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bigbub2352
12-08-2008, 02:25 PM
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So we have no Mike Jefferson anymore, i guess, or we still got 3 wrs on the PS, or this thing wasnt updated,
But with the Dustin Fox injury we have 3 healty CBs
3 Healthy DEs
no depth at LBer
this roster mismanagement is a joke

We need to develop these guys no more NFLE very weird what this team is doing very scary

U can carry 8
There has been more than 1 occasion that we didnt have the max on the practice squad last year and this year yet we have depth issues WOW

Jan Reimers
12-08-2008, 02:33 PM
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So we have no Mike Jefferson anymore, i guess, or we still got 3 wrs on the PS, or this thing wasnt updated,
But with the Dustin Fox injury we have 3 healty CBs
3 Healthy DEs
no depth at LBer
this roster mismanagement is a joke

We need to develop these guys no more NFLE very weird what this team is doing very scary

U can carry 8
There has been more than 1 occasion that we didnt have the max on the practice squad last year and this year yet we have depth issues WOW
And I'm not even sure of Denman, who was released a while ago, but never appears on the transaction list as having been re-signed.

At any rate, maybe it's just too costly for Ralph to carry a full 8 on the PS.

bigbub2352
12-08-2008, 03:12 PM
And I'm not even sure of Denman, who was released a while ago, but never appears on the transaction list as having been re-signed.

At any rate, maybe it's just too costly for Ralph to carry a full 8 on the PS.

I guess people just dont understand the importance of this
they are to busy all starting the same threads over and over

This is were u develop players now people

DraftBoy
12-08-2008, 03:17 PM
That's ridiculous Im sorry...

Jan Reimers
12-08-2008, 03:31 PM
That's ridiculous Im sorry...
I'm just a frustrated and bitter Bills' fan, but it will go away when I'm dead.

bigbub2352
12-08-2008, 03:40 PM
That's ridiculous Im sorry...

The thread? or the Bills?

Cause if it is the Bills ur comepletely right on

THis roster mismanagement is why we have depth issues, and constantly goes picking form street FAs instead of developing players in positions of need thruout the year

DraftBoy
12-08-2008, 04:03 PM
I mean the Bills. To not have a full PS is absolutely inexcusable imo.

bigbub2352
12-09-2008, 09:41 AM
What also is scary is the fact that we have depth issues in positions and still to this day havent addresses it at all
What did we give up?

Jan Reimers
12-09-2008, 09:57 AM
What also is scary is the fact that we have depth issues in positions and still to this day havent addresses it at all
What did we give up?
I think it indicates a totally weak and dysfunctional front office being run by a marketing guy, and a clueless owner who no longer gives a flying f**k about anything but his bottom line.

Mad Bomber
12-09-2008, 10:01 AM
What a joke. This organization is pathetic.

DraftBoy
12-09-2008, 10:55 AM
Not only do we only have five guys the fact that we really have only two guys (imo) that could ever even see the NFL as even projects (Hall and Huggins) speaks volumes. The rest of those guys Id trade for a bag of footballs to be perfectly honest. None of them stand out to me.

mysticsoto
12-09-2008, 11:29 AM
I still can't believe we don't have a Center on the squad that we should be grooming. We should have grabbed a Center last year at the very least as part of the undrafted!!!

Considering the Patriots great history of drafting, I'd be looking maybe at C Ryan Wendell (from the Patriot's PS). The Titans have 2 Centers on their PS, Fernando Velasco was one I wanted since April. Their other guy, Murphy, might be worth a look also - at the very least, he plays Guard also.

On the other side, given that Baltimore seems to know a thing or two about defense, I might consider grabbing DT Salomon Solano out of their practice squad in anticipation of replacing McCargo. Martail Burnett from Minnesota is probably another guy worth looking at - he's a natural pass rusher perfect for our system.

Given that this season is over...the FO needs to start looking at dumping our garbage and trying to fill in and improve certain key areas. Solano might only be for depth, but what is McCargo? Garbage!

Our DEs need to seriously improve and getting Burnett along with hopefully Ellis improving is what we need to push Denney and perhaps even Kelsay out. Neither is earning their keep - though atleast Denney helps in STs and b'cse of his size, occasionally gets balls batted down. As for Center, yes, Preston appears to be better than Fowler, but he's still inconsistent and appears to be a better backup than starter. Somewhere, we need to find a FA replacement (like Saturday) or groom one to start in 2 years or so. I'm of the school that you don't start a rookie Center...almost never are they ready.

We should be able to get a WR in FA to push Hardy more. Already it appears that Steve Johnson is ahead of him...and if he is, I say play him for the rest of the season and give him that experience so he is that much more ready next season. At 6'2", he's no slouch anyway. Hardy can then be utilized in specific packages/plays that he should have an easier time mastering.

Me personally? I'd be looking to switch the line from being a great pass blocking line, to a great run blocking line. I'd much rather rely on Lynch and Jackson getting pass the 1st line of defense, and seeing what they can do in the open field, than in giving Trent time to dink and dunk!!! But that's just me...

raphael120
12-09-2008, 11:32 AM
Ralphs saving his money so he can have THE COOLEST sarcophogus. Ralph's gotta believe in that ancient Egyptian stuff. You would bury yourself with all your riches so you have them in the afterlife.

bigbub2352
12-09-2008, 12:41 PM
I still can't believe we don't have a Center on the squad that we should be grooming. We should have grabbed a Center last year at the very least as part of the undrafted!!!

Considering the Patriots great history of drafting, I'd be looking maybe at C Ryan Wendell (from the Patriot's PS). The Titans have 2 Centers on their PS, Fernando Velasco was one I wanted since April. Their other guy, Murphy, might be worth a look also - at the very least, he plays Guard also.

On the other side, given that Baltimore seems to know a thing or two about defense, I might consider grabbing DT Salomon Solano out of their practice squad in anticipation of replacing McCargo. Martail Burnett from Minnesota is probably another guy worth looking at - he's a natural pass rusher perfect for our system.

Given that this season is over...the FO needs to start looking at dumping our garbage and trying to fill in and improve certain key areas. Solano might only be for depth, but what is McCargo? Garbage!

Our DEs need to seriously improve and getting Burnett along with hopefully Ellis improving is what we need to push Denney and perhaps even Kelsay out. Neither is earning their keep - though atleast Denney helps in STs and b'cse of his size, occasionally gets balls batted down. As for Center, yes, Preston appears to be better than Fowler, but he's still inconsistent and appears to be a better backup than starter. Somewhere, we need to find a FA replacement (like Saturday) or groom one to start in 2 years or so. I'm of the school that you don't start a rookie Center...almost never are they ready.

We should be able to get a WR in FA to push Hardy more. Already it appears that Steve Johnson is ahead of him...and if he is, I say play him for the rest of the season and give him that experience so he is that much more ready next season. At 6'2", he's no slouch anyway. Hardy can then be utilized in specific packages/plays that he should have an easier time mastering.

Me personally? I'd be looking to switch the line from being a great pass blocking line, to a great run blocking line. I'd much rather rely on Lynch and Jackson getting pass the 1st line of defense, and seeing what they can do in the open field, than in giving Trent time to dink and dunk!!! But that's just me...

Great post bro, i agree with everything your saying, we should have another DE and DT and a LBer on the PS as well as a CB, and we need serious INterior OLine depth again yet we r carrying 3 wrs and an olineman and a DE

3 spots open and still no signings what the hell RUSS!!

Mr. Pink
12-09-2008, 04:29 PM
As ridiculous as the fact we have three spots open on the PS...it's even more ridiculous how many holes we have in the 53.

We could prolly lose 30 of them, and not notice.

bigbub2352
12-10-2008, 09:50 AM
And another day goes by and we r still not signing anyone to the practice squad and we still have depth issues, lets see how long this thread will stay up

yordad
12-10-2008, 10:18 AM
The website you are getting this info from must be inaccurate. That would be very stupid. Too stupid, even for them.

trapezeus
12-10-2008, 10:29 AM
i watched the game on sunday and i think we've got 53 above par practice squad players.

zone
12-10-2008, 10:41 AM
They just signed LB Vince Hall to the practice squad per vtext.

bigbub2352
12-10-2008, 10:45 AM
The website you are getting this info from must be inaccurate. That would be very stupid. Too stupid, even for them.

i got it off buffalobills.com

they just added a LBer finally so we still i think need to add 2 more players
Vince Hall Lber

bigbub2352
12-10-2008, 10:57 AM
ok so i did some research here and i think i got it figured out the question is Chris Denman OL who has repordly released a while ago and never signed back at least publicly
Marcus Smith DE
C.J Hawthorne WR
Felton Huggins WR
Mike Jefferson WR
Vince Hall LB
Brandon Rodd G
Bruce Hall RB
Leaves us with 7 and the limit is 8 un less we signed Denman Back i couldnt find anything
still need to add a DT in my opinion
why the hell do we have 3 WRs and 6 on the active roster that is just plain DUMB

yordad
12-10-2008, 11:05 AM
why the hell do we have 3 WRs and 6 on the active roster that is just plain DUMBWell, part of PS members job is to imitate member of the opposing team. Particularly their skill position players. :idunno:

mysticsoto
12-10-2008, 11:08 AM
I don't think this was a terrible signing. He is undersized, but might be good backup in the future. He excels in pass coverage. Still, this is not what I was looking for. Between Poz and DiG (when he returns), MLB is covered. Also, with Alvin Bowen and Marcus Buggs on IR, are the Bills aiming to have the shortest/midget LB corps in the league???

Are the Bills even looking for Olinemen? Whittle has been hurt 2 yrs in a row and is clearly getting too old even to be a reliable backup. Fowler, Preston and Chambers are FAs. Preston is worth it, only if he's cheap backup. Chambers has improved and is worth a position as cheap backup also. But we have our 2 Centers leaving and nobody we are currently grooming in case we are not able to get a viable candidate in FA. That is not smart at all!!!

bigbub2352
12-10-2008, 12:05 PM
I don't think this was a terrible signing. He is undersized, but might be good backup in the future. He excels in pass coverage. Still, this is not what I was looking for. Between Poz and DiG (when he returns), MLB is covered. Also, with Alvin Bowen and Marcus Buggs on IR, are the Bills aiming to have the shortest/midget LB corps in the league???

Are the Bills even looking for Olinemen? Whittle has been hurt 2 yrs in a row and is clearly getting too old even to be a reliable backup. Fowler, Preston and Chambers are FAs. Preston is worth it, only if he's cheap backup. Chambers has improved and is worth a position as cheap backup also. But we have our 2 Centers leaving and nobody we are currently grooming in case we are not able to get a viable candidate in FA. That is not smart at all!!!

again i agree
Why have 3 WRs on the practice squad? when u have 6 on the roster u mean to tell me Jenkins and Johnson cant run scout with huggins and hawthorne or jefferson
i say get rid of huggins and hawthorne cause they both suck and yes i know he made 2 catches in the preseason so everyone on here thinks he has potential but he is skinny and hasnt been able to make the team in 2 yrs
Hawthorne is a tall version of parrish and at 168pounds isnt gonna scare anyone either
DT is scary thin as well as interior OLine, they must like Fowler backing up everything inside again scary

i wouldnt mind bringing back Chambers but **** preston and fowler we should be developing someone right now on the PS

bigbub2352
12-10-2008, 12:07 PM
Well, part of PS members job is to imitate member of the opposing team. Particularly their skill position players. :idunno:

i think Justin i dont do anything at all on ST or on Offense jenkins could fill that roll and if it is about getting them ready then let Johnson and Hardy get more reps by doing that too

hawthorne and Huggins should be camp fodder and yet we keep him
Jefferson actually has potential and with only 3 healthy CBs goin into this game dont u think a CB should be signed maybe even to the active roster?

Jan Reimers
12-10-2008, 12:12 PM
ok so i did some research here and i think i got it figured out the question is Chris Denman OL who has repordly released a while ago and never signed back at least publicly
Marcus Smith DE
C.J Hawthorne WR
Felton Huggins WR
Mike Jefferson WR
Vince Hall LB
Brandon Rodd G
Bruce Hall RB
Leaves us with 7 and the limit is 8 un less we signed Denman Back i couldnt find anything
still need to add a DT in my opinion
why the hell do we have 3 WRs and 6 on the active roster that is just plain DUMB
Good detective work, bigbub. BB.com sure keeps the makeup of the practice squad a deep, dark secret.

bigbub2352
12-10-2008, 12:24 PM
Good detective work, bigbub. BB.com sure keeps the makeup of the practice squad a deep, dark secret.

I do what i can lol, i won my own business so i can serf and not get in trouble
but ur right very weird Practice Squad under the Skeletor Regime

i never remember this being an issue here
If u watched the show on HBO about Dallas Training camp they sure emphasized there practice squad

oh yeah they win thats right

yordad
12-10-2008, 12:29 PM
i think Justin i dont do anything at all on ST or on Offense jenkins could fill that roll and if it is about getting them ready then let Johnson and Hardy get more reps by doing that too

hawthorne and Huggins should be camp fodder and yet we keep him
Jefferson actually has potential and with only 3 healthy CBs goin into this game dont u think a CB should be signed maybe even to the active roster?Well, if we signed a CB to the active roster, we could steal Cox back. He "is familiar".

Maybe the Bills do a BPA PS approach. :idunno:

Jan Reimers
12-10-2008, 12:35 PM
Well, if we signed a CB to the active roster, we could steal Cox back. He "is familiar".

Maybe the Bills do a BPA PS approach. :idunno:
I think I just read somewhere that Cox just signed with someone, but not sure if to the PS or active roster.

bigbub2352
12-11-2008, 12:29 PM
still only 7 on the practice squad can anyone find out our true Practice squad roster? considering we are goin into this game with 3 healthy dbs and 3 healthy DTs still got 9 WRS on the roster

yordad
12-11-2008, 12:41 PM
I think I just read somewhere that Cox just signed with someone, but not sure if to the PS or active roster.I do believe he was on Green Bay's practice squad at one point. So, if you heard a recent transaction, he is likely on a different teams active roster.

mysticsoto
12-12-2008, 08:04 AM
I still can't believe we don't have a Center on the squad that we should be grooming. We should have grabbed a Center last year at the very least as part of the undrafted!!!

Considering the Patriots great history of drafting, I'd be looking maybe at C Ryan Wendell (from the Patriot's PS). The Titans have 2 Centers on their PS, Fernando Velasco was one I wanted since April. Their other guy, Murphy, might be worth a look also - at the very least, he plays Guard also.

On the other side, given that Baltimore seems to know a thing or two about defense, I might consider grabbing DT Salomon Solano out of their practice squad in anticipation of replacing McCargo. Martail Burnett from Minnesota is probably another guy worth looking at - he's a natural pass rusher perfect for our system.

Given that this season is over...the FO needs to start looking at dumping our garbage and trying to fill in and improve certain key areas. Solano might only be for depth, but what is McCargo? Garbage!

Our DEs need to seriously improve and getting Burnett along with hopefully Ellis improving is what we need to push Denney and perhaps even Kelsay out. Neither is earning their keep - though atleast Denney helps in STs and b'cse of his size, occasionally gets balls batted down. As for Center, yes, Preston appears to be better than Fowler, but he's still inconsistent and appears to be a better backup than starter. Somewhere, we need to find a FA replacement (like Saturday) or groom one to start in 2 years or so. I'm of the school that you don't start a rookie Center...almost never are they ready.

We should be able to get a WR in FA to push Hardy more. Already it appears that Steve Johnson is ahead of him...and if he is, I say play him for the rest of the season and give him that experience so he is that much more ready next season. At 6'2", he's no slouch anyway. Hardy can then be utilized in specific packages/plays that he should have an easier time mastering.

Me personally? I'd be looking to switch the line from being a great pass blocking line, to a great run blocking line. I'd much rather rely on Lynch and Jackson getting pass the 1st line of defense, and seeing what they can do in the open field, than in giving Trent time to dink and dunk!!! But that's just me...

I forgot another guy...C Doug Legursky. He's currently sitting on Steeler's PS. He's another candidate I might definitely try and get my hands on!!!