Brandon Shell Reportedly Intends to Retire

[BuffaloBillyG]

Welp, there's one tackle down. Likely the corresponding move to Matakevich coming off PUP

 

 

Edited August 15, 2023 by BuffaloBillyG

[benderbender]

He didn't even wait until halftime

[Drew21PA]

At least he didn’t wait till halftime 

[Slippery Rubber Mats]

wtf lol

[RichRiderBills]

That's lousy. I thought he may play a big part in a plan B for Brown. 

 

 

[StHustle]

Is it cause he felt he was a Shell of himself? 🤔

 

[PBF81]

Did he at least take his jersey off and leave the field in a huff shirtless?  

[Buffalo_Stampede]

It’ll be interesting to see how the Bills respond to this. Possibly Shell fell down the depth chart. We’ll see. I thought he’d give Brown some competition. 

[JoPoy88]

Well that stinks. Good luck to him

[4merper4mer]

1 minute ago, PBF81 said:

Did he at least take his jersey off and leave the field in a huff shirtless?  

And he’s buying an arena league team in Albany.

[TheBrownBear]

I haven't been following the offseason or camp too closely.  Is this a big loss with regards to tackle depth?  I thought Shell was considered someone that could potentially start if needed.  How's he looked in comparison to Tommy Doyle?  And I would think this bodes well for Gouriage making the team?

[LEBills]

2 minutes ago, TheBrownBear said:

I haven't been following the offseason or camp too closely.  Is this a big loss with regards to tackle depth?  I thought Shell was considered someone that could potentially start if needed.  How's he looked in comparison to Tommy Doyle?  And I would think this bodes well for Gouriage making the team?

Not a big loss based on what I have read from camp

[Roundybout]

Sounds like he didn’t think he was gonna have a place on the team and decided to hang it up. 6 year career isn’t bad at all.

[Buffalo_Stampede]

3 minutes ago, TheBrownBear said:

I haven't been following the offseason or camp too closely.  Is this a big loss with regards to tackle depth?  I thought Shell was considered someone that could potentially start if needed.  How's he looked in comparison to Tommy Doyle?  And I would think this bodes well for Gouriage making the team?

Tommy Doyle definitely looked the part of the 3rd OT. So this could be Shell responding to his roster status. 

[SCBills]

Interesting.. I wonder if this took the Bills by surprise or if he fell down the depth chart because of the play of someone like Gouraige?... 

 

From what I've heard of Van Demark, he seems far better at LT than RT.  

 

Doyle is intriguing if he can have some better injury luck... this attributes are off the chart. 

 

 

Edited August 15, 2023 by SCBills

[ndirish1978]

5 minutes ago, TheBrownBear said:

I haven't been following the offseason or camp too closely.  Is this a big loss with regards to tackle depth?  I thought Shell was considered someone that could potentially start if needed.  How's he looked in comparison to Tommy Doyle?  And I would think this bodes well for Gouriage making the team?

 

He was likely 3rd string behind Quessenberry. 

[Warcodered]

8 minutes ago, StHustle said:

Is it cause he felt he was a Shell of himself? 🤔

 

 

[Simon Says]

Would this justify a trade or "significant " FA addition after cut downs ?

[MasterStrategist]

I think there was always a decent chance we were keeping: 1 Vet backup and 1 young/developing backup at our 2 tackle spots for depth.  Based on camp reports and performance in game 1.

 

So it was likely down to Quesenberry vs Shell & Doyle vs Gourirage vs VandeMark.  Possible we roll with a combo of Doyle and a young guy, but I think the staff likes Quessenberry.

[Charles Romes]

Welcome to the NFL, Ryan