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Bills sign RB Kerrith Whyte and CB Tim Harris

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1 hour ago, NewEra said:

The kid has some serious one cut and go potential.  He just turns it on.  Tight hipped and not much east west in his game.  Kinda reminds me of a not so good mini Herschel Walker.  Probably just a practice squad guy for now. But I like his fit in this offense 

 

Thanks for pulling this up, @NewEra! Reminds me of Karlos Williams: One cut and straight ahead kind of back. Interesting that he's done some PR/KR. May be covering some in the GB game, if Stevenson's foot isn't ready to go.

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28 minutes ago, Cheektowaga Chad said:

Moves to make sure singletary/moss and Levi wallace now don't have to play much Saturday?

Singletary, Moss and Wallace (did he play?) sure looked good Saturday. I really liked the way both looked Saturday. They sure looked like pros to me. Maybe not Adrian Petersons but good, tough NFL backs. Devin has some of the best quicks around the LOS and just fantastic shimmies and shakes with being not the easiest to tackle, Moss just brings power, he's small but you had better be ready to tackle hard or he's going to keep going. 

If Daboll knows how to use Breida, he sure ain't showing it. I think Breida loses A LOT of value if he can't return kicks and I think Whyte gains a lot because he can.

 

The Bills have to collect cornerbacks for their practice squad. I feel they'll be bringing in guys all fall (unless they get lucky and find good ones that no one steal from us!) I like that we play a little different back there and that guys that fit us don't fit a lot of the league.....

 

Go Bills!

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33 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

 

He only played special teams for 49ers not DB on defense.

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9 minutes ago, billybrew1 said:

Singletary, Moss and Wallace (did he play?) sure looked good Saturday. I really liked the way both looked Saturday. They sure looked like pros to me. Maybe not Adrian Petersons but good, tough NFL backs. Devin has some of the best quicks around the LOS and just fantastic shimmies and shakes with being not the easiest to tackle, Moss just brings power, he's small but you had better be ready to tackle hard or he's going to keep going. 

If Daboll knows how to use Breida, he sure ain't showing it. I think Breida loses A LOT of value if he can't return kicks and I think Whyte gains a lot because he can.

 

The Bills have to collect cornerbacks for their practice squad. I feel they'll be bringing in guys all fall (unless they get lucky and find good ones that no one steal from us!) I like that we play a little different back there and that guys that fit us don't fit a lot of the league.....

 

Go Bills!

 

When did Wallace play on Saturday?

 

He isn't listed in Sal Capaccio's snap counts.

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2 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Could be.  The mildly intriguing factors  (for me) is that Harris actually played against us, meaning the coaches got to see him in person

 

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that the RB Whyte is personally known to Motor and super-fast.

Maybe to use in a Breida type role for final preseason game? Benefit the offensive line

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1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Is Williams even practicing?

 

And what was Dane Jackson's injury?


 

Sal said Williams was present at yesterday’s walk through, but it was a very limited and light - shorts and tee shirt day.  Today they were off.

 

Sal didn’t say what Jackson’s injury was - only that he was dinged early in the game and didn’t return.  It sounded like shoulder, neck, head because he talked about him walking about, but I heard no specific body part.

 

it sounded like Sal did not expect either to play this weekend - although it might be Williams last chance to make the roster.  He also said the staff was reaching in the Chicago game because they didn’t want to give Singletary or Moss any more touches and therefore moved Gilliam to HB, but if they are thinking Gilliam is more of a lock - they wanted to limit him a bit more this week also.

1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Fair

 

When did Wallace play on Saturday?

 

He isn't listed in Sal Capaccio's snap counts.


 

Wallace did not play versus Chicago - Sal said the staff was very happy with how he has been playing and really wanted to see the other guys.  

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4 hours ago, NewEra said:

The kid has some serious one cut and go potential.  He just turns it on.  Tight hipped and not much east west in his game.  Kinda reminds me of a not so good mini Herschel Walker.  Probably just a practice squad guy for now. But I like his fit in this offense 

 

 

As I said with Antonio Williams..........straight line runners are easiest kinda' backs to find........so not surprising they were able to find one with otherwise good RAS numbers in the middle of preseason.   Being able to utilize wiggle-free backs definitely simplifies the process of keeping the RB room occupied with ultra-low investment guys that might actually be able to gain some yards for you in your system.

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If the Bills are looking for a special teams ace, that might be able to take some snaps at RB in a pinch, to replace the aging Taiwan Jones, Kerrith Whyte has traits you might look for

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5 hours ago, NewEra said:

The kid has some serious one cut and go potential.  He just turns it on.  Tight hipped and not much east west in his game.  Kinda reminds me of a not so good mini Herschel Walker.  Probably just a practice squad guy for now. But I like his fit in this offense 


I’m not sure he has a second NFL skill, but he sure has speed. And you famously can’t coach speed. 

 

1 hour ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

As I said with Antonio Williams..........straight line runners are easiest kinda' backs to find........so not surprising they were able to find one with otherwise good RAS numbers in the middle of preseason.   Being able to utilize wiggle-free backs definitely simplifies the process of keeping the RB room occupied with ultra-low investment guys that might actually be able to gain some yards for you in your system.


Agreed with most here that he’s just signed to play in the last preseason game at a high-injury-risk position, and that there’s no chance he makes the roster. 
 

And I also think that the Bills are always evaluating, and that even a cannon fodder signing will have a chance to make the PS. If the coaching staff can teach him some useful NFL skills, maybe he can eventually grow into a good player. 
 

Even if they can’t teach him to be better, I still think the Bills’ coaches are good enough to take advantage of his elite speed just with scheme. Kind of how McKenzie was immediately effective for us as a jet sweep guy when we first signed him. 
 

If he was out on the PS, it wouldn’t shock me if he made a big play or two in a call up game at some point. 

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14 hours ago, NewEra said:

The kid has some serious one cut and go potential.  He just turns it on.  Tight hipped and not much east west in his game.  Kinda reminds me of a not so good mini Herschel Walker.  Probably just a practice squad guy for now. But I like his fit in this offense 

Tight center of gravity and always keeping those heels up on contact too.

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Lol those clips - he literally cannot move sideways AT ALL.

 

Sounds like they are evaluating their roster options and whether they can release Brieda and stash a similar player on the PS for emergency call-up.  
 

The Taiwan Jones effect continues.

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Folks

 

Think about this. Think about a MLB pitcher.  The art is to throw a lot of "surprises".  A couple of fast balls at 97 and then a change up at 85.  Pitch fast, going up the ladder (each pitch higher than the last) until the batter triggers on a fastball up high, out of the zone.  .. A  key is getting the defense (batter) to expect a progression to go one way and then slipping in something that they are NOT prepared for and to catch them getting into a routine of defending what you have just done successfully against.

 

Running a few plays with slower and shifty Moss/Singletary gets the defenses into a grouve as to how to defend.  The we sub in super fast guy, and he runs and upsets all the blocking and tackling angles they are used to.  He gets away and the defending players are 5 yards off of the spot to stop him.   You got to have these change of pace guys to change your attack with.  If the guy can catch passes, you can have him run a circle or go route against a LB and good things happen. 

 

Causing confusion and forcing the defense to defend against a variety of different "pitches" is a good thing.  We have used McKanie as such with a lot of success.

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