Steussie released

[losman2evans]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2118489

are we interested?

[Mr. Miyagi]

The dude is 34, on the down side of his career. Is he hurt?

[ParanoidAndroid]

Not interested. He's older and he's a right tackle. I'd bet he's way too slow to move to the right.

[OpIv37]

Great player. Too old.

[losman2evans]

Has olny missed one game in his career
Being let go for salary cap reasons.

He also plays LT

Verba better?

[FlyingDutchman]

Whats Verbas deal? If he doesnt get what he wants is he going to just not play? Or will he settle and play for a team for cheap? The clock is ticking...A move has gotta be made by him soon right?

[clumping platelets]

He can come here for the 1 yr vet min deal

[indianabillsfan]

We are pretty weak as far as experienced depth at offensive tackle. I think bringing him in for the veteran minimum would be a good idea. If Williams or Gandy goes down, I think he would be a better alternative than McFarland or Peters right now. If nothing else he would be a good mentor for the young tackles.

[Night Train]

He never payed well again after he was off the Roids. Does this sound like a guy the Bills would sign ?

[Jan Reimers]

We are pretty weak as far as experienced depth at offensive tackle. I think bringing him in for the veteran minimum would be a good idea. If Williams or Gandy goes down, I think he would be a better alternative than McFarland or Peters right now. If nothing else he would be a good mentor for the young tackles.
I actually agree, although I'm not usually in favor of bringing in older, declining players. At the vet minimum, this guy could fill the Marcus Price role.

[DaBillzAhDaShiznit]

I might be interested in Steussie...I would like to have him work out for McNally and let him decide.

My personal choice for a veteran signing would be Price because he is familiar with the system and has a feel for the other guys.

I look at it this way...there is still a very good chance that we sign a LT. I think Donahoe is waiting for the right moment to pounce. If we were willing to go into the season with Henry's salary on our plate, why not a veteran Tackle which is an area of need? Now we might be approaching the right time to git er done.

[indianabillsfan]

Is Marcus Price still a free agent ? If he is we need to sign him now. He was very valuable as an injury fill in for us. Is he injured or something ? Is he asking for Orlando Pace type money ? I doubt that. I wonder why a decent tackle who's not very old (30 maybe ?) and has starting experience isn't on a roster somewhere.

[Jan Reimers]

Is Marcus Price still a free agent ? If he is we need to sign him now. He was very valuable as an injury fill in for us. Is he injured or something ? Is he asking for Orlando Pace type money ? I doubt that. I wonder why a decent tackle who's not very old (30 maybe ?) and has starting experience isn't on a roster somewhere.
I think Price has a bad knee, perhaps a chronic condition at this point.

[DaBillzAhDaShiznit]

I think Price has a bad knee, perhaps a chronic condition at this point.

Jan,

I agree that there must me something going on there....but why have we heard absolutely nothing about it? Does anyone have a link to any information about Price?

[Philisophical Troll]

Steussie rhymes with poosy....he'd fit in perfectly on this roster says a philisophical troll

[ublinkwescore]

I'm trying really hard to not diginify that with a response.

[OpIv37]

Steussie rhymes with poosy....he'd fit in perfectly on this roster says a philisophical troll

more sound analysis that relies heavily on facts and football knowledge rather than juvenile name-calling.

[THATHURMANATOR]

Steussie rhymes with poosy....he'd fit in perfectly on this roster says a philisophical troll
That is hilarious! :bf1:

[X-Era]

Whats Verbas deal? If he doesnt get what he wants is he going to just not play? Or will he settle and play for a team for cheap? The clock is ticking...A move has gotta be made by him soon right?
exactly what he said. he wants what he thinks he worth, if he doesnt get it he will walk away and retire

[THATHURMANATOR]

Forget about Stusiee he is a washed up never was...

[LifetimeBillsFan]

Steussie might be a cheaper alternative to Verba, but he is older, he has been injured, and there are questions about his ability to stay healthy and play effectively without steroids.

I believe that the the Bills like what they have in Gandy and want to see how he and Peters will do once the hitting starts in camp. I don't think that they will bring in another veteran LT unless he comes cheap or Gandy falls on his face in TC or the preseason.

Here's what M.Mularkey had to say about Gandy:
"'I know there's been some criticism, which to me was totally out of line, especially when you don't watch the practices and the tempo," Mularkey said. "The tempo that we practice at is very fast and very physical, without pads on, and you're going against very good players - alternates to the Pro Bowl, using Gandy as an example. There would be no purpose in doing what we do if we weren't able to evaluate players. I don't know why we'd be here. … Obviously there is some question, but I've seen it. That was why we brought them in, both Bennie and Mike, because of what they did on the film that I watched and what the coaches watched.'"
(URL: http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=3275 )

In short, it seems to me that he is telling the rest of us that the coaches are seeing things from Gandy in practice that lead them to believe that he is a lot better than a lot of people think he is. And, that leads me to believe that they are not going to be in any hurry to bring anyone else into camp unless someone gets hurt or Gandy falls on his face once the pads go on.

[BillsFever21]

Him and guys like Ty Law are probably just waiting till most of training camp is over before they sign with a team.




Whats Verbas deal? If he doesnt get what he wants is he going to just not play? Or will he settle and play for a team for cheap? The clock is ticking...A move has gotta be made by him soon right?