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He's gonna see more of the field with the injuries foe a few weeks. It'll be a good experience for him. He certainly looks impressive. Hodgins will get moved up now most likely, I trust him too.
Davis clearly playing through the ankle. I'm sure he'll get back on track as it gets better.
Davis has had issues with drops before. He's going to drop some passes that are going to drive you mad, but he's also going to make some incredible catches. It's why he's a good #2/#3 WR option, but likely will never be a #1 guy.
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Shakir has now caught 2 passes in his young NFL career. He has dressed for two games, playing a grand total of 40 snaps, getting two targets in the Tennessee game with zero catches. His two targets in the Baltimore game resulted in catches (both nice ones) that gained 23 yards.
Hodgins has played in one NFL regular season game in his three years in the league.....on the field for 4 offensive snaps. Zero catches.
I have a LOT of concerns with either of these two playing considerable time instead of Crowder, Kumerow and especially McKenzie.
Crowder has played offense in 100 NFL games with 51 starts. He has 415 receptions and 4,667 yards and 28 TD’s.
McKenzie has played offense in 69 NFL games with 22 starts. He has 114 receptions and 1,075 yards and 10 TD’s.
Jake Kumerow has played offense in 43 NFL games with 9 starts, He has 27 receptions and 436 yards and 3 TD’s. He has played 24 games on special team for the Bills since 2020 averaging over 60% of the ST snaps.
When two players with such limited actual game experience replace three payers with plethora of the same, it’s a BIG concern.
Luckily for them, they have Josh Allen at QB. Hopefully, they can keep the mistakes to a minimum and do the small things (like blocking and running good routes) and provide some positive contributions.
At the very least, getting game experience will go a long way to helping them develop.
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With McDermott’s comments yesterday, don’t hold your breath that Hodgins will be elevated from the PS. As usual, every indication is that McDermott values experience.
In terms of who could fill in with Crowder out and McKenzie dealing with a concussion, McDermott praised WR Tavon Austin and RB Duke Johnson for their work on the practice squad.
"We've got some options there," McDermott said. "Both of those players have done a really good job for us on the practice squad so we will see where it goes here."
Judging who is more likely to be called up based on pre-season performance is a non-starter as well. None of the practices once the regular season is close is open to the public.
Practice squad players are judged every day, outside the pubic eye.
With only three health WR’s, one of which is a raw rookie, it’s most likely that Tavon Austin gets elevated. Depending on if McKenzie is able to play, Hodgins might. Whether he gets that many snaps if he does get called up is another unknowable.
Austin has played in 113 NFL regular season games, with 53 starts, 244 receptions for 2,239 yards, with 16 TD’s over his nine year career. He also had 199 rushing attempts for 1,362 yards and 10 TD’s.
With McDermott’s comments yesterday, don’t hold your breath that Hodgins will be elevated from the PS. As usual, every indication is that McDermott values experience.
And yet Cook is on the active roster contributing ZERO.
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It might be time for James Cook to have an inactive game
Despite an early Singletary fumble, the Bills have drifted into the same territory as last season with their running back snap share. Singletary played on 87.7 percent of the team’s offensive snaps, while Zack Moss and James Cook had a combined eight snaps. The Bills trust Singletary completely even with the turnover, and he took 43 of the team’s final 46 snaps. Part of the problem is that they can’t trust the rookie Cook at this point in his career. Cook’s second quarter drop ruined what could have been a solid gain was the last time we saw him on the field in any capacity. If the Bills can’t trust him in pass protection, he’s had some ball security issues, they aren’t having success blocking for the style of running that suits him best and he doesn’t play special teams. There isn’t a strong argument for making him active every week. The Bills have shown a tendency to have their rookies watch from the sidelines if they are showing some early-career struggles, and it wouldn’t be unprecedented for a second-round pick. The team’s two second-round picks before Cook, A.J. Epenesa and Boogie Basham, each spent some games as a healthy scratch during their rookie seasons. So, it may be what Cook needs to slow the game down and allow the Bills to temporarily get more out of that active roster spot on gameday.
With McDermott’s comment about Duke Johnson, is this the week to sit Cook and active Duke???
Davis has had issues with drops before. He's going to drop some passes that are going to drive you mad, but he's also going to make some incredible catches. It's why he's a good #2/#3 WR option, but likely will never be a #1 guy.
I think when you combine the injury and the weather in Baltimore, it may have affected Davis' concentration. The ball was slippery because of the rain, and he may have been worrying about his ability to make a cut after the catch.
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