BillsD#1in2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 why does everyone think that James is going to get Cut.........HE ISNT GOING TO GET CUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen. John Blutarsky Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 why does everyone think that James is going to get Cut.........HE ISNT GOING TO GET CUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It will probably come down to a James or Youboty choice and it's hard to cut talented young players, especially ones you have invested that much time and effort into. I'd like to find a way to keep James around because our depth is very young at CB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 It will probably come down to a James or Youboty choice and it's hard to cut talented young players, especially ones you have invested that much time and effort into. I'd like to find a way to keep James around because our depth is very young at CB. The reason to keep James around is that, other than McGee, he is the only one that can claim to know what he's doing with a straight face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsaikotic Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I can claim to know what I'm doing with a straight face also...doesn't mean I'm any good at it tho please explain why James needs to be kept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 DJ Fitzpatrick has an awesome part time job. He spends his summers working as a punter in NFL training camp. He's hired every may, and released every august. I wonder what he does the rest of the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 DJ Fitzpatrick has an awesome part time job. He spends his summers working as a punter in NFL training camp. He's hired every may, and released every august. I wonder what he does the rest of the year? He's writing a book titled "LIVING THE DREAM, what I got to do on my summer vacation." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Fan Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 NFL teams must cut their rosters to 75 by Tuesday (final cutdown date is this Saturday). Who will the Bills cut this Tuesday? Is it all up to our new OC? Sorry, couldnt resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt in KC Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I think it's hard to justify keeping Ryan Neill. He hasn't shown up as a backup on the D-line since last year, which seemed to be the whole reason he landed the job in the first place. Has anyone seen Preston come in to long snap? (Duke is listed as the backup on BB.com.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen. John Blutarsky Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I think it's hard to justify keeping Ryan Neill. He hasn't shown up as a backup on the D-line since last year, which seemed to be the whole reason he landed the job in the first place. Has anyone seen Preston come in to long snap? (Duke is listed as the backup on BB.com.) No, wrong, false. You do not, I repeat DO NOT cut your long snapper unless you have a proven person to bring in. We have done this before and it has killed us. Neill stays, period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladiebla Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 DJ Fitzpatrick has an awesome part time job. He spends his summers working as a punter in NFL training camp. He's hired every may, and released every august. I wonder what he does the rest of the year? Lot's of punters are in that situation, Glenn Pakulak (http://www.kffl.com/player/5921/NFL) works in a steelmill whilst camp hopping during summers, he is NFL quality however there is simply not enough need for punters in the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladiebla Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 The reason to keep James around is that, other than McGee, he is the only one that can claim to know what he's doing with a straight face. Which can be easiliy countered with the youngsters eagerness and performance so far. Time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt in KC Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 No, wrong, false. You do not, I repeat DO NOT cut your long snapper unless you have a proven person to bring in. We have done this before and it has killed us. Neill stays, period. That's why I was asking if anyone saw signs that Preston was actually getting time in this role. And besides talking about roster spots, I'm also interested in how bad it would be if Neill got injured and had to leave a game. I was shocked they cut Schneck in favor of Neill because in general I agree with you. They did, I repeat DID cut our long snapper last year in favor of a backup that did not seem proven to me. At the time the only rationale that made sense to me was to save a roster spot because the new LS (Neill) could also back up DE, and Denney had just been hurt. Is Neill's one year of experience so hard to replace? Who was our LS before Schneck? If that was Preston, forget I mentioned this. I have vague alcohol-hazed memories of snaps going wildly high.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 No, wrong, false. You do not, I repeat DO NOT cut your long snapper unless you have a proven person to bring in. We have done this before and it has killed us. Neill stays, period. I went to the final practice at Fisher and Jabari Greer was doing long snapping for field goals rotating with neil. Just saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsaikotic Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I honestly see Neill as only a LS....ppl that have him in the DE depth spot should add another DE cuz Neill isnt gonna do anything there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasoninMT Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 The bills have pretty consistently only kept 2 QBs on the 53-man roster... Why would they start keeping 3 - as many of the rosters I've seen here suggest... They'll put one on the PS, and go from there. They have to cut 5 players to get to 75, correct? I don't think they can move Peters to the non-football injury list until the 53-man cutdown... I'm going to guess one of the RBs sees the door, Hall will have a hall pass... I'm going to guess a WR goes - probably Hawthorne I'm going to guess a TE - Massaquoi perhaps I'm going to guess perhaps Jon Corto... I don't think it's a good thing when they move you late in Preseason... I'm going to go with a CB last, Either Cox or Fox... They'll use the rest of camp fodder for Kids week vs. Detroit. I'd bet Baker & G-Ham make it one more week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsaikotic Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 The bills have pretty consistently only kept 2 QBs on the 53-man roster... Why would they start keeping 3 - as many of the rosters I've seen here suggest... They'll put one on the PS, and go from there. They have to cut 5 players to get to 75, correct? I don't think they can move Peters to the non-football injury list until the 53-man cutdown... I'm going to guess one of the RBs sees the door, Hall will have a hall pass... I'm going to guess a WR goes - probably Hawthorne I'm going to guess a TE - Massaquoi perhaps I'm going to guess perhaps Jon Corto... I don't think it's a good thing when they move you late in Preseason... I'm going to go with a CB last, Either Cox or Fox... They'll use the rest of camp fodder for Kids week vs. Detroit. I'd bet Baker & G-Ham make it one more week... they would have to bring in a new QB to put one on the PS...both Baker and Hamden I believe are not eligible for PS...We've seen a lot of teams in the preseason with very crappy depth at QB..I think Buffalo is one of the few that has a depth they don't have to worry to much about.... Corto has played very well in the LB spot and could be used as depth for SS/FS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralonzo Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 No, you were right, he did get cut on an earlier round of cuts, not at the final cutdown to 53. Yeah, that was a sneaky move. Other teams were probably thinking, "first round of cuts? he really must be Wunderlich 6 dumb, let's not bother." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen. John Blutarsky Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I went to the final practice at Fisher and Jabari Greer was doing long snapping for field goals rotating with neil. Just saying Big difference between doing it in practice and in a game when a 350lb man will crush your head as soon as you flinch. Neill did a great job last year as evidenced by both Moorman's stats, the lack of blocked kicks and Lindell's FG percentage. A big part of kicking is timing with the snapper and Lindell's percentage went up as soon as we got a decent long snapper as has been great with both Schneck and Neill. Before Schneck we had Dorenbos for 2 years but I don't remember who replaced Dorenbos when he got hurt. it may have been Preston for a little while. The snapper before Dorenbos I think was Teague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 they would have to bring in a new QB to put one on the PS...both Baker and Hamden I believe are not eligible for PS...We've seen a lot of teams in the preseason with very crappy depth at QB..I think Buffalo is one of the few that has a depth they don't have to worry to much about.... Corto has played very well in the LB spot and could be used as depth for SS/FS... I just looked it up. Hamdan doesn't, but Baker has a year left of PS eligibility. From Chris Brown: In total there are 30 players with practice squad eligibility left on Buffalo's roster. Aside from all the rookies (draft picks, undrafteds) there are 14. Gibran Hamdan does not have any practice squad eligibility left, but Baker has one more year available to him. Justin Jenkins has no more eligibility and neither does Massaquoi. But Gaddis and Copeland Bryan both have practice squad time left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen. John Blutarsky Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Good info, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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