A. Thomas Beats Out Gates For Backup RB

[Night Train]

Wonder if he's on the bubble ? New Coach means lots of cuts from the old guard.

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[Richard Gozinya]

Re: A. Thomas Beats Out Gates For Backup RB

Wonder if he's on the bubble ? New Coach means lots of cuts from the old guard.

http://buffalobills.com/blog/?blogger_id=1

If anyone's on the chopping block, it's Shaud. Gates has been excellent by all accounts.

[Ebenezer]

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Thomas looked to have a little acceleration Friday night...I liked the way he ran. Williams have never been that impressive.

[HHURRICANE]

Re: A. Thomas Beats Out Gates For Backup RB

I'll take Gates over Shauld. The only thing Shauld is good for is jumping out of a Lucky Charms box.

[billsburgh]

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Thomas looked to have a little acceleration Friday night...I liked the way he ran. Williams have never been that impressive.

twice that i noticed, it looked as though Thomas was going to break a long run and he was shoestring tackled both times. would be nice if he ran through those tackles

[Meathead]

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I'll take Gates over Shauld. The only thing Shauld is good for is jumping out of a Lucky Charms box.

cmon everybody likes the little light skinned black guy rb. he almost looks white and just out of principle you have to root for the almost white running back. lmao

its really tough for a small rb to make it in the nfl but i think we were all pulling for him. still, i gotta agree he just cant match locomotive lionel and is prolly gonesville

you may disavow yourself from my quote of you lol

[OpIv37]

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If anyone's on the chopping block, it's Shaud. Gates has been excellent by all accounts.

I just watched the Bengals game and Shaud played a hell of a lot better than Gates.


Shaud's also been returning punts (IMO he's not all that great at it, but it still gives him an edge over Gates).

[Richard Gozinya]

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I just watched the Bengals game and Shaud played a hell of a lot better than Gates.


Shaud's also been returning punts (IMO he's not all that great at it, but it still gives him an edge over Gates).

Are you advocating keeping Shaud over Gates?

[billsburgh]

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Are you advocating keeping Shaud over Gates?

is it really going to matter who the 3rd back is? how much playing time will he really get? we have plenty of specail teams studs, so that isn't much of a factor.

[OpIv37]

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Are you advocating keeping Shaud over Gates?

no, I'm just saying that Shaud's less likely to be cut because he returns kicked and played better in the last preseason game. My guess is that neither of them are going to be cut before the next preseason game so they have more time to evaluate them.

[Richard Gozinya]

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no, I'm just saying that Shaud's less likely to be cut because he returns kicked and played better in the last preseason game. My guess is that neither of them are going to be cut before the next preseason game so they have more time to evaluate them.

Fair enough. I'm just a fan of what Gates brings to the table and the way he plays the game.

Ko Simpson the same way.

I really want both of those guys on the final roster.

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

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I know some of you won't like this but I'm going to say this anyway he's another guy that Jauron coached when he was with Chicago and Jauron won't cut him.

[justasportsfan]

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I just watched the Bengals game and Shaud played a hell of a lot better than Gates.

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Gates barely practiced all week with an ankle injury. I'll take Gates over Shaud anyday. With Willis most likely to be asking for a contract at the end of the year, Gates will be more valuable than Shaud. Nevermind his ST play. He can easily be replaced and has been.

[OpIv37]

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Gates barely practiced all week with an ankle injury. I'll take Gates over Shaud anyday. With Willis most likely to be asking for a contract at the end of the year, Gates will be more valuable than Shaud. Nevermind his ST play. He can easily be replaced and has been.

I'm no fan of Shaud's either and there are other people on this team with equal/superior ST abilities. I just think it would be premature to cut him based on Gates' performance in the last pre-season game. He may have just had an off-week because he didn't practice, but IMO it wouldn't be smart to dump Gates or Shaud at this point- give them the last two games for evaluation.

[RedEyE]

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I see Shaud getting the axe as well. Gates has proven his worth and versatility with the passing game. He's twice the running back the Shaud Williams is and just as capable of fielding the pass out of the backfield.