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Can't sign someone to the Practice Squad right now. Unless this is a "Bills will sign him to the PS, if he clears waivers" announcement, but that's not how it's being framed. And no one really does that bc no one knows who's clearing waivers or not at this point.

Funny thing is, if he made the Bills he may have bounced Andreeson off the team

We’re still doing the “ex-panther” bit in 2025?

Beane after dark strikes again. Obviously Tabor wanted him for teams. Would be nice to know if it was a practice squad signing or a roster signing.

That was my first thought too. The issue with that is right now, you can't come to terms with someone on a Practice Squad spot. You can't do that until a certain time tomorrow after it's announced who's been claimed. Neither the Bills nor Sam Franklin would know right now if he's going to be claimed by another team for their 53.

Yep. With zero ties to McD or Beane. Released by the Broncos.

Sounds good to me. Bills would obviously give him elevation guarantees and would probably use those up early and often while this other guy gets up to speed and Hancock gets healthy and more seasoned.

Oh boy! Another ex panther lol.

Ex-Panther ofc

I’d bet money no one in the league is signing Hamlin. He’d make the PS easy imo

I think Ingram was retained to potentially start outside in White's absence early on. He has seen the field and acquitted himself well enough for a short term and/or rotational stint. Plus he offers position/scheme flex (dime/nickel safety looks) and probably would play STs? Who are candidates to be cut and reliably signed to PS? Lundt? Hamlin (doubt it)? Or maybe a sneaky "injury" somewhere simplifies the decision...

I mean I'm around UB football a lot I've attended pro days most years Dolac is playing at 220 lb with the bulls .. give or take three or four pounds.. probably 215-225 over his career Andresen played at 235 240... And probably cut down to a better 230 something with bills Joe has the natural frame to be a middle linebacker... Dolac is strictly going to be a weak side linebacker his entire career When Joe came to UB he started playing the mike and dolac went to the will So it's what the bills are looking for.. we have our will set with Milano and Williams in the future... Heck if andreeson pops Bernard could slide to the will and Joe at Mike in 2 years But I see the future linebacker core with Bernard and Williams... Joe has the ability to play the mike and will which has versatility I understand the whole thought of just thinking andresen as a local camp tryout.. but you have to think of him as a guy who made an NFL roster out the gate.. your pedigree goes out the window in training camp ... He was also at Bryant for the majority of his college career FCS... if he had 3 years FBS production I might have a slightly higher grade... Shaun walked on and earned his playing time but he has 3 years FBS production to one and that's huge also But Joe is an NFL player who made a roster.. not even a practice squad... That's boosting the bottom line.. it's not the size of the dog in the fight it's the size of the fight in the dog And he clearly has more than most given credit for As someone who is always said the talent margin in the NFL is razor thin.. even between a first round pick and a 7th round pick The talent margin between a sixth round pick and a priority underrafted free agent is not as big as most seems If we needed a will Shaub dolac 100% would have been the first guy I called after the draft or even in the later rounds... McDermott just always has an abundance of wills.. even Thompson is a will But Dorian Williams have a great explosiveness and I think he still has a lot of room to grow under Sean McDermott and I could see that being his spot for the future

Hmm... kinda sounds like a challenge. Honey, pass that bottle of rum over here...

More ST than Safety. Interested to see who gets cut.. https://www.yardbarker.com/general_sports/articles/bills_signing_s_sam_franklin/s1_17039_42645389

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Kid went to school at my rival high school, citrus high. Go Lecanto Panthers! Hope he takes Hamlins spot that would be the icing on the cake

Van Demark hasn't exactly displayed the value we've previously ascribed him during this preseason, has he? The book on him has seemingly been that he can play replacement-level ball at LT, but is not so serviceable at RT. And then he pooped the bed all together against Chicago. And might have been disappointing in one of the other games as well? I don't love him as the swing tackle tbh. Hopefully Grable gets well sooner rather than later. Anderson is probably only an IOL now except for injury constituencies or 6OL alignments. Lundt I don't think looked super ready to dress on gamedays at all. Suddenly our vaunted (even by me, repeatedly) O-line depth doesn't look quite so deep. Maybe overreacting to Anderson and Van Demark looking less compelling in our limited glimpses this summer, and Grable getting banged up.

I mean the only logical place to cut is at CB. With Codrington locked into PR, I’m going to guess Jamarcus Ingram will be the guy unless someone else is going to IR

#1 is what I've suspected kept Dolac's representation away from signing with the Bills (assuming the Bills had any real interest in the player) -- total multi-year log jam at WLB with Milano and Williams #2 is what I don't fully agree with, in that a local tryout signing (in Andreesen) grew enough over one year in an NFL system/program to catch up to a far superior/higher ceiling (physically and for sure college production) priority UDFA prospect. It's not impossible at all in a league where early draft picks flame out and UDFAs comprise 1/3 of the player pool. But wouldn't Dolac be a better prospect than Andreesen? Or is he too much of a WLB guy (which harkens back to #1). He's not any smaller than Bernard was, right? I have this nagging fear about McBEANE's roster management approach: that each year they think of/select primary backups (at most positions) in terms of floor 100%. In terms of "trust" and "confidence" in this moment, rather than true, iron-sharpens-iron competition at all positions, like they sometimes claim. Wouldn't a Dolac represent more talent in the pipeline than an Andreesen? I'm afraid the Sabres have been demonstrably guilty of that tendency to not actively threaten the progression of their young pipeline talent with better players. Are they haunted by the ghost of Wyatt Teller? Is that last paragraph at all cogent?

I wonder who gets cut in the morning? I hope white doesn’t go to ir or something? where are they heavy? Wr, dl and o line?

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WHAT?!

Congratulations kid! Huge day God bless

He “doesn’t deserve” to make the practice squad. 🤣 maybe the worst take ever. “He only played special teams”. Thanks for the laugh.

I remember when Sean McVay and the Rams GM saw the Cole Strange pick live during their press conference and started laughing. Chiefs are crying about their safeties too. Guess we’ve got that in common with them.