Any word on Alex Tanney

[BigZ]

???

He is intriguing.

[gonzo1105]

Why? He was a D3 record breaking QB with a trick shot vid. People need to get over this dude. A tryout QB has more threads than our 1st round pick.

[YardRat]

"Unsigned"

[alnilla]

Why? He was a D3 record breaking QB with a trick shot vid. People need to get over this dude. A tryout QB has more threads than our 1st round pick.


Freddie was D3 too. Just saying.

[Mr. Pink]

Yeah, he won't make the team. lol

[YardRat]

Why? He was a D3 record breaking QB with a trick shot vid. People need to get over this dude. A tryout QB has more threads than our 1st round pick.

I heart underdogs.

Is there really anything wrong with rooting for a long shot to achieve something that isn't expected of them?

[gonzo1105]

I heart underdogs.

Is there really anything wrong with rooting for a long shot to achieve something that isn't expected of them?

Yea there is because he's not even on the camp roster. And to the other guy Fred Jackson is the top 1% of D3 players. For every 5 that make it in the league thousands don't.

[DraftBoy]

Yea there is because he's not even on the camp roster. And to the other guy Fred Jackson is the top 1% of D3 players. For every 5 that make it in the league thousands don't.

Actually he wasn't.

[better days]

Yea there is because he's not even on the camp roster. And to the other guy Fred Jackson is the top 1% of D3 players. For every 5 that make it in the league thousands don't.

So what???

[Cali512]

Not trying to brag, but the basketball shot, the hitting the boddle from 20-30-40 yds, i used to do to practice. I also would throw the ball deep and take another and hit it. Its not amazingly difficult. I never had amazing arm strength, could only throw 45-50 yds, but if you can consistantly throw a spiral, its not hard lol. Thats why i thought it was interesting when i saw the video bc my family thought it was funny that i would do it out of boredom or to practice, and this guy is getting famous for it. If u havent played QB, you wouldnt understand how easy it is to hit anything when having a consistant spiral. I used to throw the ball at seagauls wit enough accuracy that they would stop mid flight to get out the way! Im not trying to brag at all, but just saying that the things are not that difficult if u know how to throw.


Edit- I also had a video at one point of a nail that i put upside down, with a flower so i could see, and went 20 yards and threw the ball after 2-3 shots i hit just the nail and we had it on video, but it was his camera and once again we wuld practice it always so it wasnt anything special.

[Cali512]

Actually he wasn't.




Wasnt Romo and TO D3?

[gonzo1105]

TO went to Tennessee Chattanooga which is an FCS school and Romo went to Eastern Illinois also an FCS school

[gonzo1105]

Actually he wasn't.

I didn't mean out of college. Thought 5 out of thousands made it clear I thought. He's in the 1% of all D3 players because he not only made it,he starts,and is a pro bowl caliber player. I know Jacksons story about no one wanting him. Thousands of D3 players try and don't come close to making an NFL roster. He wont be signed we have our 4 training camp arms and have made numerous moves since minicamp none of which include Tanney. Everyone is obsessed with finding and frothing over the next diamond in the rough that they talk these guys up like their great. Everyone on here praised the Corp signing and he didn't make it out of the first camp.

[Meathead]

mind boddling

[DraftBoy]

I didn't mean out of college. Thought 5 out of thousands made it clear I thought. He's in the 1% of all D3 players because he not only made it,he starts,and is a pro bowl caliber player. I know Jacksons story about no one wanting him. Thousands of D3 players try and don't come close to making an NFL roster. He wont be signed we have our 4 training camp arms and have made numerous moves since minicamp none of which include Tanney. Everyone is obsessed with finding and frothing over the next diamond in the rough that they talk these guys up like their great. Everyone on here praised the Corp signing and he didn't make it out of the first camp.

You forget our own famous D3 player well before Jackson? He was even drafted.

Also we don't have four camp arms.

[gonzo1105]

You forget our own famous D3 player well before Jackson? He was even drafted.

Also we don't have four camp arms.

Weird cause I could have sworn we have Fitzpatrick,Thigpen,Young,and Brad Smith who will take reps at QB.

[DraftBoy]

Weird cause I could have sworn we have Fitzpatrick,Thigpen,Young,and Brad Smith who will take reps at QB.

Yes but one of those QB's is not like the others because he won't be throwing, hence the idea that we won't have four camp "arms".

[mayotm]

You forget our own famous D3 player well before Jackson? He was even drafted.

Also we don't have four camp arms.Perhaps they feel they can do better than Tanney as a 4th arm. As of now, 32 teams do not think Tanney is good enough to sign as an UDFA.

[gonzo1105]

Perhaps they feel they can do better than Tanney as a 4th arm. As of now, 32 teams do not think Tanney is good enough to sign as a UDFA.

Thank you. He did great things at D3 school and I commend him for that. The bills have already signed 3 tryout players and cut 2 signees. If he was so good he would have been signed by anyone of the 32 teams by now. He hasn't.

[k-oneputt]

He's a couple of steps behind the small school wonders we used to draft for a decade.

[ddaryl]

I would like this team to have a development project PS squad QB on hand.. Whether that be Tanney or Corp or another Qb...

[dannyek71]

There is a guy for the SU basketball team who is an amazing trickshot specialist. Can make all kinds of crazy baskets. The guy never plays, and when he does it is in total scrub time. He isn't very good on the court.

Just because someone looks good in Youtube doesn't make them good on the court/field.

[Turf]

So after all the pissing in this thread, I guess no one has heard anything.

[k-oneputt]

So after all the pissing in this thread, I guess no one has heard anything.

They didn't sign him to a contract.
So I would guess they spoke loud and clear.

[DraftBoy]

Perhaps they feel they can do better than Tanney as a 4th arm. As of now, 32 teams do not think Tanney is good enough to sign as an UDFA.

I don't disagree, and havent stated as much. I've been the one having to remind people he was never part of this team under any kind of an official status. Maybe he signs, maybe he doesn't. We'll have to wait and see. Not much is going on right now except for voluntary workouts.

[HAMMER]

Tanney can kiss my fanny. Gone already.
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[Bangarang]

Tanney can kiss my fanny. Gone already.
http://wgr550.com/pages/9034669.php?pid=239705

Wow. There goes our whole off season. I swear we have no idea what we're doing.

/sarcasm

Most of, if not all of this kids hype was based off of a trick shot video.

[TMu11]

Wow. There goes our whole off season. I swear we have no idea what we're doing.

/sarcasm

Most of, if not all of this kids hype was based off of a trick shot video.

One that with enough time and editing, literally any person in the world could do

[Cali512]

Anyone also realize how in the NFL QB challenge players who were good and bad, were throwing at targets in motion, from 20-30-40 yds, and hitting with good accuracy. Could you imagine if it was just them chillin throwin at a boddle on someones head? Thats easy, if you can hit someones face easy, you can hit the boddle

[John Doe]

I don't think that those posters on this site that were disappointed with Tanney's failure to secure a spot on the roster were all that impressed by his "trick shot" video.

I think it had more to do with him being one of the greatest college passers of all time.

[YardRat]

Yeah, I could care less about the video, tbh. I do like his production, though, even though it was D3. Obviously he didn't do enough this weekend to convince Chan or Buddy that he should be signed to a contract.

Maybe he gets a shot somewhere else down the road, maybe he disappears into oblivion and a desk job like thousands of hopefuls before him. I'm certainly not going to hang my hat on any "he's the next Brady" or "GAAAH! The front office are a bunch of dumbasses for not signing Tanney!" comments.

Thigpen blows. Young is a head case. It wouldn't bother me in the least if the team went in a direction that included a young, unproven quarterback that had a decent skill set and some real desire and worth ethic.

[HAMMER]

What's a boddle?

[mayotm]

I don't think that those posters on this site that were disappointed with Tanney's failure to secure a spot on the roster were all that impressed by his "trick shot" video.

I think it had more to do with him being one of the greatest college passers of all time.There were 75 threads about Tanney and I don't recall seeing a single dedicated thread about Corp. You don't think the video impacted the fascination some had with Tanney?

[DraftBoy]

There were 75 threads about Tanney and I don't recall seeing a single dedicated thread about Corp. You don't think the video impacted the fascination some had with Tanney?

If it did, then that was foolish. There are trick shot videos made every year by both professional and non-professional athletes in a multitude of sports.

[mayotm]

If it did, then that was foolish. There are trick shot videos made every year by both professional and non-professional athletes in a multitude of sports.
Agreed. I'm just saying there is no way Tanney would have generated the interest on this site or other sites without the video. The dude was invited to a tryout. That's all. Meaning all 32 teams didn't even think he was worthy of an UDFA contract. There were actually people here posting that Tanney was going to compete for the backup spot.

[DraftBoy]

Agreed. I'm just saying there is no way Tanney would have generated the interest on this site or other sites without the video. The dude was invited to a tryout. That's all. Meaning all 32 teams didn't even think he was worthy of an UDFA contract. There were actually people here posting that Tanney was going to compete for the backup spot.

To be fair I wrote about him on the site over two years ago and people were intersted then.

[mayotm]

To be fair I wrote about him on the site over two years ago and people were intersted then.You're right. It's completely normal that there would be this much discussion about a tryout player. Nothing abnormal about it. The video had nothing to do with it. I stand corrected.

[John Doe]

There were 75 threads about Tanney and I don't recall seeing a single dedicated thread about Corp. You don't think the video impacted the fascination some had with Tanney?


I think that it has more to do with our quarterback situation.

There are a lot of posters here that think that Fitz will not be able to get the job done.

There are a lot that think that Young is a complete dog.

Thigpen? He's been treated like a curse.

Now, along comes Tanney with good size, a strong arm, and a body of work that is statistically second to none (albeit on a D-III level). It is natural for a lot fans to hope that his guy is the second coming.

Corp did not bring nearly as much to the table as Tanney based on his career – he was somewhat mediocre in comparison.

You have a point - there may not have been as much buzz about Tanney if it were not for the trick shot video. But, if Corp would have had a similar career compared to Tanney, I think that there would have been a ton of threads about him too, just because of the personnel that we have.

[DraftBoy]

You're right. It's completely normal that there would be this much discussion about a tryout player. Nothing abnormal about it. The video had nothing to do with it. I stand corrected.

Nobody said that.

[stuckincincy]

I think that it has more to do with our quarterback situation.

There are a lot of posters here that think that Fitz will not be able to get the job done.

There are a lot that think that Young is a complete dog.

Thigpen? He's been treated like a curse.

Now, along comes Tanney with good size, a strong arm, and a body of work that is statistically second to none (albeit on a D-III level). It is natural for a lot fans to hope that his guy is the second coming.

Corp did not bring nearly as much to the table as Tanney based on his career – he was somewhat mediocre in comparison.

You have a point - there may not have been as much buzz about Tanney if it were not for the trick shot video. But, if Corp would have had a similar career compared to Tanney, I think that there would have been a ton of threads about him too, just because of the personnel that we have.

Well said - thoughtful post.

[YardRat]

There were 75 threads about Tanney and I don't recall seeing a single dedicated thread about Corp.

The Mayor of Hyperboleville just called...he'd like to give you a key to the city.

[YardRat]

BTW, just for ****s and giggles, use the Search function for Aaron Corp and Alex Tanney.

There are two threads with Tanney in the title, three with Corp.

[Extremebillsfan247]

???

He is intriguing.The Bills brought him in for a try out, and from what I understand, that is as far as it went. He left without a contract offer. He's done here.