Matt Murphy re-signed

[Romes]

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=5220

I wonder about this...I would have thought they would have looked for defensive help to fill out the 53-man roster.

[raphael120]

Why are we signing 2 TE's when we only lost 1?

[Michael82]

Why are we signing 2 TE's when we only lost 1?
They actually are filling two holes. Michael Gaines was going to be signed today anyways to fill in the hole for cutting Matt Murphy. Murphy was brought back once they lost Everett. I see Simpson and Webster put on IR sometime this week and a new safety brought in, along with a LB.

[Bmax]

Tommy Polley...Kevin Mcadam ? Or Brandon Short or Lamont Thompson....

Bmax

[Mahdi]

How bout John Wendling...? or George Wilson?

[gr8slayer]

Bills re-signed TE Matt Murphy.
Murphy will be a blocker behind starter Robert Royal.

[gr8slayer]

Bills signed TE Michael Gaines, formerly of the Panthers.
Gaines, a 6-4/277 pound behemoth, never met expectations with Carolina. He'll should be Buffalo's third tight end behind Robert Royal and Matt Murphy.

[YardRat]

Good for Matt. I'm rooting for him...Hope he can contribute.

[The Jokeman]

One has to wonder just what it takes to put a guy on IR, as if Gaines is healthy enough to suit up for the Bills this week but the Panthers were set to put him on IR.

[LifetimeBillsFan]

How bout John Wendling...? or George Wilson?

They are strong safeties with no NFL experience. The Bills need a free safety to replace Simpson. Wilson is just learning to play defense and, while he played some free safety in college, it's doubtful that the Bills would want to shift Wendling to FS and possibly have him get more confused than he is now (when he is trying to learn how to play SS in the pros).

There have been a host of injuries to safeties around the NFL this weekend, so it may not be as easy to sign one of the better ones available as we might hope.

[mysticsoto]

Does anyone know if Gaines plays STs also?