DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk Pure Football Forum Sammy Watkins to Bills: "You're Making Me Look Bad!"

Considering that his team is 3-2, and that he has missed the last 2 games with injury, he might want to shut it. Further, his statement that if he got 20 targets/game he could be a 100 yard receiver and score a TD per game...... well, I would hope so. I cannot think of too many starting receivers in the NFL who would not do so with 20 targets/game.

This kind of stuff almost helps justify Farmer's position of not taking receivers at the top of the draft.

Anyway .... on to the fun and frivolity .....

Sammy Watkins to Bills: 'You're making me look bad,' target me more - CBSSports.com
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-foot...-target-me-more

After three games, Sammy Watkins' statline reads as follows: seven receptions, 12 targets, 99 yards, one touchdown. For a second-year player who was the fourth player selected in the 2014 NFL Draft, those numbers can only be considered a disappointment.

Of course, Watkins has been dealing with a calf injury that has sidelined him for the past two games, so those lowly numbers can be at least partially explained by circumstances outside of his control. Still, Watkins isn't happy about his role in Buffalo. In an interview with The Buffalo News, Watkins made that abundantly clear.

Here's Watkins complaining about not getting enough targets:

"That's what I get mad at," Watkins said, "when I don't get looked at. I can look at film and his eyes go straight that way and I'm not getting looked at, at all. That's when I get frustrated. When I have one-on-one coverage, go to me. I don't care what's going on over there. I don't care if he's open. When I get one on one, just target me."
According to Watkins, if he got 20 targets per game, he'd be scoring a touchdown and racking up 100 yards every game.

Here's Watkins complaining about not getting enough targets and telling the Bills that they're making him look bad:

"Everybody looks at you getting zero catches, zero yards but when you look on film 90 percent of the time you're open," Watkins said. "I understand that these guys are young and they need some time to trust me. Once we get that trust, it'll be different. But for me, I need the ball at least 10 times -- I need 10 targets -- and I'll be fine with however many yards I get. And that's what I addressed in talking with my agent. We reached out to a couple people and tried to pull some strings like, 'Hey, I need my targets. You came up to draft me and I'm not getting targets -- that's a problem. You're making me look bad and you're making yourself look bad. Why not make both of us look good?'"

Watkins is right -- he deserves more than four targets per game. But getting 10 seems incredibly unlikely, especially on this Bills team. For starters, the team's leader in targets -- tight end Charles Clay -- has compiled just 33, or 6.6 per game. Out of the wide receivers, Percy Harvin leads the team with 30 total targets, or six per game.

Furthermore, as a team, the Bills have run the ball 11 more times than they've thrown it. And that's hardly a surprise. In the offseason, Rex Ryan even said that his playbook would have the most running plays in the "history of man."

To put it more clearly, Sammy Watkins probably isn't going to be seeing 10 passes thrown his way in every game for the remainder of the season. But he could be back in the lineup on Sunday when the Bills host the undefeated Bengals.

Unfortunately for Watkins, there's a chance Tyrod Taylor will miss the game due to an MCL injury, which means he won't be able to start building the kind of trust he spoke about in his interview.

It's certainly worth noting that Watkins wants to make it clear that he cares about winning over his individual numbers, as he tweeted the following to Tyler Dunne, who wrote and reported the original story.

Sammy Watkins ✔@sammywatkins
@TyDunne Wish you could have added the part we have so many playmakers and me not caring about numbers I care about winning.. Grow up.. Sir.
7:20 PM - 15 Oct 2015

Tyler Dunne ✔@TyDunne
@sammywatkins Believe that was written. From the story: The difference here is that Watkins vows his call for the ball is team-centric.
7:24 PM - 15 Oct 2015

What does this have to do with the Browns?
Farmer has already passed on enough great talent to be fired 10 times.

This particular forum is "Pure Football".

The forum description says: Discuss the Cleveland Browns and other related PURE NFL football topics here; Players, Coaches, FA options, etc, as they pertain to the game of football in the NFL. Not to be confused with the "Gameday" forum, which is utilized for discussion of this week's game.

This more than qualifies for placement in Pure Football. Not all Pure Football topics have to be about the Browns.

Really ? Can't wait for you to get out of pre school and grow up... if that's possible....

Do you really enjoy people thinking of you as ignorant ?

one of the problems with Rex Ryan's teams is they have the green light to "express" themselves. While it's a good thing in principle to let the grown men have freedom ... eventually it leads to personal fouls and media mishandlings.

What a terribly disappointing article about a young promising player. He's already thinking about his next contract. Then to get into a bit of a Twitter scuffle with the author after? I would be even more disappointed if I were reading the article and he was a Brown.

He is probably right but you don't say that in an interview.

i always liked diva WR's.

at least you knew they wanted to ball and want to make huge plays.

he would've been better than drafted gilbert, for sure.

Come to Cleveland! We will make you a star.

I love me this thread. Swap cap for Mingo or Gilbert.

I don't know if any of this is distorted much, but it makes me happy we passed on this guy.

Another guy that has done nothing in the league crying like a little bitch. The guy cant stay on the field and complaining about more touches. How bout they make him the ball boy the next time he is out with an injury. Just like Mingo, cant stay on the field and crying cause the world is unfair.

Isn't that name calling? Looking at our first round busts the last 2 years and very questionable front office moves, "that" is the ignorance.

I have ZERO interest in Sammy. Since he is not on our roster, I was curious what the point of this thread was. You tried to give him a Farmer connection I guess. Whatevaaaaaaaaaaaa....

nice

Trade Mingo, Bowe and Justin for him, done deal...

He probably needs to stay healthy and keep his mouth shut

Another loud mouth who has yet to prove anything. Trade deadline is when? To me guys like him do this hoping to get traded o where they are babied.

When he said, basically, screw those guys and throw it to me, his true colors shining. Is he mad because he's not a fantasy football star? IMO, that's what this league is turning into. The "me" generation.

Why wouldn't Watkins be able to say whatever he wants? His coach says whatever he wants, just following his example.

I guess he can, but IMO, he doesn't have the right to. Maybe I'm wrong, but it is how I feel.

These young guys want it all and they want it now. Sometimes you need to earn it. There are other examples around the league where star recievers are getting less looks, as QBs are spreading the ball around more, with short passing games.

Bottom line is it is a team sport, and if the team is succeeding, shut your mouth. It's not about the individual player, it should be team first. If they were 0-5, I could understand being frustrated, but still team should be first.

The guy wants the star treatment without earning it.

I posted the story because it is a fairly major NFL story.

If you have no interest, then I suggest that you pass on reading such threads. The thread was clearly titled, and you had no need to even open the thread if you had no desire to read it.

Trade him to Atlanta so He and Shanny can stand around yelling everyday.

It's all about me.
Is not IT'S all about me.
Nope me.
Nuh uh me
Me
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The oddest thing about his comments is that he hasn't even played in the last two games. And didn't Buffalo already have their bye? Hasn't he only played in two games thus far?

I believe that he has played in 3 games, but he has underwhelmed thus far, I am sure that it is frustration on his part, more than anything, but it sure doesn't make him look good.

i had a first round grade on the guy but barely, he was the 6th or 7th best receiver in that draft.

But he would have been number one if they threw him the ball 20 times a game

I can perhaps understand him wanting to be more involved in the game, but "oooh" that attitude. That complex should have a name...

DAMN Farmer for signing him. That worthless SOB can't ... what Sammy does not play for us? Opps sorry that's Bowe... never mind

Well... I really wanted that kid in that draft BUT I'm glad we passed. That attitude is stinky.

You opened the floodgates, should have been prepared for the after-effect and calling the fans losers is not the way to handled that.

My friend directs the news for WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo. She said their sports dude is furious with Watkins as are most in the area. . He is trying to get him in for an interview. Of course, I am a Watkins freak and want to go to the station if he does. Her text to me when this broke was " your dude has diarrhea of the mouth".

I never wanted Watkins in that draft. I actually have complimented Farmer and will continue to compliment him for not drafting Watkins.

See bro, I try to be fair when debating and not just point out ONE SIDE. I think the truth is far more important than winning a stupid debate on a message board.

To get back to WHY I posted that article:

I can't believe Watkins called the fans losers and said that crap about getting back to their little jobs.

No class. Idiotic. Entitled. Jerk. Glad he isn't here.

Anytime you call out the fans is a recipe for disaster. Especially in a die hard city like Buffalo, Cleveland, Philly, etc. Especially when you haven't produced squat.

Brains wanted.

At least we know he wasn't an English major.

Yeah, that was brutal.

Great press for Clemson. LOL

I do think he was probably wasted out of his mind when he wrote that, though. No one is really that dumb. Right?

My brother and I were watching that draft at BW3.

I was happy that we traded down because I was wanting Anthony Barr or Odell Beckham.

I was ticked that we traded up to #8, but didn't complain about Gilbert because he was rated pretty high and liked the idea of a really good 2nd corner.

I was totally ticked off when we traded up again for Johnny Money Signs. I was sure we were going to take Bridgewater and nobody between 22 and 26 was going to take a QB. I would have taken Carr above JFF as well. The guy had too much baggage. I thought with all 3 guys still out there that we might even trade down again.

I was Okay with Bitonio but wanted Jordan Matthews with that pick.

I was totally shocked that we didn't get a WR after that. The news about Gordon had already hit. I did not have the greatest opinion of Farmer in his first draft.

Hmmmmm............you are a hard guy to figure out. That's not a bad thing....LOL

I didn't like Watkins either. I mean, I recognized his talent, but I didn't want him at 4.

I loved Beckham Jr, but gave that up when I saw him move way up the boards throughout the year. He started out w/a 3rd round grade and I was all over that. Captain Obvious, right?

I liked Barr, as well.

Didn't know much about Gilbert.

I have to admit that I had Johnny as my number two qb. I did say he was either boom or bust.

I was wrong about Carr. I thought he was soft in the pocket and would not take a hit. I thought he would take too many sacks. I was wrong. He's a very good qb.

I didn't know much about Bitonio.

I really liked Jordan Matthews, too.

Yeah, after the announcement about Gordon being suspended, I was shocked that we did not draft a WR in such a strong class.

tory holt..jerry rice...just to name 2...fitz would be 3