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For teams a single cut down date is easier with the reduction of preseason games to 3. The NFLPA is a lot more concerned with the health and well being of their rank and file than they are the UDFAs that don’t make a roster or hang on the fringe for a season or two.

No problem. Lotta sources leaving his injury out of the headline. Guessing that is to encourage clicks.

Not exactly. Cline was waived with an injury designation. He was on crutches after their last preseason game. He will revert to the Iggles IR if unclaimed. That means any team that successfully claims him has to put him on their initial 53. He could then be moved to IR if his injury warrants that - and later activated from it if desired. He's only making $1M this season so it isn’t a lot of cap space, but it’s his only season under contract. Not sure why any team would want to burn $1M in cap on an injured player who gets injured a lot though.

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I thought the report was that he signed already. It is certainly possible that he’s agreed to sign to the PS later this week.

Also Jones is our only true 1-tech now. Walker is big like a 1-tech, but he plays like a 3-tech. Would be nice to have another player that can play 1 or 0 if needed.

Sorry. Missed that. Then he could be a PS signing. Still, I’d expect him to wait until he was sure he wasn’t getting a spot on another 53 man roster before committing to our PS.

Teams cannot sign players to their practice squads until 8/27. So it’s for the 53.

There have been others. DT Jowon Briggs was traded. Him and a 7th went from the Browns to the Jets for a 6th.

Specials is his path. I don’t think there’s a Shavers problem. If his play on Specials warrants a spot - and I think it very well might - then he’ll make the team. If not, then he’s a cut as his play solely at WR does not warrant keeping him on the 53. If he’s cut then he’s likely a PS player.

The NFL changed their rules to make this unnecessary.

I thought it odd too. Perhaps they’re waiting on actually having the MRI done due to swelling. It’s been three days now (I think) since the injury so that should be under control. Or maybe that was just a deflection. The MRI was done and results reviewed, but the Bills don’t want to have to answer questions about the results.

Agreed. He was allowed to do a lot of things in college that won’t work in the NFL. He was still able to be successful against some of the also-ran teams, but even defenses like BYU were way too much for him. He has talent, but he’s much further behind in his development that I thought. And I already thought he had a lot of work to do.

I’ve read many posts about acquiring a CB that is another team’s cut. Finding a good CB this way is not realistic. 32 teams want to be 5 deep at CB and they’re all looking for help. We’re also at the tail end of the waiver priority list. On the off chance a team is going to get rid of a CB worth rostering then that team will be trading that player. I’m happy to get a CB that way, but there won’t be many. The other option is to meet the price of Gilmore or another healthy vet. I’m not sure how much he wants, but I’d sure find that out if I were Beane.

Running backwards when pressured is among the issues Sanders has to clean up in order to become a viable NFL player.

That would’ve come out.

Manning did interview well, then told SD to pound sand. He told them that he wouldn’t play for them and to trade him to the NY Giants. Sanders isn’t nearly a perfect prospect and he certainly messed up the pre draft process. But he never told any team he was above playing for them.

It’s not that far fetched at all IMO. Those rules apply to anyone not name Manning.

He named it “Top 5 II”. Wow. I think I know where he got that.

It was mind boggling how he could be that athletic and yet so ineffective as a blitzer.

They could just be checking him out physically in case they need to add a WR during the season. Ditto Pittsburgh.

A few observations: - Tre Edmunds was one of the worst blitzers I’ve ever seen. That’s not hyperbole. If there was a free OLman, he’d find him. I always assumed it was him and not coaching. Let’s hope that was the case. - While under McDermott the Bills haven’t been effective running inside blitzes, they’ve done well with outside blitzes, especially by DBs. - You can have very effective safety play from smart/savvy players with average athleticism as long as you’re in Cover 2 or higher types of coverage. - Cover 1 and 0 require much better athleticism on the part of safeties. They’re also blitzes. - Reading that all leads me to believe this why there is a push for better/more athletic safety play because McDermott wants to blitz more this season.

Truth. Spicy Dragon is killer. The Rachel is my other go to. But, yeah, Jonny C’s got pricey. It’s close, so takeout is easy at least.

This was also my immediate thought.

Miami was set to draft Gabriel in the 3rd. After the Browns took Sanders in the 5th, the Phins called the Browns about trading for him (Gabriel). He is actually shorter and smaller than Tua. 5’11” 205# vs 6’1” 225#. But he doesn’t have the injury issues. His height will likely prevent him from ever becoming a full time starter in the NFL. There are very few successful Russell Wilson type QBs out there. But his size was his only flaw as a prospect. If he was 3” taller he’d have been a top 2 pick.