What are your feelings on James Cook RB1

[Dr. Who]

27 minutes ago, JohnBonhamRocks said:

About as happy as can be with him. Shore up those drops and I think he will he a top 5-10 back. Obviously best paired with a thunder to his lightning, which makes Moss’ departure and subsequent success look pretty bad even if we did get Hines in return who I hope has a bounce back year but is by no means a thunder. Also happy with Ty Johnson who was closer to an effective thunder. Could do much worse than Cook, Johnson, Hines. 
 

By the way, any chance we see Damien Harris back?

I was hoping Braelon Allen would last till our 3rd rounder, but that is unlikely. Folks will want WR, DT, and S before RB; I would not pass on him at #99.

[The Firebaugh Kid]

Needs 3-5 catches a game. 

[GASabresIUFan]

He had the best season by a Bills RB since McCoy.

[PBF81]

He's not a 3-down RB. 

 

 

Edited February 8 by PBF81

[BillMafia716ix]

1 hour ago, JohnBonhamRocks said:

About as happy as can be with him. Shore up those drops and I think he will he a top 5-10 back. Obviously best paired with a thunder to his lightning, which makes Moss’ departure and subsequent success look pretty bad even if we did get Hines in return who I hope has a bounce back year but is by no means a thunder. Also happy with Ty Johnson who was closer to an effective thunder. Could do much worse than Cook, Johnson, Hines. 
 

By the way, any chance we see Damien Harris back?

I really like Damien Harris. He was very good, especially against us when he played in New England. I didnt think he was utilized very well under Dorsey. I think we should bring him back 

[Freak-O]

I would be totally sold on him if it wasn’t for the drops. The drops were even worse since we have so few receiving threats and he was drafted to be one of them. 

[BillsFanForever19]

1 hour ago, PBF81 said:

He's not a 3-down RB. 

 

Who is these days? Everyone has a committee of different style RB's. Very few and far between do you see an every down RB anymore.

[FireChans]

3 hours ago, Chaos said:

I watched the games. The stats match my eyes. If Cook was effective, we would have used Cook more.  

Josh Allen steals red zone TD's.

 

D'Andre Swift also doesn't score a lot of TD's and there's a very clear reason for that.

[GETTOTHE50]

exactly this:

[DapperCam]

He has some wiggle, and he can actually run away from DBs if he gets a step. He isn’t dragging anybody for an extra yard though, and I wish he would stop dropping touchdowns. I think the o-line did a much better job run blocking last year, which helped him out a lot.

 

I wouldn’t spend assets on a RB.

[pi2000]

fumbles and drops

Edited February 8 by pi2000

[Freddie's Dead]

I'll give him a 75, but I can't dance to him.

[Jay_Fixit]

4 hours ago, Beast said:

 Cook was 3rd in yards from scrimmage for all running backs. What else needs to be said?

Has terrible hands. Drops passes he should catch. Dropped 2 easy game changing TD’s this year.

 

Has a bad habit of fumbling.

 

I mean, we could go on if you really want.

 

But if he can rectify those things, then ya. Not much else needs to be said.

[JohnBonhamRocks]

2 hours ago, Ya Digg? said:

You don’t think he’s a top 10 back already?! Can people (not just you) name even 5 backs better than him this past season? 

I do, I just meant he will again be a top 5–10 RB

[GunnerBill]

He is a number 1 back. No doubt about it. 

 

[LABILLBACKER]

2 hours ago, Nephilim17 said:

Given his leaner frame, I had zero expectations for him running north-south but he did this surprisingly well and I saw him drag defenders after getting engaged.

 

Very happy for a late 2nd round pick. Is he Derick Henry? No, but he's got juice, good vision, more power than expected and is a catching threat (despite some drops; as someone said, he's a running back not a WR and he's got the league's hardest thrower passing him the ball). Get a bruiser late in the draft or in FA and we're good.

All 4 of his dropped td passes were not lasers thrown to him. In fact 2 were touch passes. He drops passes like that because of a lack of focus. This isn't something a jugs machine or ping pong balls are going to fix.

[GunnerBill]

52 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:

All 4 of his dropped td passes were not lasers thrown to him. In fact 2 were touch passes. He drops passes like that because of a lack of focus. This isn't something a jugs machine or ping pong balls are going to fix.

 

Yea it is concentration drops. What is most interesting to me is 3/4 drops were redzone and I genuinely think he has taken his eye off the ball to look for the goalline in each of those situations. In all 3 it looks like his head comes up early. I think that is something coaching can try and drill into him a bit but mainly it is the sort of issue that experience and maturity can help with.  

[bmur66]

Always afraid he will fumble. Needs better focus at times. Not big enough to carry the entire load himself. Not sure if he likes getting hit. But boy is he quick when he gets the edge and I love how he squirts thru holes.

[machine gun kelly]

I like Ty Johnson, but we would benefit from an upgrade as the battering ram.  We have 10 draft picks so maybe in the mid rounds we find one.  WR, DL, and Safety is much more important.

[Matt_In_NH]

His ability to cut and hit a hole is his best asset.   He proved to run hard ar times for a guy u fee 200 lbs.  however  blocking and catching are issues with him.