Why does Buffalo carry running backs on their roster?

[zow2]

Makes me laugh that people actually thought James Cook would be the bell cow RB for this club.  He's pretty much a change of pace slippery RB and screen check down player.

[Albany,n.y.]

4 hours ago, Airseven said:

A better question is why doesn’t Buffalo carry a starter-quality running back on their roster?

Ask the posters who are dead set against drafting a RB early.  Unfortunately, Beane has let the best RBs go by in the draft because he has the same philosophy.  Meanwhile the top teams in the league have a running game that makes them multidimensional while all Josh has is Diggs, no RB he can count on & bunch of #3 or #4 WRs trying to fill the #2 &#3 WR spots.  

[brianthomas]

its funny. We draft Cook, add new old guys in Latavius Murray & Damien Harris, after previously trying this with Matt Breida & Nyheim Hines, & now its Fournette who's the next to join the party. And thats after spending 3rd rd picks in 2019 & 2020 on Singletary & Moss who are no longer on the team.

And we're not gonna use any of them!

Serious question but what are we looking for where none of these guys are the answer? Can one deduce from this that its not the RB thats the issue but perhaps the scheme or play designs or oline instead? How many rb's do we need to go thru before we realize its not the rb thats the issue? Whats the point of acquiring Fournette or any of these guys if we dont intend on using them?

 

These retread rb moves are approaching Carolina Panthers level of absurdity. If we were winning it wouldnt be such an issue but in light of our reality it doesnt seem like our management has any clue on what to do.

[ngbills]

Offseason failure year after year. We try random rb's,. random wr's, random OL. So many on this board always want to buy the hype - our RB is the best ever, nevermind Cook has never been an every down back at any level, Murray, Fourette and whoever are just retreads that could be sitting on a couch if not on the Bills. Our WR's are the same, Harty had a year 5 years ago almost as good as McK average year and its a huge upgrade? Sherfield is an upgrade? Our rookie TE catches a 2 yard dump off 5x a game and its elite and unstoppable? Maybe the coaches actually buy this nonsense too and then we spend our resources on a ton of defensive players. 

[TheyCallMeAndy]

5 hours ago, Steptide said:

Honestly, other than Josh running the ball, I don't want the bills to hand the ball off, ever 

But then you see things like last night when the passing game sputters. Everyone hates Collinswoth, but he absolutely nailed it when he said if you mix in the run and pass, and spread it around when you do pass, the offense will work. 
 

Bills did this in the late second half, and it did work. Team opened the game with like 13 passes and 3 runs, 2 straight runs after the INT. 

[Nuncha]

I agree 100% but the even bigger question is why do we have a FULLBACK on our roster???  Reggie "2.3 million a year to do nothing" Gilliam.

 

4 hours ago, zow2 said:

Makes me laugh that people actually thought James Cook would be the bell cow RB for this club.  He's pretty much a change of pace slippery RB and screen check down player.

I really thought Harris was going to be the bell cow, but of course they hardly used him before he was injured.

Edited November 6, 2023 by Nuncha

[Goin Breakdown]

RB is Josh

QB is Josh

Offensive game plan is Josh

Defensive game play is load up on as much talent as we can because we're not going to put much effort into the offense because our offense is Josh

What happens if the game plan doesn't work? .....Josh

What happens if the defense has a bad day?......Josh

 

[Nuncha]

6 hours ago, DallasBillsFan1 said:

SHould have played Fournette.  All I saw last night was Cook getting quickly swallowed up by Cincy defenders.

Nobody can run behind this o-line.  They seriously suck at run blocking 98.5% of the time.  It looks like they have no idea what to do when a run play is called.

[The Helmet of]

18 hours ago, Airseven said:

A better question is why doesn’t Buffalo carry a starter-quality running back on their roster?

It wouldn't matter. Bills could have Marshawn Lynch, Derrick Henry, and Jim Brown on the roster. Dorsey won't run the ball. 

[BBFL]

Tanner Hudson, Drew Sample and Irv Smith Jr.  all had pretty decent games and had a significant chunk of their stats for the 8 games this year against us. Need to get everyone involved instead of the usual suspects. Got to try something else sometimes which is why they carry so many. 

[14774]

18 hours ago, Nuncha said:

Nobody can run behind this o-line.  They seriously suck at run blocking 98.5% of the time.  It looks like they have no idea what to do when a run play is called.

Maybe it's because they are utterly shocked that a run play was called, and are confused. 🤣

[Einstein]

On 11/6/2023 at 1:39 AM, MarkKelso'sHelmet said:

Since Ken Dorsey has zero intention of establishing a running game

 

The run game was not working Sunday night. Dorsey could have ran 50 times and it was not going to work.

 

 

[Gunsgoodtime]

Zack Moss is currently 2nd in the NFL in rushing.  Maybe it isn't our RBs that are the problem, its the coaches using them