Bills open Justin Shorter's Practice Window

[K D]

Send Harty packing. Waste of a roster spot 

[Low Positive]

This doesn't mean that they will activate him. He just gets to practice for three weeks and then they can either activate him or shut him down for the year.

[JerseyBills]

I forgot he was on IR, even tho he was never inactive lol just forgot

LFG, would like to see him get some burn. Dude is a physical specimen 

[Ya Digg?]

8 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

Send Harty packing. Waste of a roster spot 

It would send Sherfield way before Harty

[DrDawkinstein]

10 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

Send Harty packing. Waste of a roster spot 

 

1 minute ago, Ya Digg? said:

It would send Sherfield way before Harty

 

Who does more on Special Teams tho? And can Shorter play ST?

 

Remember, with Taiwan Jones gone, we've shifted from carrying an extra "RB" special teamer to carrying an extra "WR" special teamer. So I'm not sure either of them lose their spot to Shorter.

 

 

Edited December 13, 2023 by DrDawkinstein

[K D]

1 minute ago, Ya Digg? said:

It would send Sherfield way before Harty

Sherfield bought a house in Orchard Park though. You can't cut him in this market!

[Buffalo03]

I'm curious to see if he runs SHORTER or longer routes. It will also be interesting to see how much SHORTER the other WRs are than him. He probably won't be playing this week but should be in a SHORTER amount of time than longer

[K D]

4 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

Who does more on Special Teams tho? And can Shorter play ST?

Harty is averaging like 2 yards per punt return the past few games. I don't think we will miss much. He runs to the left then he runs the right then he gets tackled when he could have just run straight lol

Edited December 13, 2023 by KDIGGZ

[Aussie Joe]

1 hour ago, Negan said:

Honestly I thought he was comparable to Terrell Owens coming out but super raw.

Wow … that’s high praise indeed …

[DrDawkinstein]

Just now, KDIGGZ said:

Harty is averaging like 2 yards per punt return. I don't think we will miss much. He runs to the left then he runs the right then he gets tackled when he could have just run straight lol

 

But he's fairly reliable back there versus what we've seen from others. (I think he had 1 muff that he got back?)

 

And Hyde can't do it anymore.

[whorlnut]

Awesome…just in time for the team to get false ideas about him being a number 2 and bail on drafting a wr in the first round this year!

[WotAGuy]

It’s about time his Hall of Fame career got started. 

[Straight Hucklebuck]

I honestly don’t care if it comes at the expense of Harty or Sherfield or Gabe’s snap counts. 
 

Sherfield has played 6 seasons including this one.

 

3 of them have been exactly what he’s done this year - nothing. 
 

Harty is playing 17% snap count right now. I advocated earlier in the year for him, but it’s obvious the rest of the coaches feel the same way about him pre and post Ken Dorsey, so try someone else. 

[Shaw66]

53 minutes ago, Rubes said:

So you’re looking for a good punt catcher?

 

If I have Josh Allen, all I care about is getting him the ball.  Give him the ball on the 50, on the Bills' 35, on the Bills' 5.  Doesn't matter where.  So, yes, give me a good punt catcher.

[Kaenon]

2 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Some have been eager to see what he can do. You may get your wish.

Yes!!!

 

I have been waiting for this.

 

I asked for some Shorter updates a couple of times the last 2 months.

 

I'm ready!!

[Special K]

38 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

This doesn't mean that they will activate him. He just gets to practice for three weeks and then they can either activate him or shut him down for the year.

 

Exactly....they could just be giving him three weeks of practice time with the team to give him a leg up for next years training camp. I’m sure the Bills envision a ST ace/ WR4 role for Shorter next season.

[ProcessTruster]

pretty sure they are just trying to get him back in the building and work him out .  any decision to actual putting him on the roster is another thing entirely

[mrags]

1 hour ago, Rubes said:

So you’re looking for a good punt catcher?

 

Way to be a useless roster spot imo. 

[26TrapDraw]

2 hours ago, billsherd said:

If he plays, who does he replace? 

Non Miller

[mrags]

24 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

If I have Josh Allen, all I care about is getting him the ball.  Give him the ball on the 50, on the Bills' 35, on the Bills' 5.  Doesn't matter where.  So, yes, give me a good punt catcher.

If that’s the case and the argument then why bother. Put Reid Ferguson back there for all I care. Wave your arms like it’s a fair catch and get out of the way. Who cares? 

 

46 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

Harty is averaging like 2 yards per punt return the past few games. I don't think we will miss much. He runs to the left then he runs the right then he gets tackled when he could have just run straight lol

He wouldn’t be missed at all. Most useless FA in McBeans tenure.