CJ Spiller "is running around and making guys look silly"

[Coach Sal]

From Tim Graham's blog this morning.


WR David Nelson: "(CJ Spiller) is running around and making guys look silly." More.....

http://blogs.buffalonews.com/press-coverage/2012/08/cj-spiller-has-bills-excitement-overflowing.html

[Night Train]

Re: CJ Spiller "is running around and making guys look silly"

Love the idea of Fred and Spiller being on the field together as much as possible.

Your top 3 receivers are going to be SJ, Chandler and Nelson anyhow, so send Spiller in motion as a wingback/split end and feed him some short swing passes in space. This eliminates this waaaay overblown #2 WR saga. They (Jones,Hagan,Graham) will still get snaps.

He's the one guy on the roster who could turn 6 yards into 60 and he can't do that, standing on the sidelines.

[Ed]

Re: CJ Spiller "is running around and making guys look silly"

I really don't mind if we don't run the ball at all this preseason. We know what we can do and there's no reason to show our hand or risk injury to CJ or Fred. Keep working on things they can improve at like the no huddle.

I think the most interesting quote from that article is the following from Nelson:

"The way's being patient now and hitting the holes. Last year, you saw him running up some of the linemen's backs, just rushing things. Now you see him being patient. He's hitting that cut, and he's gone."

That definitely seemed to be CJ's biggest problem early on last year and the year before, and why Fred just always looked better and managed to find holes. If CJ's awareness and vision are improving like Nelson is implying then I think the sky is the limit for him.

[Historian]

Re: CJ Spiller "is running around and making guys look silly"

Good to hear.

[justasportsfan]

Re: CJ Spiller "is running around and making guys look silly"

We need a dominant running game to keep us from having to force Fitz to make plays. The less risks Fitz takes, the better.

[dannyek71]

Re: CJ Spiller "is running around and making guys look silly"

Training camp hero. See Parish, Roscoe.

[SabreEleven]

Re: CJ Spiller "is running around and making guys look silly"

Training camp hero. See Parish, Roscoe.

I guee what he did the last half of the last season doesn't count for anything?

[Generalissimus Gibby]

Re: CJ Spiller "is running around and making guys look silly"

We need a dominant running game to keep us from having to force Fitz to make plays. The less risks Fitz takes, the better.

I'd like a balanced attack that incorporates what is already a very effective rushing attack (well I mean other than Choice, but something tells me that he isn't going to make the 53 man roster). That's right a running game that gives us 25 to 30 rushes a game and a passing attack that features 30 to 35 passes a game. If our D is as good as they look on paper then we can control the clock, get off the field and win a lot of games that in recent years would have ended up in the loss column.

[BertSquirtgum]

Re: CJ Spiller "is running around and making guys look silly"

We need a dominant running game to keep us from having to force Fitz to make plays. The less throws Fitz has to make, the better.

Fixed.

[justasportsfan]

Re: CJ Spiller "is running around and making guys look silly"

I'd like a balanced attack that incorporates what is already a very effective rushing attack (well I mean other than Choice, but something tells me that he isn't going to make the 53 man roster). That's right a running game that gives us 25 to 30 rushes a game and a passing attack that features 30 to 35 passes a game. If our D is as good as they look on paper then we can control the clock, get off the field and win a lot of games that in recent years would have ended up in the loss column.

I agree. But hopefully we become balanced because the running game is opening things up and making it easier for Fitz.

[justasportsfan]

Re: CJ Spiller "is running around and making guys look silly"

Fixed.

No. This has evolved into a pass league. We need to be able to throw the ball successfully. For that to happen, the run game has to open things up for Fitz.

[GingerP]

Re: CJ Spiller "is running around and making guys look silly"

Yeah, this is Freddy's last season here.

Why? They gave him a $3M signing bonus on his extension and he has 3 years left on his contract. His cap number doesn't get about $3.65M for the remainder of his contract (unless he hits incentives).

Why not keep him? He isn't expensive and having 2 good RB seems better than just 1. Spiller is very talented, but he has never been a workhorse.

[OpIv37]

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I always take things like this with a grain of salt. Even if Nelson thought Spiller was worse than most high school running backs, he wouldn't say that to the media.

[ddaryl]

Re: CJ Spiller "is running around and making guys look silly"

Looking forward ot seeing if he has truly improved.. It sure appears he has.. Year 3

[Dujek]

Re: CJ Spiller "is running around and making guys look silly"

I always take things like this with a grain of salt. Even if Nelson thought Spiller was worse than most high school running backs, he wouldn't say that to the media.

Except after Freddie was injured last year Spiller was running round NFL fields making people look silly.

Really excited to see how much he has come on after getting a real chance last year.