BobbyC81 Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Reading the article on TBD from The Sports Xchange mentioned the Bills' signing of 4-year veteran DE Mark "My" Word. This didn't sound familiar to me so I wondered if it was a recent move. Bills Daily shows it as a 1/19/06 signing. Either I missed this one or forgot it. I looked up info on him and found that he had 8 sacks for Cleveland in 2002 and also played for them in 2003 with 4 sacks. That's only 2 years. What's he been doing since?? Seems like he was forgotten also by other posters who mentioned the Bills had only the 3 returning DEs in Schobel, Kelsay and Denney plus the undrafted free agent signings. Anybody know more about Word?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 At the time, it was just some ho-hum sorta off season news. Nothing earth shattering at all, but these are the first moves of the new regime. You can tell the lion by the mark of its paw From bb.com: January 19 signed DT LaWaylon Brown January 19 signed LB Greg Carothers January 19 signed LB Wendell Hunter January 19 signed RB Fred Jackson January 19 signed S Rob Lee January 19 signed QB Craig Ochs January 19 signed DT Eric Powell January 19 signed K Nicholas Setta January 19 signed OL Jason Thomas January 19 signed DT Faafetai Tupa'i January 19 signed QB Tory Woodbury January 19 signed DE Mark Word January 19 allocated DT LaWaylon Brown to NFL Europe January 19 allocated RB Fred Jackson to NFL Europe January 19 allocated S Rob Lee to NFL Europe January 19 allocated QB Craig Ochs to NFL Europe January 19 allocated K Nicholas Setta to NFL Europe January 19 allocated DT Faafetai Tupa'i to NFL Europe January 19 allocated QB Tory Woodbury to NFL Europe January 19 allocated OL Dylan McFarland to NFL Europe January 13 Mike Mularkey resigns as head coach January 6 released Don Blackmon (linebackers coach) January 6 released Tom Clements (offensive coordinator) January 6 released Tim Krumrie (defensive line coach) January 6 released Tim Krumrie (defensive line coach) January 6 released Frank Verducci (offensive line coach) January 6 released Steve Szabo (defensive backs coach) January 5 named Marv Levy General Manager/Football Operations January 4 release GM Tom Donahoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo mike2 Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Reading the article on TBD from The Sports Xchange mentioned the Bills' signing of 4-year veteran DE Mark "My" Word. This didn't sound familiar to me so I wondered if it was a recent move. Bills Daily shows it as a 1/19/06 signing. Either I missed this one or forgot it. I looked up info on him and found that he had 8 sacks for Cleveland in 2002 and also played for them in 2003 with 4 sacks. That's only 2 years. What's he been doing since?? Seems like he was forgotten also by other posters who mentioned the Bills had only the 3 returning DEs in Schobel, Kelsay and Denney plus the undrafted free agent signings. Anybody know more about Word?? 690729[/snapback] Guess I was as bored as you- I also looked up his stats. Better than anyone we have, start him! He has NFL experience and 12 friggin' sacks. But to answer your question- I don't know anything else about him...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Anybody know more about Word?? 690729[/snapback] It sounds like he's been a victim of numbers games in Cleveland and Oakland. However one has to wonder why he didn't make an NFL roster at all last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 However one has to wonder why he didn't make an NFL roster at all last year. 690779[/snapback] True...anytime a player has a hole in his resume, he is devalued somewhat in my eyes regardless of what he did before in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLocke Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Mark Word was briefly in the CFL last year. Article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo mike2 Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Mark Word was briefly in the CFL last year. Article. 690864[/snapback] And let go- ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon in Pasadena Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 January 6 released Tim Krumrie (defensive line coach)January 6 released Tim Krumrie (defensive line coach) Wow, they hated Krumrie so much, they released him twice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Word was a force in CLE for a couple of years...some sacks, good pressure, nice tackling etc. Maybe he wore his body down, or got disgusted with the Butch Davis way of doing business. Dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Wow, they hated Krumrie so much, they released him twice! 691983[/snapback] The first breakup didn't take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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