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  • madness
    Registered User
    • Apr 2003
    • 13690
    #1

    Bills add WR Martin to 53, Brooks on IR

    Bills add Martin as 5th WR
    by Blog Editor
    By Mark Gaughan

    The Buffalo Bills gave themselves a little more leeway on the roster at the wide receiver position today by adding Ruvell Martin back to the 53-man squad. Martin now gives the team five true wideouts. As expected, rookie cornerback Ron Brooks was placed on the injured reserve list. Brooks underwent surgery on his foot last week.
    Brooks could return to the roster this season, under the terms of a new IR rule passed last week. Each team can bring back one player off IR during the season as long as he spends at least six weeks on IR. (Actually he is allowed to return to practice after six weeks and is allowed to be activated after eight weeks.)
    Martin, 30, played 14 games for the Bills last season and was used mostly on special teams. Brooks would have been a prime candidate for the gunner (wide) position on punt coverage. Martin can do that job. He tied for second on the Bills last season in special teams tackles. A seventh-year veteran, Martin filled in at WR when injuries hit late in the year and caught seven passes last season.
    Last edited by madness; 09-04-2012, 03:33 PM.
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  • DraftBoy
    Administrator
    • Jul 2002
    • 107443
    #2
    Re: Bills add WR Martin to 53, Brooks on IR



    No Hagan, No Roosevelt but we have MARTIN!
    COMING SOON...
    Originally posted by Dr.Lecter
    We were both drunk and Hillary did not look that bad at 2 AM, I swear!!!!!!
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    • DBrown77
      Watching the Bills suck since 1999
      • Mar 2005
      • 1285
      #3
      Re: Bills add WR Martin to 53, Brooks on IR

      Should have been Roosevelt!

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      • stuckincincy
        Buffalo Bills Fan
        • Sep 2003
        • 15084
        #4
        Re: Bills add WR Martin to 53, Brooks on IR

        Originally posted by DraftBoy View Post


        No Hagan, No Roosevelt but we have MARTIN!
        30 years old, 7th season, 14 active games last season, 7 catches for 82 yards. My guess...he can throw a decent block...dunno. If so, that's not bad.
        Fiat justitia ruat caelum. Noli timere. Laus Deo.

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        • BertSquirtgum
          Legendary Zoner
          • May 2009
          • 13379
          #5
          Re: Bills add WR Martin to 53, Brooks on IR

          I just puked in my mouth. I'm with OP and don't know what the guys running this team are thinking.
          Last edited by BertSquirtgum; 09-04-2012, 03:32 PM.
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          • madness
            Registered User
            • Apr 2003
            • 13690
            #6
            Re: Bills add WR Martin to 53, Brooks on IR

            He won't see the field except on ST. There's your answer.

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            • k-oneputt
              Registered User
              • Jun 2009
              • 7132
              #7
              Re: Bills add WR Martin to 53, Brooks on IR

              Simply a special teams move. With Brooks out they needed him for st. He won't see the field as a wr.
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              • stuckincincy
                Buffalo Bills Fan
                • Sep 2003
                • 15084
                #8
                Re: Bills add WR Martin to 53, Brooks on IR

                Originally posted by HurkeyNuts View Post
                I just puked in my mouth. I'm with OP and don't know what the guys running this team are thinking.
                Enjoy swallowing your puke.

                Martin's been on NFL rosters for 6 consecutive years, mostly active. Big WR. I'm sure he must be a ST asset, a team player that adds.
                Fiat justitia ruat caelum. Noli timere. Laus Deo.
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                • The King
                  Without me it's just Awe so
                  • Jun 2004
                  • 42380
                  #9
                  Re: Bills add WR Martin to 53, Brooks on IR

                  Once they cut Thigpen they'll bring back a WR.
                  I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
                  "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
                  You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
                  It was all                   true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
                  He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can                   mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.


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                  • kingJofNYC
                    Registered User
                    • Sep 2009
                    • 5960
                    #10
                    Re: Bills add WR Martin to 53, Brooks on IR

                    Still making a living off his special teams play.

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                    • Jan Reimers
                      Thank You, Terry and Kim, for Saving the Bills. Now, Work on the Sabres.
                      • May 2003
                      • 17353
                      #11
                      Re: Bills add WR Martin to 53, Brooks on IR

                      He's going to take Brooks' spot as a gunner on punt coverage.
                      Last edited by Jan Reimers; 09-04-2012, 04:03 PM.
                      Should have known, way back in 1960 when we drafted Richie Lucas Number 1, that this would be a long, hard ride. But who could have known it would be THIS bad?

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                      • YardRat
                        Well, lookie here...
                        • Dec 2004
                        • 86318
                        #12
                        Re: Bills add WR Martin to 53, Brooks on IR

                        YardRat Wall of Fame
                        #56 DARRYL TALLEY                         #29 DERRICK BURROUGHS#22 FRED JACKSON #95 KYLE WILLIAMS

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                        • Beebe's Kid
                          Registered User
                          • Nov 2009
                          • 3134
                          #13
                          Re: Bills add WR Martin to 53, Brooks on IR

                          I ****ing hate this move. We don't have anybody else that can cover a ****ing punt? What about one of the other CBs? How about Chris White? Searcy? Bueller....Bueller...

                          After the Steelers PS game, Chan said the apparently errant throws of Fitzy were due to WRs being out of position...I have said this a million times, but we need some ****ing NFL receivers on this team...people who know how to help us win games. People who can run routes, get open, and catch the ****ing football. I was hoping that we would grab some WR who was cut, but we got Martin back.

                          This guy is like a bad penny...

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                          • YardRat
                            Well, lookie here...
                            • Dec 2004
                            • 86318
                            #14
                            Re: Bills add WR Martin to 53, Brooks on IR

                            If Brooks doesn't break his foot, we would have a WR in this slot that could actually catch a damn football. I don't give a damn about his supposed contributions to ST's, the guy is a waste of a roster spot. Even if he were 25% the teams player Tasker (or even Pike) were, I might be OK with it, but he isn't anywhere close.
                            YardRat Wall of Fame
                            #56 DARRYL TALLEY                             #29 DERRICK BURROUGHS#22 FRED JACKSON #95 KYLE WILLIAMS
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                            • stuckincincy
                              Buffalo Bills Fan
                              • Sep 2003
                              • 15084
                              #15
                              Re: Bills add WR Martin to 53, Brooks on IR

                              Originally posted by YardRat View Post
                              If Brooks doesn't break his foot, we would have a WR in this slot that could actually catch a damn football. I don't give a damn about his supposed contributions to ST's, the guy is a waste of a roster spot. Even if he were 25% the teams player Tasker (or even Pike) were, I might be OK with it, but he isn't anywhere close.
                              0 and 16?
                              Fiat justitia ruat caelum. Noli timere. Laus Deo.

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