ESPN.com - “Play of the preseason?”

[Richard Noggin]

6 hours ago, BillnutinHouston said:

My football eyes may be rusty but it looked to me more like bad tackling than good running. 

 

Maybe "good running" contributes to "bad tackling" on plays like this?  

[maddenboy]

the takeaway is that you HAVE TO make 3rd stringers look like third stringers.

 

because if you cant even do that, why would we ever need you?

 

with this run he kept his name from being erased from the board.  for a little while.  it woulda been an automatic Fail, otherwise.

 

(not saying he will or wont make the team.   I dont have enough skill or evidence for me to have an opinion)

 

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(for fun, go back and watch it a few times.  each time, focus on one defender.  Its like a pickup game where nobody wants to get hurt.  Since they gotta be back at work at Amazon monday morning.  Then, imagine if he had allowed any single tackle attempt to actually work.)

 

Edited August 27, 2023 by maddenboy

[Billznut]

9 hours ago, co_springs_billsfan said:

I would like to know what word besides 'scoop' or 'pick' you used there...

Right??  It was “sn  atch”.  Seemed harmless enough. 

[MJS]

2 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:

I was multi-tasking during the game, unfortunately, so missed evidence of Cook pass blocking effectively. That's likely his last remaining weakness, at least from our limited vantage point. 

I can't remember the play, but they did show a replay of it. I believe it was an incomplete pass, but Cook did his job and stopped the rusher.

[PrimeTime101]

10 hours ago, MJS said:

Great run. The Bills have good backs on the back end of their roster. I wonder if they'll get picked up by anyone after cuts.

 

Cook looked good too, today. He had a really good pass block too.

I mean he has had a few REALLY GOOD pass blocks. he bulked up his legs big time. I don't think we can say Cook is a bad pass blocker anymore... 

[Utah John]

18 hours ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

Reminiscent of Fred Jackson in 2014 against the Bears.

Thanks for the reminder.  IIRC Fred used a stiff-arm on his run.

[Shaw66]

11 hours ago, BobBelcher said:

Former 3rd round pick just a couple years ago. For me the sad part is, if that was our 3rd round pick this year, he would have practically been a lock to make the team even if he doesn’t make that run. Just the way it goes. 

More than that, it's why you don't have to be frantic to draft running backs.  I would much rather have signed Murray and Harris and drafted Williams than just drafted Evans.  That would have been a waste of a pick.  

 

There's pretty much no way you can pick up in free agency a linebacker who makes plays as nice as that run is.  

 

Running backs really are a dime a dozen.  Someone commented about Blackshear seeing the field in Carolina.   It's almost as though every year you can have a running back in camp who's good enough to be on a roster somewhere.  

[Just in Atlanta]

21 hours ago, Billznut said:

Great run. Sadly he won’t make the team though. Bills would gladly stash him on the PS, but after that run today and a good preseason, some team will most likely ***** him up. 

More importantly, what on Earth was the word censored here?

[Doc]

15 minutes ago, Just in Atlanta said:

More importantly, what on Earth was the word censored here?

 

Ralonzo revealed it.  But why is it censored?

[Dr. Who]

10 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

Ralonzo revealed it.  But why is it censored?

Colloquial association with gender specific anatomy.

[Doc]

26 minutes ago, Dr. Who said:

Colloquial association with gender specific anatomy.

 

So beaver is censored as well?

 

Edit: no, I guess not.

[Dr. Who]

2 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

So beaver is censored as well?

 

Edit: no, I guess not.

Don't give them any ideas.

[AuntieEm]

On 8/26/2023 at 7:05 PM, co_springs_billsfan said:

I would like to know what word besides 'scoop' or 'pick' you used there...

Think someone else used the word that also got censored. 

S n a t c h e d. 

[Just in Atlanta]

21 hours ago, Dr. Who said:

Colloquial association with gender specific anatomy.

You can't say ******? Next, the TBD censors will censor ***** and ********. 

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

3 hours ago, Just in Atlanta said:

You can't say ******? Next, the TBD censors will censor ***** and ********. 

 

Morris 'Mo' Wanchuk would be devastated.

[Saxum]

On 8/27/2023 at 4:46 PM, Doc said:

 

So beaver is censored as well?

 

Edit: no, I guess not.

 

On 8/27/2023 at 4:49 PM, Dr. Who said:

Don't give them any ideas.

 

Oregon ******s

[Buffaloflash]

On 8/28/2023 at 3:00 AM, AuntieEm said:

Think someone else used the word that also got censored. 

S n a t c h e d. 

And so it goes.

We've become Canada.