Bills Equipment Crew

[RiotAct]

6 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

I find this stuff interesting too.

But 700 pairs of receiver gloves?  I get that you want multiple backups of everything for everyone on the team, but 700???

 

I imagine that's what they'll need (and then some) for the entire season, and they just cart the whole lot of them around with them from game to game, so it's kind of impossible to find yourself short.  But I don't know!
 

 

I remember back in the day Bruce Smith (and everyone else in the league) doing that same sort of thing, so OLmen couldn't get a grip on his jersey--and then he adopted the extra trick of spraying everything down with WD-40 so it was impossible to get a grip! 

 

I believe that was outlawed at some point.

 

 

a corrollary to this was Lester Hayes, cornerback for the Raiders back in the late 70s. He would slather his arms and hands with stickum, to the point where the NFL outlawed it completely!

[Saxum]

6 hours ago, LeGOATski said:

So....Josh doesn't have them deflate the ball?

 

Josh grew up clutching cantaloupes.  If he wants air out of ball he squeezes but the ball will be hard anyways when players try to catch it.

[atlbillsfan1975]

6 hours ago, zow2 said:

Remember Woody and Hojo from back in the day? Whatever happened to those guys...  maybe they were escorted out when Pegula, Beane and Co. cleaned house.  I can't recall?

Hojo was the man. 

[Just Jack]

7 hours ago, Big Turk said:

I had no idea there was so much that went into getting a ball ready for Allen and how you can't simply use the balls out of the box.

 

If this is something all equipment managers have to do I am wondering why there isn't a company that does this(along with probably several options based on what various players like and what equipment managers do to them) and then sells them the balls in game ready condition.

 

Seems like a potentially very profitable business.

 

I imagine they'd rather keep it in house, since QB's like to have the balls a certain way, plus you don't have to worry about an outside company getting the balls to you in time for the game.