Can James Cook break a tackle, ever?!?!

[GunnerBill]

1 minute ago, PrimeTime101 said:

So I think there is a huge difference between "yards after contact" and "breaking tackles"

 

 

When I think of breaking tackles. I think of arms around or near the waist.. getting out of a secured foot lock for more yards. 

The first real tackle attempt was a horrible one. he clipped the one leg and I don't know if I would categorize that as "breaking a tackle. 

He was never touched at the LOS. and after the poor ankle tackle try he was never touched again till he got tackled. 

 

there is one thing for sure though. as long as he has that speed and shiftiness in him.. he will be a special player. 

 

 

I still think right now this is a pass first league and that is why HB's are suffering with low contracts... but things go in circles.. If Buffalo can sustain this kind of running game that IS NOT coming from JA? Then this offense will jump into a whole new level. 

 

Ah so broken tackles only count if they are good tackles? Interesting. Wonder how many NFL running backs are routinely breaking out of good tackles?

 

 

[NoSaint]

46 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Ah so broken tackles only count if they are good tackles? Interesting. Wonder how many NFL running backs are routinely breaking out of good tackles?

 

 

And no credit to backs for being shifty enough to have an arm tackle instead of getting wrapped up fully 

[GunnerBill]

11 minutes ago, NoSaint said:

And no credit to backs for being shifty enough to have an arm tackle instead of getting wrapped up fully 

 

It translates as "I want a big thumper who thumps into people and everything else is soft" 

[Royale with Cheese]

52 minutes ago, PrimeTime101 said:

So I think there is a huge difference between "yards after contact" and "breaking tackles"

 

 

When I think of breaking tackles. I think of arms around or near the waist.. getting out of a secured foot lock for more yards. 

The first real tackle attempt was a horrible one. he clipped the one leg and I don't know if I would categorize that as "breaking a tackle. 

He was never touched at the LOS. and after the poor ankle tackle try he was never touched again till he got tackled. 

 

there is one thing for sure though. as long as he has that speed and shiftiness in him.. he will be a special player. 

 

 

I still think right now this is a pass first league and that is why HB's are suffering with low contracts... but things go in circles.. If Buffalo can sustain this kind of running game that IS NOT coming from JA? Then this offense will jump into a whole new level. 

You are completely removing his ability to take on contact.  The reason you don’t get clean tackles on him because Cook keeps them on skates….that shouldn’t be held against him.

[zow2]

Dorsey played it well against the Raiders.  Early on when Cook was finding his way, he turned to a bit of Latavius Murray and then Harris.  When Cook started getting the hot hand he fed James.  That's how a good OC will handle it.   Cook is the slippery and quick RB in the room so he has the homerun potential.  It was great to see how hard they all ran and how Dorsey used them.

[Royale with Cheese]

3 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

It translates as "I want a big thumper who thumps into people and everything else is soft" 

If he’s not Earl Campbell, it doesn’t count.

[Royale with Cheese]

12 hours ago, JDHillFan said:

 

@1onemangang7

 

lol

[Spiderweb]

Looked pretty darn good to me Sunday....

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Yep, he uses his small stature to his advantage.... seems to get low and just slither forward for a yard or two. The thing Iove most is how few negative runs there are compared to Singletary because he has the speed to make a man miss in the backfield. He has had one of those in each game where a defender penetrates and thinks "I've got him here for a 4 or 5 yard loss" and Cook has the agility and speed to bounce around the edge and turn it into a gain.

 

I still wish we wouldn't run him on like 9 draws a game.  Occasionally they tackle him and its like a 4 yard loss.  

[Buddo]

Who needs to break tackles when you can just avoid them, which seemed o be very much the case with Cook last Sunday.

[NewEra]

12 people agree with, 2 like and 1 awesome this OP.

 

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[NewEra]

1 hour ago, zow2 said:

Dorsey played it well against the Raiders.  Early on when Cook was finding his way, he turned to a bit of Latavius Murray and then Harris.  When Cook started getting the hot hand he fed James.  That's how a good OC will handle it.   Cook is the slippery and quick RB in the room so he has the homerun potential.  It was great to see COOK BREAK TACKLES AND MAKE THIS THREAD LEGENDARY.

I fixed that for you

[Sherlock Holmes]

2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Ah so broken tackles only count if they are good tackles? Interesting. Wonder how many NFL running backs are routinely breaking out of good tackles?

 

 

McCaffrey breaks out of good tackles all the time

[HappyDays]

23 minutes ago, Bleeding Bills Blue said:

 

I still wish we wouldn't run him on like 9 draws a game.  Occasionally they tackle him and its like a 4 yard loss.  

 

7 YPC on draws... That's incredible. Although the Raiders game was surely responsible for most of that success. We'll have to see if it continues.

[Eastport bills]

A better question is can anyone on defense prevent Cook from turning the corner. He is really quick and elusive. He has given the run game a real boost. His production has increased with the departure of Motor and he’s delivered. Throw in some nice short yardage runs by Harris and Murray and we’re looking at a legitimate dimension for Josh to have teams thinking about. 

[GunnerBill]

33 minutes ago, Bleeding Bills Blue said:

 

I still wish we wouldn't run him on like 9 draws a game.  Occasionally they tackle him and its like a 4 yard loss.  

 

Yea there have been fewer losses for sure, but the draws are often the plays stopped for no to minimal game. The reason they do it is because they are trying to make their runs and passes look the same but they are more effective under centre or in the pistol. 

11 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

7 YPC on draws... That's incredible. Although the Raiders game was surely responsible for most of that success. We'll have to see if it continues.

 

Yea that is better than I'd have expected. 

[Buffaloflash]

On 9/17/2023 at 3:22 PM, Pete said:

This hasn’t aged well 

Hahaha, Ya think.

[GunnerBill]

Of all the terrible takes coming out of week 1 this was the most terrible. 

[Breakout Squad]

2 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

Of all the terrible takes coming out of week 1 this was the most terrible. 

I thought it was a joke reading the first pages. I didn’t see this topic until today. Horrible takes

[Teddy KGB]

11 hours ago, QB Bills said:

Cook sucks. Not a popular opinion among the masses here but it'll become more apparent as the season wears on.

 

On 9/17/2023 at 8:06 PM, GreggTX said:

Cook is a gadget player, but a very good one. They probably should have waited until round 3 to draft him.

I miss the days when you were warning us how bad Josh Allen is 🤣