John Belucheese Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Sad. You get attached to puppies but we cant afford to keep em all. My son and I would go see Roosevelt at UB games. Oh well GO BILLS *sniffle* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 A renegotiation would work perfectly well here, he can be a thrid stringer with Brad no longer be counted as a QB. I wonder if we will actually play less spread this year. The driving force with the spread was the OL, which is less of a concern now than it was 2 years ago. I can see us going with a 3WR, 2 RB offense and a 3WR 1TE offense with the personel we are keeping at their current numbers I'm pretty sure they sign another WR after they cut Thigpen. It's possible, however, if they need a CB or something in the interim, they go with just four. If you think about it, they have plenty, because Dickserson will get some snaps, Brad Smith will, CJ and Fred Ex both will, and we still have four other guys and Chandler (and Lee Smith will play a little as they ran a lot of two TE in pre-season). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARCELL DAREUS POWER Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 (edited) well dickerson is a de facto wr and spiller can play there, so thats 7... not really a big deal. im sure we will resign naaman in a few weeks once tj is ready... Edited August 31, 2012 by MARCELL DAREUS POWER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KollegeStudnet Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I wouldn't be surprised to see the Bills sign a few vets before the season... Eh, Who knows...Go Bills! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Cat Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I don't recall Fitz and Graham getting any reps together in PS. Wonder if that was intentional... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 (edited) I am shocked only 5 considering we play the spread; I expect CJ will be catching passes as well. This is most likely due to us keeping Thig. We have $2.5 million vested in him. Brad Smith is like $4 million or so and who knows what T-Jack renegotatied for. That ois a ton of $$ in in the QB position. You think? What is Fitz base this year? I thought it was only around $8mil? If so then you still have less money in those 4 guys then Brady, Manning, or Brees? Not to mention money tied up in their back ups. My theory all goes out the window if Fitz is getting $12 mil or so... But since our '4th' qb is also going to play a decent amount of wr, you have to take some of his salary and move it towards that position, right? Edited August 31, 2012 by atlbillsfan1975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_wag Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 people are over-reacting re: 5 WR's - that's how many dress on gameday usually, and the bills will stash 1 or 2 on the practice squad so if an injury happens they'll be called up for the next week's game........with jackson, spiller, and dickerson all available on gameday to splt out it isn't that big a deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed83HOF Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 (edited) I'm pretty sure they sign another WR after they cut Thigpen. It's possible, however, if they need a CB or something in the interim, they go with just four. If you think about it, they have plenty, because Dickserson will get some snaps, Brad Smith will, CJ and Fred Ex both will, and we still have four other guys and Chandler (and Lee Smith will play a little as they ran a lot of two TE in pre-season). I expect that as well, but who knows if we actually cut Thigpen? I don't want to speculate, it is possible that it goes either way. I also expect us to grab 1 or 2 for the PS. You are right, the more I do think about it, we do have plenty. I am used to factoring injuries into the equation as well. I suppose this is what happens when you have depth as I am used to us keeping 6-7 WRs, but we are keeping 5 and 1 of them is BS. That is just 4 true WRs. I just didn't expect that Edit: I take it back we have always kept 5 WRs http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2012/08/31/roster-number-history-under-gailey/ Position 2010 2011 QB 3 3 RB 4 4 WR 5 5 TE 2 (1 sus)3 OL 9 8 DL 7 7 LB 10 11 DB 10 9 ST 3 3 You think? What is Fitz base this year? I thought it was only around $8mil? If so then you still have less money in those 4 guys then Brady, Manning, or Brees? Not to mention money tied up in their back ups. My theory all goes out the window if Fitz is getting $12 mil or so... But since our '4th' qb is also going to play a decent amount of wr, you have to take some of his salary and move it towards that position, right? I should have said for the backup QB position. You are right that some of Smith's money transfers over to WR; that does make it a bit better. I wish we had a Brady, Manning, Brees Edited August 31, 2012 by reed83 4th Rounder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaninATL Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 At first blush I think I like it. I wanted them to keep Dickerson. They can go with 5 WR for the first couple weeks. And use Dickerson in some packages. Then as soon as TJ is ready, they cut Thigpen and re-sign another WR. Am I wrong or doesn't Thig get his $2.5m by making the final cut tonight? It's VERY possible, too, that they will cut Thigpen during the week and then sign him to a smaller contract before the season starts, thereby guaranteeing him a million or so versus 2.5 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I expect that as well, but who knows if we actually cut Thigpen? I don't want to speculate, it is possible that it goes either way. I also expect us to grab 1 or 2 for the PS. You are right, the more I do think about it, we do have plenty. I am used to factoring injuries into the equation as well. I suppose this is what happens when you have depth as I am used to us keeping 6-7 WRs, but we are keeping 5 and 1 of them is BS. That is just 4 true WRs. I just didn't expect that I should have said for the backup QB position. You are right that some of Smith's money transfers over to WR; that does make it a bit better. I wish we had a Brady, Manning, Brees me too man, me too. Ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optometric Insight Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 They cut Fitz?!?! They just signed him to a contract extension! Keeping Thigpen, Smith, and Jackson as QB's? I'm SOOOO done with this team! Haha, got you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 The question is going to be: Who is going to be inactive on game day as we can dress only 46. When you have 6 WRs a couple of them are going to be inactive on game day. Now who is going to sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloFan68 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I still think we should have kept Easley or NR instead of Thiggy. If Brad Smith can't be our backup until T-Jack is operational, then what good is he?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I still think we should have kept Easley or NR instead of Thiggy. If Brad Smith can't be our backup until T-Jack is operational, then what good is he?. Umm, he's a wr still. And a returner. And a back. And pretty good in ST coverage. He will never be a full time qb, but he can wing it around a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloFan68 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I can't believe we kept "stone hands" Jones over Easley & NR. BS is a pretty good back. I didnt think he was doing returns for us this year. In my book he is below average at both QB & WR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I can't believe we kept "stone hands" Jones over Easley & NR. When did Jones become stone hands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I can't believe we kept "stone hands" Jones over Easley & NR. BS is a pretty good back. I didnt think he was doing returns for us this year. In my book he is below average at both QB & WR. He's above average for a #5 wr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrobot Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 well dickerson is a de facto wr and spiller can play there, so thats 7... not really a big deal. This has to be Channix's thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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