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Edit to adjust to the "Duke" news.

Right. The injury seems pretty slight but it probably means no one picks him up on waivers and he is free to look for a team as a FA once he clears. Lets the rest of the WRs know who are looking at being cut that they have a better chance at PS too. Win win and a good move by all.

That will be the question. If he gets a starter or at least a bridge contract he will take it no doubt. If he doesn't and is only offered backup positions he may re-sign with Buffalo. To be answered next March.

Like I said I think Beane likes to rotate these kind of guys in and out to see who he ends up giving PS spots to. This could be even more important with teams looking at Bills players more closely.

Kerrith Whyte Florida Atlantic Owls 5-foot-10, 197 pounds. Who is he? Teammate and backfield partner Devin “Motor” Singletary (who was drafted 74th overall by the Buffalo Bills) earned all of the attention in recent years, but Whyte emerged as one of Conference USA’s most dynamic running backs last season. The former Seminole Ridge star ran for a career-high 866 yards and eight touchdowns on only 134 carries (6.5 yards per rush) and added 160 receiving yards through the air. Whyte surprised many by declaring after his redshirt junior season, though he raised his draft stock with an excellent Pro Day performance. Whyte’s 4.36 40-yard dash time was better than any time posted by a running back at the NFL Scouting Combine. Beane does this every year. Whyte is the kind of guy that comes out of nowhere and ends up on the PS.

Kerrith Whyte was a RB teammate of Devin Singletary. Kerrith Whyte Florida Atlantic Owls 5-foot-10, 197 pounds. Who is he? Teammate and backfield partner Devin “Motor” Singletary (who was drafted 74th overall by the Buffalo Bills) earned all of the attention in recent years, but Whyte emerged as one of Conference USA’s most dynamic running backs last season. The former Seminole Ridge star ran for a career-high 866 yards and eight touchdowns on only 134 carries (6.5 yards per rush) and added 160 receiving yards through the air. Whyte surprised many by declaring after his redshirt junior season, though he raised his draft stock with an excellent Pro Day performance. Whyte’s 4.36 40-yard dash time was better than any time posted by a running back at the NFL Scouting Combine. https://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/20190427/2019-nfl-draft-florida-atlantic-running-back-kerrith-whyte-selected-by-chicago-bears-with-222nd-overall-pick

Well that news does make it a bit more possible. If not for a backup certainly might be worth a 2023 6th conditional for Fromm to be a 3rd string development guy. They get him on a cheap rookie contract (especially after Bills eats his bonus money). Beane on the other hand saves a pretty good chunk of dead cap (600k). If Fromm is cut he will maybe get picked up on waivers BUT he will be a FA if he clears and may sign with ATL anyway if they wanted him. If Beane cuts him he got to guess he won't end up on the Bills PS. LOL, if I was Beane I'd have one of my guys make a call.

IF and it's a big IF Beane is thinking of something like this he would need to do it soon. One advantage of a trade like this is for ATL to get a guy in as soon as possible. If they wait they can pick him up on waivers (they are 4th in line) behind the Jags, Jets and Texans.

Just want to remind everyone that Beane has already stole a 7th round pick from Atlanta for the Lee Smith trade earlier this year. Maybe they give that back and get their 6th? LOL.

I think the Josh Hollister connection would put any trust issues aside. If Breida didn't want to do it there will be a lot of other RBs tripping over themselves to come to Buffalo after cutdown day. The guys doing this always get a bump in pay and some more guaranteed money.

Pretty darn close from Parrino IMO. I see Sweeney and Phillips to start the season on IR. That adds Zimmer and Wildgoose. Hollister and Breida do the "handshake" cuts and re-sign the next day. Only for the Jones being a lock group. If that happens then Breida is cut (hopefully no one picks him up and he signs on PS) and Jones takes the cut and re-signs the next day.

Maybe that's the problem.

I was going to comment after seeing some of the film. You are so right. This could get very interesting where he takes snaps Saturday. I know some of these numbers are not truly accurate but at the combine Basham weighed 274. His listing on Bills site is 281 and his listing on Pro Football Reference is 285. Maybe he takes a number snaps at DT on passing downs. I wonder how much more weight he could put on while keeping his mobility? Could he end up being some sort of hybrid DE/DT? Is that a way McDermott pictures him now?

Unfortunately it can't be Zimmer. He only has 3 years of service and is subject to waivers. I'm not saying that Beane should or should not do this with Addison but this is the kind of move that Beane and McDermott need to look at. Bills have to take advantage of both the IR and expanded PS rules this year. It should be noted that a vet that could agree to this kind of move also can be paid at a higher rate than a typical PS guy. Players like Breida, Butler and Jones could also be considered for a move like this.

As of now I see Kumerow as having shown he deserves to WR6 slot especially with his PS worth. The question for me is Stevenson. It is looking like the Bills may want to keep him as a WR7 instead of risking a team picking him up on waivers. It's looking like his value will rise so I say keep him on the 53 roster and find another to cut. Sanders, McKenzie and Kumerow are all FAs next year so Stevenson under contract probably is a good move. Hodgins, Gentry, Williams, Lenoir and Powell are a good group to have one or two easily survive to sign on the PS.

Beane and McDermott got to figure a way to use the IR and PS rules again this year. Keep the young guys on the main roster and use call ups for depth if needed that bad because of injuries. This way you don't expose the young guys who would get picked up. It a good chance Sweeney starts on IR. In the meantime a TE will be on the PS to call up if needed. Hell Nate Becker had a good snag in the Bears game and has been on the roster for 2 years. He will probably be on PS again. Gilliam was taking a lot of snaps alone in the backfield. He does make Breida expendable. Breida probably won't get picked up so he can go to PS too. If he gets picked up Williams is there. That gives you 7 WRs and Taiwan Jones if he is needed that badly. If Jones is not kept then a vet OT could be signed. Have to figure out some moves like this for the D too.

It has to be very hard for him to go back to rehabbing while the team moves on. The only thing I could say is he talked so much about his special needs brother in the past that I imagine he will push thru this somehow.

Agree. I looked up what you said Hap and it was true but I knew something was put in place for teams not to be able to "stash" young guys using this. Thanks Cpt Caveman for your input. If memory serves (I'm old and it ain't what it use to be) this rule got put in around the time that they started letting players come back from IR without being "designated to return". I imagine a lot of board members don't give a rats behind about this stuff but some of us do. LOL.

I thought that got changed. The article you quoted is dated 2014. Like I said I thought that got changed when the newer IR rules came out but I could be wrong on that one point. It really doesn't matter too much though because these are usually players with smaller contracts.

That is all true but any player accepting a settlement becomes a FA but cannot resign with the original team once he is cleared to play. That rule is there so teams don't use this technique to stash players for future use.

They can be quite complicated and confusing. First it's not a "settlement" it's more of an agreement that both sides have to approve. It is normally dependent on the type of players contract. Drafted players have different rights to money lets say than UDFAs. I will only use Phillips situation as an example. He is a drafted rookie. One way or another if the Bills "cut" him he still gets his guaranteed signing bonus. If his injury is determined that he would miss half of a season he gets game checks for that amount of time. That's is the crux of it. How long is the injury. One thing is a team that agrees to an injury settlement cannot re-sign the player when he gets better.

I looked up Haack's splits when we signed him because I kind of thought the same thing. It's funny but some of his worse days were against the Bills. But he is a pretty good punter. He had 1 blocked punt that I watched against the Pats* in 2018. He didn't have a chance on the kick. The 22:25 mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fg1LfX9If0 The way I think that Beane and McDermott are thinking is he doesn't need to kick deep with the Bills offense. He should be kicking balls needing to get inside the 20 with good hang time and no returns. Like I said he had some bad games against Buffalo. Here is his splits. https://www.nfl.com/players/matt-haack/stats/splits/

Haack looked great in Detroit. His first punt yesterday had a lot of pressure on him (I remember the announcer talked about it almost being blocked). His second was at the 1 yard line in the end zone. He took a "one step" kick to avoid a block and did it fairly well. I guess fans need to panic about something but he is an established veteran punter.

All true but he was also the QB ON that below average team. I think he is a little better than some people give him credit for.

Backup QB is never important until it is. With any luck Mitch gets turned around and the "next Mitch" may want to go through the same thing next year. A rinse and repeat of this situation could be fun.