.  I think he showed his true colours and the Bills probably don't want anything to do with him.

[Rock-A-Bye Beasley]

1 hour ago, TheBeaneBandit said:

TB has also invested in the oline in both draft and free agency.

Bills also invested in the offensive line, unfortunately with the wrong player in Ford over Teller 

[John from Riverside]

1 minute ago, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:

Bills also invested in the offensive line, unfortunately with the wrong player in Ford over Teller 

Mistakes have been made on the ol

We need to get past it and improve it

[OZBILLS]

Not a culture guy, ie useless.

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

1 hour ago, PatsFanNH said:

How do you know he wanted go anywhere but TB? I doubt he did, Allen doesn’t have the pull of Brady when drawing talent.. not yet at least. 

 

Allen may have the opposite attraction for a running back.  If I'm a RB that wants say 20 carries a game, after watching Buffalo last season why would I want to come here?  Say what you want about Brady, but over the years he's used the running game more.  On the other hand if you're a WR or even a RB that likes making catches out of the backfield, Buffalo and KC are the places to go.

 

I'm sure they can improve the running game in the off season, both by changes to the line and RB too, but not everyone would want to come here.

[JY422]

1 hour ago, newcam2012 said:

The Bills had a chance to pick up Fournette. Easy to play armchair QB but I remember wanting the Bills to sign him. Instead the Bills are left with Moss, Motor, and Breida. None of these guys compare to Fournette. The Bills as many other teams whiffed on him. 

This line of thinking is true for every team who doesn’t pick 1st in every round. 
Think how many fans are saying the same thing about Allen, White, Knox, Edmunds, Davis, etc. 

Also keep in mind how important culture is to McBean when they draft. Not saying Fournette is a bad fit for the Bills but I don’t get worn out second guessing their draft history. Like every team, they’ve had some “woulda, coulda, shoulda’s” but they’ve also build this team into a contender for years to come. I say let’s ride with these guys win or lose and at the end of the day be grateful for what we have!