Bills Brethren -- We Must Accept that Sammy Watkins is a Bust

[Guest]

His recent comments about not playing until he is fully healthy are all I need to hear from a player who is oft injured and simply refuses to play through it.

I can only assume Sammy is attempting to set up a spin on his poor statistics since being drafted such that he can say that his injuries are the reason when it comes to seeking a big contract after his rookie deal is done.

We need to cut our losses with Sammy.

AND due to the size of the mistake trading for and drafting Sammy, Doug Whaley's head must roll this off-season as well.

We need to move on.

[Guest]

Re: Bills Brethren -- We Must Accept that Sammy Watkins is a Bust

"If I’m healthy enough to play and they think I’m healthy, then I’m going to go out there," said Watkins. "I’m not going to go out there unhealthy."

[jamze132]

Re: Bills Brethren -- We Must Accept that Sammy Watkins is a Bust

Whaley screwed up with drafting Sammy but he's also made some great moves in FA, knowing who to let walk, and he's drafted pretty well overall. I'd love to see him be able to hire his own HC and not a loudmouth forced on him by the owner.

[Topas]

Re: Bills Brethren -- We Must Accept that Sammy Watkins is a Bust

Yes, because playing players half-injured makes so much sense. See McCoy.
Playing him to get to 8 wins makes no sense this year.

I am not defending the pick of Whaley. That is a nother topic. I am saying playing him this year when he is not 100% makes no sense.
Or are you under the illusion that we can still make the playoffs ... lol!

[Guest]

Re: Bills Brethren -- We Must Accept that Sammy Watkins is a Bust

Yes, because playing players half-injured makes so much sense. See McCoy.
Playing him to get to 8 wins makes no sense this year.

I am not defending the pick of Whaley. That is a nother topic. I am saying playing him this year when he is not 100% makes no sense.
Or are you under the illusion that we can still make the playoffs ... lol!

Of course I do not think we can still make the play-offs and attempting to get 8 wins pisses me off.

The issue is that Sammy is a bust physically and mentally.

Physically, Sammy can't stay healthy. There is something about his body, style of play or usage that puts him in the above average category of percentage of the season injured.

Mentally, Sammy has shown no toughness whatsoever ever. In previous seasons as well as this one, he simply would not play unless 100% healthy. Believe it or not, many NFL players play on any given Sunday when they are not 100% healthy.

What Sammy is telling us by not playing unless he is 100% healthy is that he is either a wimp or that he is better than Bills in that it is not worth his effort to gut through an injury on a team that isn't going anywhere or both.

I can only assume this type of attitude has been recognized by his teammates and that the list of Bills players volunteering to drive Sammy to the airport when his rookie contract expires is as long as my ape like arm.

[swiper]

Re: Bills Brethren -- We Must Accept that Sammy Watkins is a Bust

Who is Sammy Watkins?

[coastal]

Re: Bills Brethren -- We Must Accept that Sammy Watkins is a Bust

Black guys help the white guys...

[Guest]

Re: Bills Brethren -- We Must Accept that Sammy Watkins is a Bust

Black guys help the white guys...

I don't think even the Purple and Green people could help Asswiper...

[Luisito23]

Re: Bills Brethren -- We Must Accept that Sammy Watkins is a Bust

Who is Sammy Watkins?

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[Night Train]

Re: Bills Brethren -- We Must Accept that Sammy Watkins is a Bust

Being heavily paid to rehab in a whirlpool is a sweet gig.

[sdbillsfan2]

Re: Bills Brethren -- We Must Accept that Sammy Watkins is a Bust

Bust ?? Probably....
But definitely not worth the price "Spud" Whaley paid for him ...

[swiper]

Re: Bills Brethren -- We Must Accept that Sammy Watkins is a Bust

Black guys help the white guys...

[Skooby]

Re: Bills Brethren -- We Must Accept that Sammy Watkins is a Bust

It's a smokescreen, he's playing and we are winning it all baby !!

[Mahdi]

Re: Bills Brethren -- We Must Accept that Sammy Watkins is a Bust

Sammy Watkins has basically the same injury Julio Jones had in 2013 that forced him to miss 11 games.

We have all seen what Watkins does on the field when he is healthy and I for one am happy he is a Bill.

There was a stretch last season where he was basically uncoverable. If he can get healthy and get back to that this is a different offense and I doubt our fickle fan base will be claiming he wasn't worth the extra first round pick paid for him.

[Guest]

Re: Bills Brethren -- We Must Accept that Sammy Watkins is a Bust

Sammy Watkins has basically the same injury Julio Jones had in 2013 that forced him to miss 11 games.

We have all seen what Watkins does on the field when he is healthy and I for one am happy he is a Bill.

There was a stretch last season where he was basically uncoverable. If he can get healthy and get back to that this is a different offense and I doubt our fickle fan base will be claiming he wasn't worth the extra first round pick paid for him.