Bills sign S Zayne Anderson to a 2 year deal

[DapperCam]

My guess - our more expensive “special teams aces” are going to be not brought back so we’re finding cheaper replacements to save some cap $$$. The difference might pay for 1/4 of one competent starting guard!

[jkeerie]

5 hours ago, Never NEVER Give-up said:

How exciting!  NOT!

I distinctly remember him as the guy chasing our receivers into the end zone in the last few games against the Chiefs.  Josh burned him several ties.

Though it looks like he's an add with special teams in mind.

 

I'm a little sarcastic with my comments because he is no upgrade over our starters; but who knows how Beane's roster will shake out . . . and so the process begins . . .

You're thinking of Sorensen.  He was jettisoned from the Chiefs a couple of years ago.

[GreggTX]

5 hours ago, GolfandBills said:

Dipping into the chiefs cast offs! Here we come!

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So that's why we signed him? Because he played for a specific team once upon a time? Why would that be a criteria for ever signing anyone? I can see a coach bringing in players he's familiar with like bringing in players from a coach's former team, but beyond that I see no advantage. You don't really think Beane and McDermott are dumb enough to fall into that mindset, do you?

 

[BillsVet]

1 hour ago, DapperCam said:

My guess - our more expensive “special teams aces” are going to be not brought back so we’re finding cheaper replacements to save some cap $$$. The difference might pay for 1/4 of one competent starting guard!

 

Gonna mean no more highly paid strong side LBs, core ST'ers (Matakevich), or 2-3 UFA DLinemen every year.  In the Edmunds thread I saw someone say this is evidence McD is changing for the better.  Nah, this is the HC finally up against a cap that they weren't facing pre-Josh's contract kicking in.  

 

This is when the personnel group lives up to their reputation or shows they were all hype.  They have to get value out of the depth signings more than they've ever needed to since McBeane came in 6 years ago.   

[wppete]

Who??? Someone do a drug test on Beane! 

[Bimmer323i]

Yay super bowl baby…. He’s the missing link

[somnus00]

1 hour ago, DapperCam said:

My guess - our more expensive “special teams aces” are going to be not brought back so we’re finding cheaper replacements to save some cap $$$. The difference might pay for 1/4 of one competent starting guard!

Agree. Special teams are very important, but I think Matakevich is a luxury we can't afford when the o- line is badly in need of an upgrade. Paying 4 million to your 5th linebacker isn't good budgeting when you're 20 mil over the cap. 

[Sierra Foothills]

I haven't heard of him.

[Zag20]

My name is Zane Alderson so I’m loving this 

[Milanos Milano]

We are now officially inzayne in the membrane. 

[ngbills]

You win in the trenches. The special teams trenches. For only a few million when we have no cap space this guy can get us net .00000012356 yards per game over a rookie contact 7th rounder. 

Edited February 18, 2023 by ngbills

[ngbills]

Jokes aside. UDFA. Essentially no stats with chiefs. 6 years at byu - no sacks, 3 int, 5 pass break ups. Why do we need this guy? 

[nucci]

8 hours ago, ngbills said:

Jokes aside. UDFA. Essentially no stats with chiefs. 6 years at byu - no sacks, 3 int, 5 pass break ups. Why do we need this guy? 

because you bring 80-90 players to camp. Where do you think they all come from?

[Nextmanup]

18 hours ago, GolfandBills said:

Dipping into the chiefs cast offs!  Here we come!

I know McDermott said we need to copy KC but this is a bit ridiculous.

 

 

[I'm Spartacus]

I would have preferred the Bills to coax Coy Wire out of retirement 🙂

[JGMcD2]

3 minutes ago, nucci said:

because you bring 80-90 players to camp. Where do you think they all come from?

The All-Pro tree that people on this board seem to think every GM has access to except for Brandon Beane.

[Beast]

13 hours ago, Success said:

 

It's consistently like that, for years now.  It seems like a parody or something.

 

It's probably not correct to judge the fanbase by that board - but it doesn't reflect well on KC at all.

 

Yeah, I have heard Bills fans are, for the most part, treated well when we play at KC.

[DabillsDaBillsDaBills]

I'll trust Beane more than random posters on the Chiefs reddit or Chiefsplanet, but I haven't seen a single nice comment about this guy. 

 

He's a special teams "ace" that apparently sucks at special teams and made numerous critical mistakes. 

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

The bills better start buying up votes at these rule change meetings. STs hasn’t mattered in 15 years and this team is just obsessed. 

[CNYfan]

wow.   there is a ton of frustration and anger on this board.   Very unpleasant.