Recently, the Buffalo Bills’ receiver Sammy Watkins voiced his displeasure on not getting enough targets from Tyrod Taylor. Although the organization has supported him, because that’s logical since he’s their coveted 1st round pick, Shannon Sharpe feels differently on the whole ordeal.
While on SiriusXM, the Hall of Fame tight end gave his opinion on how Watkins should’ve handled his frustration, and it’s hard to disagree with him.
“Now I lobbied John (Elway) in the huddle, that’s different. Didn’t nobody know about that, I’m telling you now. My job is — when you put me in the situation — to go make plays. That’s my job. My job is not what to tell you what I can get open on. My job isn’t to tell you to throw me the football. But keep your mouth shut. Go to the person that you have the problem with.
“This is Tyrod Taylor’s first year starting — he’s not a seasoned vet like Tom Brady or Peyton Manning. He’s not gonna be able to go one, two, three, checkdown, throwaway. Right now he’s in a situation where he’s looking for his first receiver or he’s taking off running if he’s not open. Give him time.
But I want Sammy Watkins to be quiet, get on the football field and give them a reason to give him ten targets again. The mistake he is making, because they moved up to select him, he feels that there’s some kind of obligation that the team should give him, because you traded up to get me. Nah, you earn that, bro. Where you got drafted has nothing to do with how many balls I’m gonna throw you, you gonna earn it. And you talking about it doesn’t help the case.”
As a Bills fan, I find Watkins’ frustrations valid, however, there are better ways to handle it. Keeping things like this should be in-house. Hopefully, Sammy Watkins will take heed to the critique from Sharpe, but, who knows.
via: NFL.com
