Can't believe all the Cody Ford love during the Bengals-Steelers game.

[BringMetheHeadofLeonLett]

After years of listening to those two,  I have zero doubt they were putting together Buffalo Bills' former offensive line draft picks, and the Great State of Ohio.  
 

They were talking about Wyatt Teller, and.. they .. just.. didn't.. know.. the .. difference.  
 

look at those monkeys run.. their mouths.  

[Utah John]

The number of O linemen the Bills went through after the SB teams ended to finally get it right, is exceeded only by the number of QBs they went through between Kelly and Allen.  The hard part is knowing when the guy you've got is just not going to work out, so you dump him at the right time, not too soon as they did with Wyatt Teller, and not too late as they did with Cody Ford.  It was clear early on that Ford just wasn't good enough with his footwork to play the way the Bills wanted, but they took at least a year and maybe two, to finally cut bait.  

 

Maybe Ford got better.  Maybe he put in the work and got quicker and more agile, or maybe the Bengals don't really ask their guards to be athletic.  

 

But look, this guy tried hard to make it work with the Bills.  He was a good teammate and for all I've ever heard, a good all-around person.  I wish him well.

[SoTier]

15 hours ago, MJS said:

I doubt he has been that good, though. The cincy offensive line has still been suspect. Burrow was getting hit every other play, it seemed.

 

My guess is that Aikman and Buck subscribe to the old axiom, "if you can't say something nice about somebody, praise his versatility ... and ignore the fact that his poor play is contributing to his QB running for his life."

[Kelly to Allen]

1 hour ago, Utah John said:

The number of O linemen the Bills went through after the SB teams ended to finally get it right, is exceeded only by the number of QBs they went through between Kelly and Allen.  The hard part is knowing when the guy you've got is just not going to work out, so you dump him at the right time, not too soon as they did with Wyatt Teller, and not too late as they did with Cody Ford.  It was clear early on that Ford just wasn't good enough with his footwork to play the way the Bills wanted, but they took at least a year and maybe two, to finally cut bait.  

 

Maybe Ford got better.  Maybe he put in the work and got quicker and more agile, or maybe the Bengals don't really ask their guards to be athletic.  

 

But look, this guy tried hard to make it work with the Bills.  He was a good teammate and for all I've ever heard, a good all-around person.  I wish him well.

 

The problem with an evaluation of Cody Ford is a lot of oline play is just terrible. Like really bad, and Cody Ford along with his versatility can have some games in preseason or even regular season where he kinda flashes or holds his own, it becomes difficult to just cut the guy. The problem is Ford kept getting hurt and they kept moving him around. 

 

In my mind he was always a pure right guard. And maybe he could have developed better there, idk. 

 

It became obvious it was time to move on when Ryan Bates was much better and way more consistent. 

 

The Teller stuff was just dumb. I have no explanation why they just let him go. I knew after his rookie game vs the jets he would be awesome. Alec Anderson is another guard who is going to be awesome imo. 

[MrEpsYtown]

35 minutes ago, Kelly to Allen said:

The Teller stuff was just dumb. I have no explanation why they just let him go. I knew after his rookie game vs the jets he would be awesome. Alec Anderson is another guard who is going to be awesome imo. 

 

Yeah I really thought Teller was going to be very good. I will say I was wrong about Anderson. I did not understand why they kept him around; he has been really good. He has that nasty streak I love, but he also has some skill and the versatility to play all three interior spots and H back. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

Any time I’ve seen the bengals play Cody ford has looked terrible lol I’m not sure what they’re talking about.  The almighty cris collingsworth PFF ratings seem to agree 🤣

[Utah John]

On 1/7/2025 at 6:37 AM, Kelly to Allen said:

 

The problem with an evaluation of Cody Ford is a lot of oline play is just terrible. Like really bad, and Cody Ford along with his versatility can have some games in preseason or even regular season where he kinda flashes or holds his own, it becomes difficult to just cut the guy. The problem is Ford kept getting hurt and they kept moving him around. 

 

In my mind he was always a pure right guard. And maybe he could have developed better there, idk. 

 

It became obvious it was time to move on when Ryan Bates was much better and way more consistent. 

 

The Teller stuff was just dumb. I have no explanation why they just let him go. I knew after his rookie game vs the jets he would be awesome. Alec Anderson is another guard who is going to be awesome imo. 

Good points.  The Bills have been extremely lucky over the past two years to have had so few injuries on the O line.  But they haven't been just hoping that continues.  They had enough quality backups to field an entirely different O line against the Pats, and it looked pretty good considering all of them were playing next to second-stringers.  Put any of those reserves into an opening on the starting five, and that guy would look even better.  (Although I'm very content to feel good about this theory without finding out if I'm right.)

[muppy]

he like most O-linemen is not a physical specimen  of fitness. 

 

He underperformed in Buffalo and hasn't improved that much since. IMO he being versatile is the best adjective you can say about his play.

On 1/7/2025 at 6:03 AM, Utah John said:

The number of O linemen the Bills went through after the SB teams ended to finally get it right, is exceeded only by the number of QBs they went through between Kelly and Allen.  The hard part is knowing when the guy you've got is just not going to work out, so you dump him at the right time, not too soon as they did with Wyatt Teller, and not too late as they did with Cody Ford.  It was clear early on that Ford just wasn't good enough with his footwork to play the way the Bills wanted, but they took at least a year and maybe two, to finally cut bait.  

 

Maybe Ford got better.  Maybe he put in the work and got quicker and more agile, or maybe the Bengals don't really ask their guards to be athletic.  

 

But look, this guy tried hard to make it work with the Bills.  He was a good teammate and for all I've ever heard, a good all-around person.  I wish him well.

pr maybe he just was not the guy we needed or hoped he would be when drafted and has become  cog of versatility in Cinci *shrugs*  he looked average when I last saw him play. The Aikman  montage was overblown

 

I don't wish him harm. I just dont think he deserves so much glory