4 Bills back from Covid

[Motorin']

Also Star is back at practice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Captain_Quint]

3 minutes ago, Motorin' said:

Also Star is back at practice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I saw people commenting that it may have been something with his daughter that led to him missing time. Not sure if that's true or not. 

[Straight Hucklebuck]

Beasley can go to second string permanently.

[BillsFan4]

Nice! Hopefully it’ll be a Big boost for 2 very important games.

 

I just hope McKenzie’s role doesn’t disappear again.

[Mickey]

Isaiah gives us something that Cole can't: shallow and intermediate crossing routes where his speed makes him very difficult to defend.  Andre Reed made a nice living off those routes. 

[TBBills]

1 minute ago, Mickey said:

Isaiah gives us something that Cole can't: shallow and intermediate crossing routes where his speed makes him very difficult to defend.  Andre Reed made a nice living off those routes. 

Let's see some consistency before we say Isaiah gives us anythting.

[Mickey]

6 minutes ago, TBBills said:

Let's see some consistency before we say Isaiah gives us anythting.

Can't demonstrate consistency on the bench. He has had two games where he played a lot. Miami last year and the Pats last weekend. He produced. Not saying he should replace Beas but he has earned more looks than the occasional jet sweep.

[TBBills]

Just now, Mickey said:

Can't demonstrate consistency on the bench. He has had two games where he played a lot. Miami last year and the Pats last weekend. He produced. Not saying he should replace Beas but he has earned more looks than the occasional jet sweep.

There is a reason he was on the bench...

[Jerome007]

18 minutes ago, Mickey said:

Can't demonstrate consistency on the bench. He has had two games where he played a lot. Miami last year and the Pats last weekend. He produced. Not saying he should replace Beas but he has earned more looks than the occasional jet sweep.

Truth. But then you limit someone else. No easy solutions. But nice problem to have!

 

 

[Joe Ferguson]

[CincyBillsFan]

6 hours ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

Beasley can go to second string permanently.

Not so fast.  While Beasley and McKenzie are both slot receivers they're very different in what they do best and where they can be productive.  They might even be complementary in certain situations.

 

There's also what I call the "20 years of Bills football purgatory" syndrome going on here.  This is where a guy steps up, has a great game and we Bills fans go ape ####. And then our new favorite player struggles to repeat it. 

 

Now this may or may not be McKenzie and like others I see McK replacing Beasley next season if Bease isn't willing to take a pay cut.  But once D-coordinators have film on McKenzie they're going to figure out what his weaknesses are and who on their D is best able to handle him.  To the Patriots McK was a bit of a black box Sunday.  Going forward he's going to be treated differently.  Beasley was already an open book to Defensive Coordinators the day he arrived in Buffalo in 2019.  And he still was highly productive.  McK has yet to cross this bridge.

 

 

[Beast]

12 minutes ago, CincyBillsFan said:

Not so fast.  While Beasley and McKenzie are both slot receivers they're very different in what they do best and where they can be productive.  They might even be complementary in certain situations.

 

There's also what I call the "20 years of Bills football purgatory" syndrome going on here.  This is where a guy steps up, has a great game and we Bills fans go ape ####. And then our new favorite player struggles to repeat it. 

 

Now this may or may not be McKenzie and like others I see McK replacing Beasley next season if Bease isn't willing to take a pay cut.  But once D-coordinators have film on McKenzie they're going to figure out what his weaknesses are and who on their D is best able to handle him.  To the Patriots McK was a bit of a black box Sunday.  Going forward he's going to be treated differently.  Beasley was already an open book to Defensive Coordinators the day he arrived in Buffalo in 2019.  And he still was highly productive.  McK has yet to cross this bridge.

 

 

 

Yep.

 

Reminds me of after OJ got hurt in his last game as a Bill and Roland Hooks tore it up the very next start and fans thought we had another Juice in the making.

 

Not so fast.

Edited December 29, 2021 by Beast

[Straight Hucklebuck]

1 hour ago, CincyBillsFan said:

Not so fast.  While Beasley and McKenzie are both slot receivers they're very different in what they do best and where they can be productive.  They might even be complementary in certain situations.

 

There's also what I call the "20 years of Bills football purgatory" syndrome going on here.  This is where a guy steps up, has a great game and we Bills fans go ape ####. And then our new favorite player struggles to repeat it. 

 

Now this may or may not be McKenzie and like others I see McK replacing Beasley next season if Bease isn't willing to take a pay cut.  But once D-coordinators have film on McKenzie they're going to figure out what his weaknesses are and who on their D is best able to handle him.  To the Patriots McK was a bit of a black box Sunday.  Going forward he's going to be treated differently.  Beasley was already an open book to Defensive Coordinators the day he arrived in Buffalo in 2019.  And he still was highly productive.  McK has yet to cross this bridge.

 

 

Beasley has been out of gas this season.

 

McKenzie is the more dynamic playmaker, and this offense is better with him on the field.

 

Last year the Bills chose to take #19 off the field after Miami in Week 17 when he had two TDs.

 

It’s apparent since Week 5 that Gabe Davis needed more snaps and McKenzie taking some of Beasley’s snaps.

 

It’s no shock that as soon as Gabe started in place of Sanders he went for 85 and 2. 
 

Same with McKenzie, Beasley hasn’t had that big of a game since his 11 catch game earlier in the year. 
 

Bills Coaches were stubborn with Frank Gore, refusing to take him off the field. And that hurt us against Houston in the Playoff game. Gore represented 8 wasted carries.

 

 

[CincyBillsFan]

14 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

Same with McKenzie, Beasley hasn’t had that big of a game since his 11 catch game earlier in the year. 

 

It wasn't that long ago that Beasley had big games:

 

2nd Dolphins game:  10 - 110 yards.  Along with Allen Beasley was the key reason we snapped out of our offensive doldrums midway through the 3rd quarter.

 

Tampa Bay game:  9 - 64 yards. Converted a lot of 3rd downs in the 2nd half to help rally the Bills.