Rhodes signed to 53, Benford to IR

[John from Riverside]

Corner is not exactly the easiest position to come in as a rookie and star. Anyway, Bedford could just be a stash from here on out until next year, and it would still be a win, given his draft selection.

Edited November 27, 2022 by John from Riverside

[UKBillFan]

Jackson has potential with a stronger unit around him - we saw that last year. Hopefully Benford, at the very least, will be the same.

 

Hope he heals quickly.

[Solomon Grundy]

12 hours ago, Matt_In_NH said:

I did not catch that.   It could just be they like Rhodes better right now and Benford had an injury so he got sat down even it it was gonna just be a couple weeks. 

You can't substitute experience!! 

[No_Matter_What]

14 hours ago, DapperCam said:

Do we save cap stashing him on IR? I know we’re tight

No, it's the opposite. When you put a player on IR, you count his whole cap hit. And then you need to add cap hit of player who replaces IR player.

 

Check out Sportrac. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/cap/

 

Benford on IR counts, and so does Rhodes. He only has about 350k cap hit, but it is still 350k more than before when Benford was on the roster.

 

We are very close to zero cap space btw. We need someone to come back from IR asap otherwise Beane will need to restructure somebody.

Edited November 27, 2022 by No_Matter_What

[TheFunPolice]

Benford started off well so that's encouraging for the future. Glad to see he'll be able to heal up

[RyanC883]

On 11/26/2022 at 8:30 PM, DCbillsfan said:

Yeah could be.  Rousseau said last year was a long year being a rookie.  Curious if Benford is starting to hit that rookie wall as well.

 

Good point, but Rousseau also did not play the prior year in college.  

[WyoAZBillfan]

On 11/26/2022 at 2:08 PM, Dick_Cheney said:

Oh thank god!

 

It was either this or signing a firefighter because of how often he was getting burned. 

While I like this kid and hope he has a great future as a Bill, this made me LOL and I thank you as I was in need of that today (also your not wrong)!!

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

On 11/26/2022 at 4:26 PM, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

I’d take my chances with Elam and Rhodes at this point over Dane Jackson. And I was a big Dane Jackson fan up until 3 weeks ago. They are going to start calling him Dane Cook’d soon if you don’t get him off the field 

 

He needs work in man coverage - He struggles when his eyes arent on the QB.  He was drafted as a zone corner.  His man coverage skills aren't terrible, he's usually in the right place, hes just late getting his head around.  Id even say his ball skills aren't terrible as he's usually trying to disrupt the catch point - but it's always been after the receiver catches it, not before.  At this point I think he needs the bench for a minute for a confidence boost.