Bills add DT Oliver Gibson

[Guest]

The Buffalo Bills will add some experienced depth to their defensive line this week.
The team has agreed to terms of a contract with defensive tackle Oliver Gibson, a nine-year veteran from the Cincinnati Bengals. He is expected to sign the deal in the next couple of days.

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20040329/1026183.asp

Decent move to add more experience to the DL. The defense suffers when either Sam Adams or Pat Williams are out of the game. Hopefully, this can help. This also means that Bannan and Edwards are battling for the #4 DT

[elltrain22]

can this guy play. I for one, do not know that much about him.

[Tatonka]

good find.. but i cant say that this signing makes ANY sense at all..

so let me get this straight.. we are worried about the 30 and 31 year old DTs that we have on the roster being old.. so we sign one that is 32.. who could potentially cost us some of our youth in bannan, sape, edwards, or any rookie that we draft..

[ryjam282]

Me neither....Help us out here Tatonka or someone....Is he at least halfway decent? He's kinda old right?

[Ebenezer]

Originally posted by Tatonka
good find.. but i cant say that this signing makes ANY sense at all..

so let me get this straight.. we are worried about the 30 and 31 year old DTs that we have on the roster being old.. so we sign one that is 32.. who could potentially cost us some of our youth in bannan, sape, edwards, or any rookie that we draft..

let's have that argument if he makes the team...at this time of the year I want as much depth as possible...instead of the training camp fodder that is signed at $230K I'll take a roster full of guys like Gibson...remember that only the top 51 count against the cap right now...If I were a GM I would have very few of the $230K guys on the roster.

[TedMock]

Training camp competition. He may be gone by the time the season starts. We always sign a few of these guys in the offseason and more often than not they're released.

[ryjam282]

Originally posted by TedMock
Training camp competition. He may be gone by the time the season starts. We always sign a few of these guys in the offseason and more often than not they're released.

Yeah, like we did with James Jett last year

[Tatonka]

good points..

i will be disappointed if this guy costs us a young guy though.

[DraftBoy]

Hes a decent DT though and if he makes the team he could make some noise this season. Maybe its just me but I dont usually see training camp competition brought in on a 6yr deal.

[Tatonka]

Originally posted by DraftBoy
Hes a decent DT though and if he makes the team he could make some noise this season. Maybe its just me but I dont usually see training camp competition brought in on a 6yr deal.

he got a 6 year deal? sweet...

i know he is a decent player.. and a very good reserve.. but we need YOUTH... so if we draft a DT, then bannan and sape will be a total waste of a draft pick.

[ryjam282]

Did anyone read the article????
NOT ANOTHER ONE:)

Bills President and General Manager Tom Donahoe drafted Gibson for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round in 1995. He spent four years as a backup in Pittsburgh, then started four seasons with the Bengals. Each of those four years he was coached by current Bills defensive line coach Tim Krumrie.

[Ebenezer]

where did Oliver Gibson get a 6 year deal?? Link please.

[TigerJ]

I don't think Buffalo looks for a DT in the draft at all with this signing. Forget about Wilfork or Harris, whom a few mocks have had the Bills taking.

[ryjam282]

SO, I guess Rivers is the only logical choice next... :)

[The Spaz]

Originally posted by DraftBoy
Hes a decent DT though and if he makes the team he could make some noise this season. Maybe its just me but I dont usually see training camp competition brought in on a 6yr deal.

Where's the link on a 6 year deal?