So where is Amari Cooper?

[Dafan]

  On 12/16/2024 at 2:44 AM, wppete said:

How many snaps did he get today? I do t remember seeing him out there at all today. 

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When Hollins had his big play...Cooper was the first one over celebrating with him.

[NoSaint]

  On 12/16/2024 at 2:34 AM, Simon said:

Allen is not going to force feed anybody; he's going to attack weak spots in the defense no matter where they are.

If those areas mean Ty Johnson, Kincaid and Shakir are the ones getting space to work, that's where the ball is going to go.

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yea but you’ve got to admit there’s a pretty wide gap between what’s happening and force feeding. 
 

he *should* have at least some schemes up touches.

[Charles Romes]

Game plan was to avoid their top corners and attack whoever was trying to cover the tight ends and Ty.  Cooper was valuable today occupying their best DBs.  

[Doc]

Good question.  If only he'd played well the Bills could have won by 20...

[transplantbillsfan]

Ummm... who cares??? We just did that on offense without him catching a pass.

 

This team is suddenly so chock full of weapons and you're complaining. He had almost 100 yards last week, remember?

[The Helmet of]

  On 12/16/2024 at 3:35 AM, transplantbillsfan said:

Ummm... who cares??? We just did that on offense without him catching a pass.

 

This team is suddenly so chock full of weapons and you're complaining. He had almost 100 yards last week, remember?

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Agree but people love stats. Why doesn’t player X have better stats is a mindset.
 

There was a thread a week or two ago about MVS. Look at all the success MVS is having in New Orleans why couldn’t Buffalo get more out of him etc. Ludicrous.

[Process]

  On 12/16/2024 at 3:25 AM, NoSaint said:

yea but you’ve got to admit there’s a pretty wide gap between what’s happening and force feeding. 
 

he *should* have at least some schemes up touches.

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He had 14 targets last week

[NeverOutNick]

Just hope he’s not hurt. We’ll need him in the playoffs. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

  On 12/16/2024 at 2:39 AM, colin said:

I didn't break down the all 22 film obv, but in general the NFL is really letting offensive and defensive holding go.

 

Scheme and Allen buying time like vowels on wheel of fortune means our guys eventually get open, but it's crazy what gets let go.

 

I think this is a part of why coop a d Coleman didn't get much, along w the game plan to destroy their base d.

 

It's like they've been on playoff calls mode since our game vs KC, the atmosphere has felt that way too 

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The marquee matchups they definitely let both teams play which makes those two ridiculous calls that led to us losing 11 points even more ridiculous.  The false start obviously was a penalty on someone they just got it wrong but that hold negating the shotput td was such a bad call 

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[Mango]

  On 12/16/2024 at 2:32 AM, Dr.Sack said:

Keon and Amari were key in freeing up our real weapon Ty Johnson. 

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I am not sure I saw him on the field once. 

[DCofNC]

I noticed he didn’t get any looks today, but really, it was all RB, TE and slot getting the nod today, they took what was there and did it really well.  Hopefully, Coop is cool w it and keeps playing hard.

[Royale with Cheese]

  On 12/16/2024 at 2:34 AM, Simon said:

Allen is not going to force feed anybody; he's going to attack weak spots in the defense no matter where they are.

If those areas mean Ty Johnson, Kincaid and Shakir are the ones getting space to work, that's where the ball is going to go.

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This is a reason why I believe we went after Coleman.  He will never be a high, as in elite level volume WR and you will never hear him complain.  Allen is just going to go to the open man regardless of who it is.

[Big Turk]

Game plan specific.

 

Why do you care who gets the ball when we scored 48 points and easily could have been in the 50s without the Bass miss and phantom holds on the Allen chest pass?

[Bob Chandler's Hands]

14 targets for 6 catches last week. 0 targets this week.

 

[Mango]

  On 12/16/2024 at 4:03 AM, Bob Chandler's Hands said:

14 targets for 6 catches last week. 0 targets this week.

 

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Not just targets, I think his snap count was super low.

[billsfan89]

Honestly the Bills have so many different weapons they don't always need Cooper to have big games. Cooper's presence on the outside makes teams less willing to constantly do coverages geared to constantly having 1 on 1 WR matchups. There's a reason why the offense has played so much better when he's been in there even when he doesn't put up a big number. 

[BADOLBILZ]

  On 12/16/2024 at 2:39 AM, colin said:

I didn't break down the all 22 film obv, but in general the NFL is really letting offensive and defensive holding go.

 

Scheme and Allen buying time like vowels on wheel of fortune means our guys eventually get open, but it's crazy what gets let go.

 

I think this is a part of why coop a d Coleman didn't get much, along w the game plan to destroy their base d.

 

It's like they've been on playoff calls mode since our game vs KC, the atmosphere has felt that way too 

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Yeah I think this is lost on some fans.    The refs were calling it like a playoff game.   Wasn't a day to push the ball downfield and since they played the entire game with the lead it was never necessary the way it was in LA.

[Process]

 

[Big Turk]

  On 12/16/2024 at 3:54 AM, Mango said:

I am not sure I saw him on the field once. 

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I saw him on the field a bunch of times.

[Ethan in Cleveland]

  On 12/16/2024 at 2:30 AM, NoSaint said:

I think he’s enjoying winning more than anything but it’d be nice to see him get in a rhythm at some point before the playoffs 

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He had 14 targets last week.  But I get your point.  

They are so dangerous now with legit threats everywhere.  Only Samuel is flailing at this point.