We're near Olympic track speed now, does it make a difference

[Skooby]

I'm actually of the mindset that our WR core is on par to being being near open every pass. Does this seem reasonable ??

[BillsFever21]

Re: We're near Olympic track speed now, does it make a difference

I'm actually of the mindset that our WR core is on par to being being near open every pass. Does this seem reasonable ??

No. If speed translated to being open all of the time then many fast players that never did squat in the NFL would've been HOF players.

[OpIv37]

Re: We're near Olympic track speed now, does it make a difference

A few things:

Hussein Bolt is the fastest human being on the planet. Jerry Jones put him in pads and let him try out for the Cowboys. Utter disaster.

Remember Antonio Brown? He was a WR/KR for the Bills maybe 8 or 10 years ago. Lightning fast in a straight line, couldn't make a cut to save his life. It was like his brain couldn't keep up with his feet. The guy would catch the kickoff and cover a **** ton of yardage on his initial run, but he was moving so fast that he would fall almost every single time he tried to cut. He literally hit the oncoming defenders so fast that his brain couldn't decide what to do in time for his legs to do it.

Speed does not equal success in the NFL. It takes more than that.

[Meathead]

Re: We're near Olympic track speed now, does it make a difference

corps

[Mouldsie]

Re: We're near Olympic track speed now, does it make a difference

Stevie is always open.

[better days]

Re: We're near Olympic track speed now, does it make a difference

No. If speed translated to being open all of the time then many fast players that never did squat in the NFL would've been HOF players.

Yeah, hopefully these guys have hands as well. I have faith that Ike Hilliard the WR Coach can teach these guys to run routes.

[elltrain22]

Re: We're near Olympic track speed now, does it make a difference

Op kinda nailed it. You can't just have speed, or you'll get washed out. As a NFL wr, you have to have solid fund's, besides speed. You have to be able to run real good routes, catch the ball in traffic, and stay healthy. These are big question marks, but the biggest question mark, do we have the qb to find these guys. Thats the biggest question of all. We'll see...

[better days]

Re: We're near Olympic track speed now, does it make a difference

Op kinda nailed it. You can't just have speed, or you'll get washed out. As a NFL wr, you have to have solid fund's, besides speed. You have to be able to run real good routes, catch the ball in traffic, and stay healthy. These are big question marks, but the biggest question mark, do we have the qb to find these guys. Thats the biggest question of all. We'll see...

Well, I don't think there is any question about the QB. Whoever starts will be able to get the ball to the WR. Something we haven't seen in a long time.

[Ingtar33]

Re: We're near Olympic track speed now, does it make a difference

Jerry Rice fell in the NFL draft because he ran a 4.6...

no one could catch Jerry Rice in the open field. He was much faster in pads then he was in some arbitrary 40 yard sprint.

[Extremebillsfan247]

Re: We're near Olympic track speed now, does it make a difference

I'm actually of the mindset that our WR core is on par to being being near open every pass. Does this seem reasonable ??

I think it will boil down to how well they are coached.

[stuckincincy]

Re: We're near Olympic track speed now, does it make a difference

I'm actually of the mindset that our WR core is on par to being being near open every pass. Does this seem reasonable ??

Sure. They've been waiting to spring it on the rest of the NFL for the past 13 years.

[DynaPaul]

Re: We're near Olympic track speed now, does it make a difference

As long as they're not like Raghib Ismail we should be good.

[EDS]

Re: We're near Olympic track speed now, does it make a difference

As long as they're not like Raghib Ismail we should be good.

If Goodwin or Graham turn out as good as the Rocket that would not be a bad thing - he had a few 1,000 yard seasons if memory serves.

[Pinkerton Security]

Re: We're near Olympic track speed now, does it make a difference

A few things:

Hussein Bolt is the fastest human being on the planet. Jerry Jones put him in pads and let him try out for the Cowboys. Utter disaster.

Remember Antonio Brown? He was a WR/KR for the Bills maybe 8 or 10 years ago. Lightning fast in a straight line, couldn't make a cut to save his life. It was like his brain couldn't keep up with his feet. The guy would catch the kickoff and cover a **** ton of yardage on his initial run, but he was moving so fast that he would fall almost every single time he tried to cut. He literally hit the oncoming defenders so fast that his brain couldn't decide what to do in time for his legs to do it.

Speed does not equal success in the NFL. It takes more than that.

Hussein Bolt? Is this some strange Jamaican-Iraqi hybrid? Usain.

[EDS]

Re: We're near Olympic track speed now, does it make a difference

Hussein Bolt? Is this some strange Jamaican-Iraqi hybrid? Usain.

Bluto: Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Otter: [whispering] Germans?
Boon: Forget it, he's rolling.