Waiver Wire Loss !!

[bisonbrigade]

This team does not want to win. Front office and players both.

[qdawg in philly]

And how much time was it you spent scouting him? Did you even hear of him before today?

Yeah I did! He was mentioned around draft time and during the draft! Just for the fact he is young with upside and comes from the steelers, we should have grabbed him!

[Sisyphean Bills]

I heard Nix was asleep

I really like what Nix and Chan are doing as far as this reloading project. You really can't be too quick to judge a player in today's NFL unless his initials are Trent Edwards. I mean, you really need about 20+ games or so to see if you can tweak the scheme here and there just enough to get some mileage out of certain players. Watching film on people is useless. Who the hell knows what they were really trying to do anyway? Who's smart enough to figure **** like that out anyway? Gibson must be a bust. I mean he couldn't even beat out an undrafted guy.

 

 

The front office has taken the year off when it comes to building the team.

They have done this under the guise of saying you build through the draft.

Well you build through the draft as well as free agency. When people are available that fits your need, you go after them.

Nix is looking extremely over his head when it comes to building a team.

I expect nothing will be done in the offseason outside of the draft, who can trust these guys to draft the right players.

Trust the plan.

[CardinalScotts]

This team does not want to win. Front office and players both.

 

and this move shows this how ?....there was no race to try and sign the dude.

he's a descent player maybe makes us a bit better but in the end not an answer anywhere.

[papazoid]

Do we know for sure the Bills had top priority? I keep seeing posts that its last year's record they go by?

 

PTR

 

currently the Bills do have top priority based on THIS YEAR's record:

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/21003/wheres-your-team-in-nfl-waiver-order

 

earlier in the year (thru september 27th) the waiver order was based on last years record.

 

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/09/27/2009-records-will-control-trent-edwards-waiver-claims/

[Kevin]

Never heard of him. Was he good?

[4BillsintheBurgh]

Never heard of him. Was he good?

He was the lowest guy on a totem pole that is a couple stories higher than our totem pole.

[Pilsner]

We will rue the day that we didn't pick this guy up. Rue, I say.

 

Blanche might agree.

[The Senator]

I know that this board wants the Bills to grab every player available, but since we have Whaley and still decided not to grab him, maybe he's not all that. I know it's not fashionable to defend the FO, but if only San Fran and Philly put in a claim, we may not be looking at the next Ray Lewis here.

no...no...nix was napping, and the sky is falling...chicken little told me so

[bills_fan_in_raleigh]

well he did practice in the 3 - 4 scheme run by Steelers vs whatever it is we are running. Plus we could have had a rookie OLB that could help our LB coach and DC understand the 3 - 4

[N.Y. Orangeman]

Wow...we lost Thaddeus Gibson??? I can't freakin' believe it!!! How many Pro Bowls was it he played in again???

 

 

For someone who claims to be the CFB guru, this is an ignorant statement.

[todd]

This team does not want to win. Front office and players both.

 

Exactly. An NFL team doesn't want to win. Brilliant.

[Ramius]

So we don't pick him up, everyone bitches. But if we did pick him up, everyone would complain that the front office's ideas of improving the team were nothing more than acquiring someone else's 4th round trash off the waiver wire.

[PromoTheRobot]

Exactly. An NFL team doesn't want to win. Brilliant.

What happened to the brilliant plan of losing every game in order to secure a top pick? Even Sully endorsed that. What happened to going 7-9 each year bring worse that going 0-16?

 

PTR

[The Senator]

What happened to the brilliant plan of losing every game in order to secure a top pick? Even Sully endorsed that. What happened to going 7-9 each year bring worse that going 0-16?

 

PTR

Wasn't' that yesterday's TSW consensus-philosophy? (Or was it the '12-hours-ago' philosophy?)

[KOKBILLS]

This thread needs some sanity...

 

OK...The Bills had first crack at this Kid and they passed...Some things are immediately obvious...The Bills probably did not have a Draft-able Grade on him...OR their sources from Pittsburgh came up with something most folks don't know...Something pretty negative...He's a Rookie so IF the Bills thought highly of him seeing his name on the waiver wire should have resulted in Gibson being picked up in a half-a-heartbeat...Especially for a Team needing a Pass Rushing OLB as bad as the Bills do...Now we'll see how Gibson does from here...Clearly, by not bringing him in for a look-see, the Bills have made the statement they prefer Moats and Coleman to Gibson...It's another mark on the decision record of Buddy Nix...We'll see if it's a negative or positive mark...

 

I certainly would not get too excited over this...At least not just yet...The move would have forced the Bills to release someone, and I understand that can get sticky too...But if Gibson is harassing QB's around the NFL a year or two from now as an OLB in a 3-4...This is not going to look too good...The Bills had a free crack at him and passed...Now we'll see how that pans out...But realistically the chances of this Kid turning into a solid NFL Player are not great...So in the meantime I'll assume the Bills did there due diligence and simply passed because he's not good enough...

[BuffaloBill]

We don't need a young and athletic (did I mention he ran a 4.60 40 at the combine?) linebacker when we have guys like Kelsay making plays for us.

 

UGH....

[DDD]

We don't need a young and athletic (did I mention he ran a 4.60 40 at the combine?) linebacker when we have guys like Kelsay making plays for us.

[tennesseeboy]

bizarre...We aren't very good at outside linebacker and we aren't very deep at outside linebacker. We should have taken him if we had the opportunity. A no brainer. Kind of like drafting a running back with the 9 pick when you don't have any offensive tackles and two good starting running backs.

[Mr. WEO]

Have they not established that they are constantly tinkering with the roster by cutting, trading, and signing multiple players nearly every week?

Actually, no, they haven't.

[BillsPhan]

I read 47 minutes ago the 49ers signed Thaddeus Gibson , i'm so glad our team pays attention to this stuff so we can try & improve what were doing !!!!!

 

Gee, what a shock!

[Punch]

Actually, no, they haven't.

Actually, yes they have.

[BuffaloBillsMagic1]

If we sign a released player on waiver wire do we move to the back of the pack on the next time a player is put on waivers or beacuse we are so crappy w no wins we still stay at the #1 slot?

[polish lover]

The Bills have first pick of waivers due to their last place in the league standing this year. Such was stated in the Randy Moss coverage. I think its possible that the Bills passed on Thadeus Gibson because he was a 4th round pick who has failed to make the active list for the Steelers so far this year. He has been so unimpressive that the Steelers decided to cut a guy that they just drafted in 2010. As much as the Bills need linebacker help, I'd rather not see them fill up the roster with guys who can't make the cut on other teams. Especially considering they will most likely have first dibs on Shawn Merriman in a couple weeks.

 

WAIVER SYSTEM

 

Section 1. Release:

(a) Whenever a player who has finished the season in which his fourth year of credited service has been earned under the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Plan is placed on waivers between February 1 and the trading deadline, his contract will be considered terminated and the player will be completely free at any time thereafter to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with any Club, and any Club shall be completely free to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with such player, without penalty or restriction, including, but not limited to, Draft Choice Compensation between Clubs or First Refusal Rights of any kind, or any signing period. If the waivers occur after that time, the player’s Player Contract will be subject to the waiver system and may be awarded to a claiming Club. However, if such player is claimed and awarded, he shall have the option to declare himself an Unrestricted Free Agent at the end of the League Year in question if he has a no-trade clause in his Player Contract. If such player does not have a no-trade clause and the Player Contract being awarded through waivers covers more than one additional season, the player shall have the right to declare himself an Unrestricted Free Agent as set forth above at the end of the League Year following the League Year in which he is waived and awarded.

(b) Whenever a player who has finished less than the season in which his fourth year of credited service has been earned under the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Plan is placed on waivers, the player’s Player Contract will be subject to the waiver system and may be awarded to a claiming Club.

 

Section 2. Contact: Coaches or any other persons connected with another NFL Club are prohibited from contacting any player placed on waivers until such time as the player is released by the waiving Club.

 

Section 3. Ineligibility: Any NFL player who is declared ineligible to compete in a preseason, regular season or postseason game because of a breach by any NFL Club by whom he is employed of waiver procedures and regulations, or any other provision of the NFL Constitution and Bylaws, will be paid the salary or other compensation which he would have received if he had not been declared ineligible, which, in any event, will be a minimum of one week’s salary and, when applicable, expense payments.

 

Section 4. Notice of Termination: The Notice of Termination form attached hereto as Appendix G will be used by all Clubs. If possible, the Notice of Termination will be personally delivered to the player prior to his departure from the team. If the Notice of Termination has not been personally delivered to the player prior to his departure from the team, the Notice of Termination will be sent to him by certified mail at his last address on

file with the Club.

 

Section 5. NFLPA’s Right to Personnel Information: The NFL shall inform the NFLPA of player personnel transactions communicated in the Personnel Notice between the NFL and its member Clubs concerning the termination or trading of players including awards on waivers, termination through waivers, confirmation of trades or any change in the status of players (e.g., placed on Reserve Injured, etc.). The NFL will make best efforts to communicate the information referred to in this Article to the NFLPA on the same day, but in no event later than noon on the next day. A player who is terminated shall, upon request at or around the time of termination, be informed by the terminating Club of any claims made upon him by NFL Clubs during that League Year. The same information will be provided to the NFLPA if requested.

 

Section 6. Rosters: The NFLMC shall supply the NFLPA with an opening day and final roster for each Club. Rosters shall consist of the following categories of players: Active; Inactive; Reserve Injured; Reserve Physically Unable to Perform; Exempt Commissioner Permission; Non Football Illness/Injury; Practice Squad.

 

Section 7. Procedural Recall Waivers: A player with four or more Credited Seasons who is subject to procedural recall waivers from the Reserved/Retired or Reserve/Military status, and who opts for Free Agency in lieu of assignment, cannot, during the same season, re-sign or return to the Club that originally requested such waivers.

 

PRACTICE SQUADS

 

Section 1. Practice Squads:

(a) The League may elect in any League Year in accordance with this Article to establish practice squads not to exceed eight (8) players per Club. The League’s election in any one season shall not determine or affect its election in any subsequent season.

(b) The League may elect to allow some or all Clubs to add to their practice squads one additional player, who shall not count against the limit above, whose citizenship and principal place of residence are outside the United States and its Territories (“International Player”). The League’s election in any one season shall not determine or affect its election in any subsequent season. Such International Players shall be subject to the same terms and conditions of employment that apply to other practice players except that they (1) may not, during the term of their practice player contract, negotiate or sign an NFL Player Contract with any Club; and (2) may not practice with any Club following the last Conference Championship Game unless both Conference Championship teams have such a player. In addition, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4 below, such International Player shall be eligible to serve on a Practice Squad for three additional seasons after the completion of the player's year(s) as an International Player. As set forth in Article XXXIV, Section 3, the weekly salary for such international players shall not be included in the employing Club's Team Salary and shall be deducted from the calculation of the Salary Cap in the same manner as any Player Benefit.

 

Section 2. Signing With Other Clubs:

(a) Any player under contract to a Club as a practice squad player shall be completely free to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with any Club at any time during the League Year, to serve as a player on any Club’s Active or Inactive List, and any Club is completely free to negotiate and sign such a Player Contract with such player, without penalty or restriction, including, but not limited to, Draft Choice Compensation between Clubs or First Refusal Rights of any kind, or any signing period, except that such player shall not be permitted to sign a Player Contract with another Club to serve as a practice squad player while under contract as a practice squad player.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) above, a practice squad player may not sign an NFL Player Contract with his Club’s next opponent later than 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the sixth day preceding the game (except in bye weeks, when the prohibition commences on the tenth day preceding the game).

 

Section 3. Salary: Minimum salary for a practice squad player shall be $4,700 per week for the 2006-07 League Years, $5,200 per week for the 2008-10 League Years and the 2011 League Year if it is an Uncapped Year, and $5,700 per week for the 2011 League Year if it is a Capped Year and the 2012 League Year, including postseason weeks in which his Club is in the playoffs.

 

Section 4. Eligibility:

(a) The practice squad shall consist of the following players, provided that they have not served more than two previous seasons on a Practice Squad: (i) players who do not have an Accrued Season of NFL experience; and (ii) free agent players who were on the Active List for fewer than nine regular season games during their only Accrued Season(s). An otherwise eligible player may be a practice squad player for a third season only if the Club by which he is employed that season has at least 53 players on its Active/Inactive List

during the entire period of his employment.

(b) A player shall be deemed to have served on a Practice Squad in a season if he has passed the club’s physical and been a member of the club’s Practice Squad for at least three regular season or postseason games during his first two Practice Squad seasons, and for at least one regular season or postseason game during his third Practice Squad season. (A bye week counts as a game provided that the player is not terminated until after the regular season or postseason weekend in question.)

 

Section 5. Active List: If a player on the Practice Squad of one club (Club A) signs an NFL Player Contract with another club (Club B), (1) the player shall receive three weeks salary of his NFL Player Contract at the 53- player Active/Inactive List minimum even if he is terminated by Club B prior to earning that amount, and (2) Club B is required to count the player on its 53-player Active/Inactive List for three games (a bye week counts as a game) even if he is terminated or assigned via waivers to another club or is signed as a free agent to another club’s 53-player roster or another club’s Practice Squad prior to that time. If the player is terminated from Club B’s 53-player roster and signed to Club B’s Practice Squad, he shall continue to count on the club’s 53-player Active/Inactive List but shall not count against the eight-player Practice Squad limit until the three-game requirement has been fulfilled. If a player is terminated prior to the completion of the three-game period and is signed to Club B’s Practice Squad or is signed or assigned to another club’s 53-player roster or Practice Squad, any salary (as that term is defined in Article XXIV, Section 1©) that he receives from any NFL club applicable to the three-game period shall be an offset against the three weeks salary that he is entitled to receive from Club B.

 

Any team can place a waiver claim within 24 hours during the regular season. Priority is given to teams in inverse proportion to their current record/standings in the league. Thus, currently Buffalo has priority over all other teams on waiver claims. I can't find any mention anywhere of any rules stating that your waiver priority is effected in anyway by claiming a player. As long as the Bills are the team with the worst record they will have first priority on waiver claims.

[The Senator]

For someone who claims to be the CFB guru, this is an ignorant statement.

Anyone who alleges that I 'claim to be the CFB guru' is ignorant beyond words.

Edited November 2, 2010 by The Senator

[gobillsinytown]

How many rookie NCAA DEs (Gibson was a DE in college not a LB) are the Bills going to transition to OLB in one season? Why is the only possible explanation for the Bills to not claim him that they were "asleep at the wheel" and "not paying attention"? Do the Bills need to sign every single player that is put on waivers? Have they not established that they are constantly tinkering with the roster by cutting, trading, and signing multiple players nearly every week?

 

For the record, Doug Whaley did not work for the Steelers when the 2nd Coming of LT, All-Pro Hall of Fame NFL veteran linebacker Thaddeus Gibson was drafted. It's possible he scouted him last year, but he was hired by the Bills in early February. I would have liked the Bills to claim Gibson, but the fact that they did not means absolutely nothing.

 

Just like Joique Bell being plucked off the practice squad by Philadelphia. Boy, he sure has ripped up the league since he joined the Eagles! What a senile old coot that Nix is! If only that skinflint Ralph would spend money on caffeinated coffee and alarm clocks!

 

Unfortunately, when a team is 0-7, rational thinking goes out the window with some fans.

[T master]

The Bills have first pick of waivers due to their last place in the league standing this year. Such was stated in the Randy Moss coverage. I think its possible that the Bills passed on Thadeus Gibson because he was a 4th round pick who has failed to make the active list for the Steelers so far this year. He has been so unimpressive that the Steelers decided to cut a guy that they just drafted in 2010. As much as the Bills need linebacker help, I'd rather not see them fill up the roster with guys who can't make the cut on other teams. Especially considering they will most likely have first dibs on Shawn Merriman in a couple weeks.

 

WAIVER SYSTEM

 

Section 1. Release:

(a) Whenever a player who has finished the season in which his fourth year of credited service has been earned under the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Plan is placed on waivers between February 1 and the trading deadline, his contract will be considered terminated and the player will be completely free at any time thereafter to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with any Club, and any Club shall be completely free to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with such player, without penalty or restriction, including, but not limited to, Draft Choice Compensation between Clubs or First Refusal Rights of any kind, or any signing period. If the waivers occur after that time, the player’s Player Contract will be subject to the waiver system and may be awarded to a claiming Club. However, if such player is claimed and awarded, he shall have the option to declare himself an Unrestricted Free Agent at the end of the League Year in question if he has a no-trade clause in his Player Contract. If such player does not have a no-trade clause and the Player Contract being awarded through waivers covers more than one additional season, the player shall have the right to declare himself an Unrestricted Free Agent as set forth above at the end of the League Year following the League Year in which he is waived and awarded.

(b) Whenever a player who has finished less than the season in which his fourth year of credited service has been earned under the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Plan is placed on waivers, the player’s Player Contract will be subject to the waiver system and may be awarded to a claiming Club.

 

Section 2. Contact: Coaches or any other persons connected with another NFL Club are prohibited from contacting any player placed on waivers until such time as the player is released by the waiving Club.

 

Section 3. Ineligibility: Any NFL player who is declared ineligible to compete in a preseason, regular season or postseason game because of a breach by any NFL Club by whom he is employed of waiver procedures and regulations, or any other provision of the NFL Constitution and Bylaws, will be paid the salary or other compensation which he would have received if he had not been declared ineligible, which, in any event, will be a minimum of one week’s salary and, when applicable, expense payments.

 

Section 4. Notice of Termination: The Notice of Termination form attached hereto as Appendix G will be used by all Clubs. If possible, the Notice of Termination will be personally delivered to the player prior to his departure from the team. If the Notice of Termination has not been personally delivered to the player prior to his departure from the team, the Notice of Termination will be sent to him by certified mail at his last address on

file with the Club.

 

Section 5. NFLPA’s Right to Personnel Information: The NFL shall inform the NFLPA of player personnel transactions communicated in the Personnel Notice between the NFL and its member Clubs concerning the termination or trading of players including awards on waivers, termination through waivers, confirmation of trades or any change in the status of players (e.g., placed on Reserve Injured, etc.). The NFL will make best efforts to communicate the information referred to in this Article to the NFLPA on the same day, but in no event later than noon on the next day. A player who is terminated shall, upon request at or around the time of termination, be informed by the terminating Club of any claims made upon him by NFL Clubs during that League Year. The same information will be provided to the NFLPA if requested.

 

Section 6. Rosters: The NFLMC shall supply the NFLPA with an opening day and final roster for each Club. Rosters shall consist of the following categories of players: Active; Inactive; Reserve Injured; Reserve Physically Unable to Perform; Exempt Commissioner Permission; Non Football Illness/Injury; Practice Squad.

 

Section 7. Procedural Recall Waivers: A player with four or more Credited Seasons who is subject to procedural recall waivers from the Reserved/Retired or Reserve/Military status, and who opts for Free Agency in lieu of assignment, cannot, during the same season, re-sign or return to the Club that originally requested such waivers.

 

PRACTICE SQUADS

 

Section 1. Practice Squads:

(a) The League may elect in any League Year in accordance with this Article to establish practice squads not to exceed eight (8) players per Club. The League’s election in any one season shall not determine or affect its election in any subsequent season.

(b) The League may elect to allow some or all Clubs to add to their practice squads one additional player, who shall not count against the limit above, whose citizenship and principal place of residence are outside the United States and its Territories (“International Player”). The League’s election in any one season shall not determine or affect its election in any subsequent season. Such International Players shall be subject to the same terms and conditions of employment that apply to other practice players except that they (1) may not, during the term of their practice player contract, negotiate or sign an NFL Player Contract with any Club; and (2) may not practice with any Club following the last Conference Championship Game unless both Conference Championship teams have such a player. In addition, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4 below, such International Player shall be eligible to serve on a Practice Squad for three additional seasons after the completion of the player's year(s) as an International Player. As set forth in Article XXXIV, Section 3, the weekly salary for such international players shall not be included in the employing Club's Team Salary and shall be deducted from the calculation of the Salary Cap in the same manner as any Player Benefit.

 

Section 2. Signing With Other Clubs:

(a) Any player under contract to a Club as a practice squad player shall be completely free to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with any Club at any time during the League Year, to serve as a player on any Club’s Active or Inactive List, and any Club is completely free to negotiate and sign such a Player Contract with such player, without penalty or restriction, including, but not limited to, Draft Choice Compensation between Clubs or First Refusal Rights of any kind, or any signing period, except that such player shall not be permitted to sign a Player Contract with another Club to serve as a practice squad player while under contract as a practice squad player.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) above, a practice squad player may not sign an NFL Player Contract with his Club’s next opponent later than 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the sixth day preceding the game (except in bye weeks, when the prohibition commences on the tenth day preceding the game).

 

Section 3. Salary: Minimum salary for a practice squad player shall be $4,700 per week for the 2006-07 League Years, $5,200 per week for the 2008-10 League Years and the 2011 League Year if it is an Uncapped Year, and $5,700 per week for the 2011 League Year if it is a Capped Year and the 2012 League Year, including postseason weeks in which his Club is in the playoffs.

 

Section 4. Eligibility:

(a) The practice squad shall consist of the following players, provided that they have not served more than two previous seasons on a Practice Squad: (i) players who do not have an Accrued Season of NFL experience; and (ii) free agent players who were on the Active List for fewer than nine regular season games during their only Accrued Season(s). An otherwise eligible player may be a practice squad player for a third season only if the Club by which he is employed that season has at least 53 players on its Active/Inactive List

during the entire period of his employment.

(b) A player shall be deemed to have served on a Practice Squad in a season if he has passed the club’s physical and been a member of the club’s Practice Squad for at least three regular season or postseason games during his first two Practice Squad seasons, and for at least one regular season or postseason game during his third Practice Squad season. (A bye week counts as a game provided that the player is not terminated until after the regular season or postseason weekend in question.)

 

Section 5. Active List: If a player on the Practice Squad of one club (Club A) signs an NFL Player Contract with another club (Club B), (1) the player shall receive three weeks salary of his NFL Player Contract at the 53- player Active/Inactive List minimum even if he is terminated by Club B prior to earning that amount, and (2) Club B is required to count the player on its 53-player Active/Inactive List for three games (a bye week counts as a game) even if he is terminated or assigned via waivers to another club or is signed as a free agent to another club’s 53-player roster or another club’s Practice Squad prior to that time. If the player is terminated from Club B’s 53-player roster and signed to Club B’s Practice Squad, he shall continue to count on the club’s 53-player Active/Inactive List but shall not count against the eight-player Practice Squad limit until the three-game requirement has been fulfilled. If a player is terminated prior to the completion of the three-game period and is signed to Club B’s Practice Squad or is signed or assigned to another club’s 53-player roster or Practice Squad, any salary (as that term is defined in Article XXIV, Section 1©) that he receives from any NFL club applicable to the three-game period shall be an offset against the three weeks salary that he is entitled to receive from Club B.

 

Any team can place a waiver claim within 24 hours during the regular season. Priority is given to teams in inverse proportion to their current record/standings in the league. Thus, currently Buffalo has priority over all other teams on waiver claims. I can't find any mention anywhere of any rules stating that your waiver priority is effected in anyway by claiming a player. As long as the Bills are the team with the worst record they will have first priority on waiver claims.

Dang you ain't bored or nothin are you ?????

[N.Y. Orangeman]

Anyone who alleges that I 'claim to be the CFB guru' is ignorant beyond words.

 

Yeah, I guess those old posts where you take people to task lie..like this one where you insult people for insinuating the Bills should take a look at an athletic OLB who got caught in a numbers game by all accounts. Sorry, my bad.

Edited November 2, 2010 by N.Y. Orangeman

[infernus]

Yeah, I guess those old posts where you take people to task lie..like this one where you insult people for insinuating the Bills should take a look at an athletic OLB who got caught in a numbers game by all accounts. Sorry, my bad.

"caught in a numbers game" ?? so that's why the Bills should grab him? Come on, TWO teams even bothered to put a claim on him, you simply cannot give him that much benefit of the doubt. time will tell.

[The Senator]

Yeah, I guess those old posts where you take people to task lie..like this one where you insult people for insinuating the Bills should take a look at an athletic OLB who got caught in a numbers game by all accounts. Sorry, my bad.

So taking people to task for stupid statements = 'claiming to be the CFB guru' ????

 

Really???

 

Then you're right - I must be the CFB - cause you just made another stupid statement, and I'm taking you to task you for it

[N.Y. Orangeman]

So taking people to task for stupid statements = 'claiming to be the CFB guru' ????

 

Really???

 

Then you're right - I must be the CFB - cause you just made another stupid statement, and I'm taking you to task you for it

 

 

Yeah...it really is a "stupid statement" for someone to suggest that an 0-7 team consider taking a look at a 4th round OLB from a major program who was waived, by all accounts, due to roster balance issues. Keep digging.

[BuffaloBillsMagic1]

Instead of taking a chance on a yong high draft pick LB from a team with good lbs we keep Mccargo and not dres him. Something is wrong with this organization.

[Rockinon]

I think they are making a play for Shawn Merriman.

[folz]

Granted, the Steelers LBs are worlds apart from ours...but, Gibson was inactive for the 1st 6 games of the year.

Which says to me that the Steelers felt he wasn't ready to play yet (even in a back-up roll), i.e. he's a project.

A college 'tweener' DE turning LB. Sometimes you have to give up some projects to make sure you're team on the

field has the best tools available.

 

So, obviously Gibson (despite how bad our LBs are) was not going to come in, learn a new system, and make a difference

for us on the field this year. And to take him on as a project would mean dropping one of the projects we already have,

who already knows the system and has been running the scout team. And if he wasn't going to make a difference this season,

and you're unsure if he has the goods or not (no rookie is a guarantee), why not wait till the offseason to pick up guys that are

your guys in free agency and the draft.

 

Sure, if he turns out to be an All-Pro someday, we'll say, damn we could have had him...but the chances of that are the same as

any other rookie, slim. Plus, there is no way the Steelers give up someone they think can be a stud no matter what the numbers say.

He was obviously a player they were waiting to see if he could develop, doesn't mean he won't, but it wasn't a given that he will either.

If the Bills FO liked him enough, he'd be on the team right now. It's not because they were asleep at the wheel, forgot their depends

today, we're taking a nap, on vacation, etc. Can't we give these guys the benefit of the doubt once in a while...it's still early in their tenure.

[apuszczalowski]

Who is this guy and why are we all wetting our diapers that the Bills didn't claim a rookie 4th round pick? This guys is so special that he was cut by the Steelers in his rookie year?

[It's in My Blood]

I read 47 minutes ago the 49ers signed Thaddeus Gibson , i'm so glad our team pays attention to this stuff so we can try & improve what were doing !!!!!

 

Im sure they paid attention to it , and Im pretty sure they at least made a phone call to his agent. Who knows , maybe Gibson didn't want to come to Buffalo and maybe he wouldn't resign with us. Kinda of a waste in a rebuilding year. If we were a playoff caliber team , then things would be different on both sides.

 

No big gain/loss in my eyes.

[Beebe's Kid]

I want to hear the presser on why they didn't go after this guy....

!@#$ing rich. There is SURE to be a presser why they didn't claim a waived 4th round pick!!!!

 

In fact every GM will be there, and they are are going to donate the proceeds from the telecast to charity!!!

[Malazan]

Unfortunately, when a team is 0-7, rational thinking goes out the window with some fans.

 

Many Buffalo fans threw out rationality long before last season started. So much depression. Take pills people. The Buffalo Bills signing a waiver guy does not improve your life.

[Meathead]

ralph is cheap

[4BillsintheBurgh]

Who is this guy and why are we all wetting our diapers that the Bills didn't claim a rookie 4th round pick? This guys is so special that he was cut by the Steelers in his rookie year?

Here's a question: How many of the linebackers currently on our roster would make it on the Steelers? They of course would have to play special teams well since none of them would start. Maybe Poz could make it? That's a huge chasm of talent between the teams, and while no one is wetting their diapers, it stands to reason that when a team like the steelers so deep at lb, and playing a 3-4, has to drop someone because of injuries, you would like to see us pick that person up. There has to be a roster spot somewhere on this team for him. It makes a lot more sense to me than picking up Merriman or Moss who will only be here for a year. It's the same reasoning that brought in Brohm last year, he's got more talent or potenial than this player, so let's go for it.