Is Gary Bills Goal Line Back?

[Bulldog]

Seems like when Buffalo gets down inside the 10 yard line, Gary is the featured back. Anone else notice this?

[Ebenezer]

On the first TD, Henry had just ripped off a 62 yard run and was being rested.

[SamAdamsFan]

This would really hurt Henry's fantasy value, but he would still be just as valuable to the team. I bet Travis could still amass huge yardage totals, maybe even beating last year's numbers. Goal line runs account for a small percentage of running plays.

[Bulldog]

Where there any goal line situations in the game against Baltimore? If so, who was the back?

[Pride]

Maybe goal line situations are a scarey situation for a fumbler like Henry?

[SamAdamsFan]

Olandis Gary.

[Bulldog]

I really think he is going to be the Bills goal line back! This could hurt Henry's fantasy value, but I for one like the way Gary runs inside the 10. The nine yard run he had on Sat. was pretty nice.

[SamAdamsFan]

Yeah, our depth is awesome. Remember those years when we had a depth chart like Antowan Smith and Linton? We have 4 or 5 backs now who are better than either of these guys.

[Mr. Miyagi]

Oh yeah, the good ol' Jonathan Linton. There's a blast from the past....

[Ingtar33]

In Balt, Henry didn't play at all

In Tenn, Henry just tore off a 67 yard run, and if anyone remembers anything about Herny, its if he gains 20 or more, you REST HIM for one play... or he will fall down in the backfield (I have never seen anything like it before but that trend with Henry's remained unchanged since college). Surprisingly the coaches have been doing that since about week 10 of last year.

That Gary run was just TH's rest down. Nothing to read into.

[WG]

Interesting Ing!!


Originally posted by Bulldog
Seems like when Buffalo gets down inside the 10 yard line, Gary is the featured back. Anone else notice this?
This is the type of stuff that is meaningless in PS if we want to talk about what doesn't mean much. Who starts or plays that is. Especially for us. RBs often light it up in PS but then don't even make the team. Starting RBs, for most teams, don't play well in PS b/c it's not worth running into DLs and getting injured.

Anyone remember Anthony Gray several seasons ago? He had by far the best PS of any Bills RB. Easily. Yet, he either got cut or ended up on the PS and got cut the following year or during the season.

Most teams know who their starting RB is, as do we. They're likely just using Gary to give Henry a breather as Ing said, or just trying to give him some time w/ the first unit.

[Bulldog]

Originally posted by Wys Guy
Interesting Ing!!


This is the type of stuff that is meaningless in PS if we want to talk about what doesn't mean much. Who starts or plays that is. Especially for us. RBs often light it up in PS but then don't even make the team. Starting RBs, for most teams, don't play well in PS b/c it's not worth running into DLs and getting injured.

Anyone remember Anthony Gray several seasons ago? He had by far the best PS of any Bills RB. Easily. Yet, he either got cut or ended up on the PS and got cut the following year or during the season.

Most teams know who their starting RB is, as do we. They're likely just using Gary to give Henry a breather as Ing said, or just trying to give him some time w/ the first unit.

Hey Wys, who are you to determine what is meaningfull or meaningless? I was just curious to see if anyone else noticed this trend. I guess I should have started another thread discussing how inefficient Drew Bledsoe is. Chill out!:chair:

[nolimit]

Originally posted by Bulldog
Seems like when Buffalo gets down inside the 10 yard line, Gary is the featured back. Anone else notice this?

were you the one who asked this question to larry felser on todays Howard simon show?

[bernielivsey_1]

He was tired. But if were gonna pound it in i would prefer Gary. If pass or play action Travis. Next year McGhee.

[Bulldog]

Originally posted by nolimit


were you the one who asked this question to larry felser on todays Howard simon show?

No. But I heard them talking about the same exact thing on 107.7 WNSA this morning. They were saying that it appears as though Gary will be the short yardage back. What did Felser have to say about it?

[nolimit]

he just said they wanted to see what gary can offer on goal line situations! Travis is still the goal line back but its a nice 1-2 punch on the goaline!

[Jan Reimers]

Why wouldn't our best RB - Henry - be our goal line back as well? It's not like Gary is some 250 pound short yardage specialist.

[The_Philster]

Originally posted by Jan Reimers
Why wouldn't our best RB - Henry - be our goal line back as well? It's not like Gary is some 250 pound short yardage specialist.

Just because he's had that fumbling problem. In close areas like the red zone, a fumble-prone back is even more likely to fumble than anywhere else.