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X-Era
08-09-2010, 07:31 PM
http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/16020/a-look-at-buffalos-first-depth-chart

Nelson behind Stupar?

Hardy a 4th WR? Huggins and Nelson both are in front of him.

Florence in front of McKelvin?

Torbor in front of Maybin?
Jaybird
08-09-2010, 07:38 PM
Maybe Coach gailey wants maybin and nelson to get a little more playing time. I have no problem with Florence starting. he did one hell of a job last season, this should wake up a very talented Leodis
better days
08-09-2010, 07:40 PM
It will be interesting to see the depth chart AFTER that game.
Scumbag College
08-09-2010, 07:47 PM
Good info.

Is Stupar over Nelson due to Nelson's lack of run blocking skills? I would think Nelson would be in on passing downs. I don't mind it if that's the case.

Hardy has shown nothing just like pretty much ever other WR on the roster other than Evans. I think the #2 to #5 WR is a total free for all for depth chart positioning and making the team. I'm not too sold on Chad Jackson making the team as anything more than a fourth or fifth WR.

Florence was the best CB on the team last year and one of the only DBs that didn't get hurt as the year wore on. He has good size and is a pretty good tackling CB. He's one of the few solid finds in free agency the Bills have had the last few years. I'm fine with him over McKelvin due to McKelvin's lack of experience despite being around for two years. Also, with most teams using 3 or 4 WRs a majority of the time, Mckelvin will be in there plenty.

Also I like that Carrington is ahead of McCargo at this point. I think Carrington is going to fit in well. I'm also fine with Maybin being on the second team and I would make him earn an OLB spot over a veteran. If he struggles to beat out Torbor for a starting spot it will be mighty disappointing.
Philagape
08-09-2010, 07:54 PM
Florence and Torbor we already knew about from camp.

Huggins ahead of Chad Jackson raises a brow.

And as for now, officially, Brohm is still a third-stringer, like he's been all his career.
tampabay25690
08-09-2010, 08:00 PM
http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/16020/a-look-at-buffalos-first-depth-chart

Nelson behind Stupar?

Hardy a 4th WR? Huggins and Nelson both are in front of him.

Florence in front of McKelvin?

Torbor in front of Maybin?

Not a big surprise on any of the ones you just posted.....

Nelson will come in on 2nd and 3rd downs. Stupar is the better blocker...

Hardy might not even make this team.........
Florence is probably the best CB on this team as of right now so no Surprise...
Torbor will be the 1st down OLB and the running down OLB, Maybin will be used on passing downs.....
BidsJr
08-09-2010, 08:06 PM
So long Hardy.
Ebenezer
08-09-2010, 08:17 PM
Folks put WAY too much into any preseason depth chart...Start winning on Sept. 12 and nobody cares if Mickey Mouse is the QB and Goofy is the RB.
psubills62
08-09-2010, 08:18 PM
Last two aren't surprising, the first two mildly so.
Demon
08-09-2010, 08:53 PM
David Nelson is beating out James Hardy.... wow. I've seen it all.
better days
08-09-2010, 08:56 PM
Folks put WAY too much into any preseason depth chart...Start winning on Sept. 12 and nobody cares if Mickey Mouse is the QB and Goofy is the RB.

Goofy would make a better TE than RB. Pluto at RB.
bigbub2352
08-09-2010, 09:06 PM
I got one thing to say

MAN WE CANT DRAFT that's alot of high pick's and $$$$$$$ to a bunch of guys who have helped this team zero!

Hardy McKelvin McCargo Maybin (so far)

the players we could have had in the place of these guys wow

throw in whitner who is having yet another good preseason which usually turns into being hurt 4-5 games and playing very average for the regular season

that's alot of misses on alot of early picks
wow!
Nighthawk
08-09-2010, 09:19 PM
Not a big surprise on any of the ones you just posted.....

Nelson will come in on 2nd and 3rd downs. Stupar is the better blocker...

Hardy might not even make this team.........
Florence is probably the best CB on this team as of right now so no Surprise...
Torbor will be the 1st down OLB and the running down OLB, Maybin will be used on passing downs.....

Not sure where you're getting this from...
EDS
08-09-2010, 09:26 PM
Not sure where you're getting this from...

I am not sure about Stupar's blocking skills, but hasn't it been widely reported that Nelson is a terrible blocker?
Electrici
08-09-2010, 10:03 PM
I think we can all agree that this likely won't be the depth chart come September.
Buffalogic
08-10-2010, 12:48 AM
He said they released it, but I can't find it anywhere. Where's the link to the depth chart so we can look at it?
Demon
08-10-2010, 01:55 AM
He said they released it, but I can't find it anywhere. Where's the link to the depth chart so we can look at it?

Umm, in post #1..... :earpoke:
Demon
08-10-2010, 01:56 AM
I think we can all agree that this likely won't be the depth chart come September.

Do you know something we don't...?

Obviously some things will change on the depth, but, as far as starters are concerned, i think this is pretty much it. Our bums are not gonna wake up one day and become super heros. It is what it is.
John Doe
08-10-2010, 02:51 AM
Originally Posted by tampabay25690
Not a big surprise on any of the ones you just posted.....

Nelson will come in on 2nd and 3rd downs. Stupar is the better blocker...

Hardy might not even make this team.........
Florence is probably the best CB on this team as of right now so no Surprise...
Torbor will be the 1st down OLB and the running down OLB, Maybin will be used on passing downs.....



Not sure where you're getting this from...

From an article by Tim Graham:



I focused on the tight ends at the blocking sled Friday morning. I saw why sophomore Shawn Nelson (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=12547) is viewed as more receiver than blocker. He looked considerably less powerful than the rest. While Derek Schouman (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=10665), Jonathan Stupar (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=11784) and Michael Matthews (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=10806) jacked the sled, Nelson merely budged it.


http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/15709/camp-confidential-buffalo-bills
X-Era
08-10-2010, 05:44 AM
Folks put WAY too much into any preseason depth chart...Start winning on Sept. 12 and nobody cares if Mickey Mouse is the QB and Goofy is the RB.

Oh, I totally agree with that. Its just interesting.
YardRat
08-10-2010, 05:47 AM
IMO none of them are surprising, except for maybe Hardy being that far down.

Maybe he flat out sucks, maybe they're trying to keep him out of too much live action at this point because of his off-season injury/surgery.

We'll see how it shakes out over the first three ps games.
Nighthawk
08-10-2010, 12:23 PM
From an article by Tim Graham:



http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/15709/camp-confidential-buffalo-bills

Stupar is a not a "blocker"...he is more of a pass catching TE. Matthews is the big blocker of the bunch and I believe Schouman is more balanced, but not a great blocker. I know that Nelson isn't the greatest blocker, but saying that Stupar is ahead of him because of his blocking ability does not make sense to me.
trapezeus
08-10-2010, 12:30 PM
goofy and pluto were called up during the jauron years to play LB when ellison went down.
hopefully we have enough depth to stop having to do that.
ServoBillieves
08-10-2010, 02:00 PM
Where the hell is Schouman? That's the biggest surprise to me. If he's healthy he should be in the #1 spot... Can catch and can block.
Ebenezer
08-10-2010, 02:25 PM
Oh, I totally agree with that. Its just interesting.

It's mental masturbation.
patmoran2006
08-10-2010, 02:46 PM
I been saying for a while that James Hardy's spot on this team is anything but assured. The man simply can't get open with any consistency he's terrible in and out of his brakes.
Hogwasher
08-10-2010, 03:29 PM
HUGGINS was listed as the number two #1. Awesome. He has caught everything for the last two years in preseason and got nothing for it.
X-Era
08-10-2010, 05:47 PM
It's mental masturbation.

Not my favorite part to masturbate, but still good. :chuckle:
TigerJ
08-10-2010, 06:48 PM
Huggins will miss the game with his shoulder injury, I'll bet.
Johnny Bugmenot
08-10-2010, 07:15 PM
The penalty machine is our starting LT without a single down of practice.

Greeeeeat...
X-Era
08-10-2010, 07:19 PM
The penalty machine is our starting LT without a single down of practice.

Greeeeeat...

Bell hasn't practiced?
Johnny Bugmenot
08-10-2010, 08:16 PM
Bell hasn't practiced?
Isn't he still out with that knee injury? Or am I mistaken?
X-Era
08-10-2010, 08:26 PM
Isn't he still out with that knee injury? Or am I mistaken?
He's been practicing but is taking only a percentage of the snaps, not all. They are trying to ease him back to full time duty.

Bell has been back practicing since July 29th but part time.

This is from today's BB.com notes:

<nobr>Demetrius Bellhttp://www.buffalobills.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif (http://www.buffalobills.com/team/roster/demetrius-bell/6ed4b1bf-1e11-41cb-a771-df5e08173b22/)</nobr> continues to make progress in his return from a lengthy offseason knee rehabilitation. Bell took a few team reps and even participated in 1-on-1 pass rush drills with defensive linemen for the first time in camp Tuesday.
bigfish2112
08-10-2010, 08:56 PM
Stupar is a not a "blocker"...he is more of a pass catching TE. Matthews is the big blocker of the bunch and I believe Schouman is more balanced, but not a great blocker. I know that Nelson isn't the greatest blocker, but saying that Stupar is ahead of him because of his blocking ability does not make sense to me.stupar is more of a complete TE than nelson. Stupar can do both.
Nighthawk
08-10-2010, 09:25 PM
stupar is more of a complete TE than nelson. Stupar can do both.

Stupar is not a great blocker and is not known to be a good one. I do not know where some of you are coming up with this.
John Doe
08-10-2010, 09:53 PM
Stupar is not a great blocker and is not known to be a good one. I do not know where some of you are coming up with this.

From a training camp report by our own Michael Thomas



The next drill that I focused on was the Running Backs/Tight Ends blocking. They lined up against a Linebacker and had to block them. Jonathan Stupar was the star of this drill. He made a solid solid blocks, including one where he pancaked Andra Davis.


http://www.buffalosportsdaily.com/bills-training-camp-report-august-5-2010/
Nighthawk
08-11-2010, 03:03 PM
From a training camp report by our own Michael Thomas



http://www.buffalosportsdaily.com/bills-training-camp-report-august-5-2010/

Listen...I'll say it once more...Stupar is NOT known for his blocking....PERIOD! On WGR this morning they even said that he is most likely #1 because of his consistent ability to get open and give the QB a reliable target. Yes, he may be more of a blocker then Nelson, but that is not saying much...certainly not to the point where he would be playing over Nelson. It's more likely a motivational thing by Gailey to let Nelson know that his spot on the depth chart is not in stone. They are both receiving TEs...always have been.