Philly signs RB Bell off of our Practice Squad

[Deep2Moulds46]

I know a lot of fans liked him, but he is now an Eagle.

[Sisyphean Bills]

Good for him.

[Peace]

Can another team sign me?

[b stein 22]

Well the eagles just became my new second favorite team.

[dgrid]

dam, good luck to him. wish we could'a kept him somehow

[wardigital]

Damnit.

[DonInBuffalo]

The odds of Lynch being traded just dropped dramatically

[transient]

The odds of Lynch being traded just dropped dramatically

 

+1

[Chandler#81]

Hope I'm wrong, but I think the Bills are going to regret this..

[sharper802]

The odds of Lynch being traded just dropped dramatically

Because a PS player left the team???? You really think that matters in the grand scheme? Who was the third RB behind Lynch Jackson last year? Nobody. If they want to move Lynch they can pick up a scrap somewhere and make him third string behind Jackson/Spiller.

Still would rather they move Jackson but I am sure they can get more for Lynch.

[eSJayDee]

wish we could'a kept him somehow

 

I believe we had that option. I think the way it works is a team "requests" to sign a player from your PS. You(we) then have the option of bringing him up to the 53 man roster (& presumably are required to keep him there for sometime) or allow him to be signed. Apparently, we didn't think him worthy of reserving a spot on the active roster.

As someone else stated below, I think this makes it pretty obvious we're not close to dealing Marshawn. Then again, w/ this regime, who knows.

[EC-Bills]

The odds of Lynch being traded just dropped dramatically

 

Or maybe they figured they could get someone else just as good if not better than Bell off the street if they needed to. Not that I didn't like Bell, but the only way he would get on the roster is an injury to one of our RBs (who are better).

[santoro770]

I was surprised that they didn't keep him on the active roster after the pre-season that he had. Good luck to him though, maybe Peters will block for him...once he's healthy (Peters that is).

[EastRochBillsfan]

I believe we had that option. I think the way it works is a team "requests" to sign a player from your PS. You(we) then have the option of bringing him up to the 53 man roster (& presumably are required to keep him there for sometime) or allow him to be signed. Apparently, we didn't think him worthy of reserving a spot on the active roster.

As someone else stated below, I think this makes it pretty obvious we're not close to dealing Marshawn. Then again, w/ this regime, who knows.

I wonder if they signed him because they think we might trade Marshawn and would have brought him up to the active roster?

[Buffalonian-at-Heart]

Don't we have an opportunity to match the offer?

[PromoTheRobot]

Bell looked great in pre-season...but so did Spiller.

 

PTR

[CodeMonkey]

Seemed like a good kid and I think he has some talent.

I wish him the best.

[Peace]

Running backs re a dime a dozen. Good luck to Bell and all but really, who cares?

[The Senator]

Don't we have an opportunity to match the offer?

Yes, but we'd have to place him on our active roster (giving us 4 RBs plus Corey McIntyre), and I think Bell still would have the option to choose which offer to accept (much like Brian Brohm, who chose the Bills because he thought he'd have a better chance to start here - even though GB matched the Bills' offer).

[DonInBuffalo]

Don't we have an opportunity to match the offer?

For starters, they would have to cut somebody to free up a roster spot