ESPN just ranked the bills 21st overall in rushing. Do you think this is a fair/accurate rating?
ESPN Rushing Rating
ESPN just ranked the bills 21st overall in rushing. Do you think this is a fair/accurate rating?
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I think it's a fair rating since our OL was absolute **** last season.
not to mention McGahee quit on the team.
considering:
1- how putrid the line is
2- the fact Buffalo has a headcase in the backfield
3- and they have not solidified a passing game in almost 2 seasons
I don't think it's far off.
I am suprised it is that high. Willis flat quit last year. We start off slow this year (And we will) And I see him quitting on us again.
I just hope DJ has the sac to bench him then Marv Trade him or just cut him next offseason
Re: ESPN Rushing Rating
I think that rating's just about right...hopefully Willis won't quit on us again...
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I fear that rating may be too high.
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Those ratings were a joke. They had the Vikings rated higher than the Bears and Lions.
The Bills should be somewhere around average. 16th or so.
Originally Posted by Earthquake Enyart
The ESPN guys and the goofballs above have no clue.
Mularkey instructed McGahee to change his running style.
Half way thru the season McGahee was ranked in the top 5.
He Quit? The whole team quit. It's human nature. When you're 0-0 and it's week 1 you go balls out. When you're 4-10 it's natural to have a let down.
He should have been anywhere from 11-15.
Resign our own guys!
Mullarkey gave up on McGahee, not the other way around.
Exactly. And he took Willis out on almost every 3rd down!!!!!
Dude was the 10th leading rusher last year with 1257 yards with all of that going against him.
His YPC went down from 04 to 05. His TD's were WAAAAYYY down, despite more carries and more games.
What is it with people around here? No one wants to hold any players responsible- everyone wants to blame the system or the coach or the OL. Yes, all that stuff has an effect, but ultimately each player is responsible for their own performance. If McGahee didn't spend more time in Miami than he did in Buffalo, I might be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. But until he puts the effort in, I'm not going to let him get off with these excuses for mediocrity.
they never went to him!!!!! Plus they took him out on 3rd down! Think back to Miami last year. If Mularkey calls McGahee 3 times from the 2, not only does he get a TD, but the team wins.
Pot, Kettle, Black.
A member of the JP fan club calling out others for blaming the coaching, system and O-line.
He was 10 in rushing last year. Plus as a team we upgraded his back up in getting A-Train. How does the 10th leading rusher drop down to 21st place?????
QB is NOT RB. QB takes more time to learn- JP wasn't given time. I never blamed the coaches for his performance- only for not giving him the chance to learn. And I also said that if his performance doesn't improve significantly this year, he should be cut. I'm holding JP responsible for his own perfromance.
And if McGahee gets in the endzone on 1st down, Mularkey's calls on 2nd and 3rd down are irrelevant.
And 10th in rushing is meaningless without wins. McGahee didn't help the team win because he didn't get in the endzone. Plus, McGahee said himself that he's the best rusher in the league. Well if that's true and the best he could do is 10th, that's underacheiving.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/statis...on=2&year=2005
It's a TEAM ranking, not a McGahee ranking. Buffalo was 20th overall in TEAM rushing last year, we still have ?'s on the OL and an unproven passing attack. Personally, I think with a slightly upgraded OL and a coach who should be more run-oriented, we should be able to improve slightly. But given the OL/QB situation, I can see how people would rank us at roughly the same level as last year.
They had Miami ahead of us too, even though Ricky Williams isn't playing this season and had Pittsburgh out of their top 10 because Bettis is gone and Staley is too banged up.
Hey, it's just a group of guys speculating. There's no science to this. Big deal.
You are blaming SOLELYthe wrong player. When you are 3rd and goal and give the ball to Shelton, of course Willis' TD nos. is gonna go down.
His YPC will go down when D's stack the line with eight people because they know you don't have the qb's to get it done. Willis is partly to blame but he's NOT the ONLY reason he failed to have probowl nos. What is it with you negative Nancies? .Sheez , do you guys even watch the games?There's only so much a player can do when you don't have an OL. No one here said Willis is the next Sanders.
Nah. I just come here for all the football insight I need. You can always count on some resident know it all to set the people straight.
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