NewEra Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Has anyone confirmed this? I can only find a couple threads discussing it, but have yet to see any official news or links. Devastating blow IMO. Hopefully McGee makes a quick recovery, I'm not sure if Williams is ready to be a starter and McKelvin has found a nice spot in the slot. He's really impressed me this training camp/preseason. While he's been guarding mostly 2nd stringers, Brooks looks (to me anyway) like he's better than Williams at this point. I really love this kid and I'm praying the injury isn't that bad, I was really looking forward to watching him play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed83HOF Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 This is all that is known http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2012/08/31/how-cornerback-might-alter-roster-decisions/ In the last five days the cornerback position had Terrence McGee suffer a setback in his return from offseason knee surgery and Ron Brooks failed to make the trip to Detroit for the preseason finale due to a foot injury suffered in practice Tuesday. If the coaching staff is unsure as to whether either of them would be available to play Week 1, they may have to carry another cornerback on their roster, which would bring that total to seven. (It’s been widely assumed the Bills were going to carry six cornerbacks on their final roster) The other option, if the Brooks injury is serious enough, would be to put Brooks on injured reserve and designate him as their player to return to the active roster under the new I-R rules, but that would not be able to happen until Sept. 4th after 4 pm. If they put him on I-R prior to that (today for example) then he would not be eligible to return to the active roster. That makes it even more likely that they carry seven cornerbacks to start the season if the injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 If this turns out to be true, that would suck. Brooks has shown a lot of promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Caveman Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 The source as far as I can tell was a retweet of a Bleacher Report guy by Damond Talbot. Bleacher Report is not the most credible source, on the other hand, it's kind of a weird thing to pull out of thin air. Here is the original guy's Twitter account: https://twitter.com/ChrisTrapasso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Brooks has shown a lot of potential and it would be disappointing if he was injured. However, if we are heading into the opener with only our 4th and 5th CBs and 4th OT injured, then I think we're doing alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zona Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Well, according to Mr. Trapasso, Drayton Florence was waived by the Broncos. We could bring him back to help out. Not ideal, but he knows the defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justnzane Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Well, according to Mr. Trapasso, Drayton Florence was waived by the Broncos. We could bring him back to help out. Not ideal, but he knows the defense. No, he doesn't. New scheme and DC this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 No, he doesn't. New scheme and DC this year. True but he is familiar with the staff and I am sure some of the playbook is similar, I wouldn't be opposed to bringing Florence back as a temporary measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefenseWinzChampionshipz Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 True but he is familiar with the staff and I am sure some of the playbook is similar, I wouldn't be opposed to bringing Florence back as a temporary measure. Why? So the temporary refs can call holding on EVERY play on D-Flo? He holds too much and the temps call too many holding calls that are NOT holding... D-Flo will get crucified... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Why? So the temporary refs can call holding on EVERY play on D-Flo? He holds too much and the temps call too many holding calls that are NOT holding... D-Flo will get crucified... It would be for the 4th CB spot. Not a lot of chances to hold, and should be able to make that coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I thought Brooks was very impressive during the preseason, as I know a lot of us did. This is a real bummer...thankfully it looks like McLovin is going to bring it this year, though, so that keeps us solid through our nickel back. Williams needs to avoid regressing, though, if he's going to be a reliable starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djp14150 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I'm very skeptical......a foot injury causing a 10-12 week miss? Something else is going on or that time to miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1B4IDie Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Why? So the temporary refs can call holding on EVERY play on D-Flo? He holds too much and the temps call too many holding calls that are NOT holding... D-Flo will get crucified... If we're worried about facts here. The temp refs have no idea about defensive holding or illigal contact downfield. The don't call PI either. They caLl the game like its 1985. The DBs are getting away with raping the WRs our Gilmore has gotten away with some unsolicited advances on some unwilling WRs. In today's NFL You cannot touch a receiver 5 yards down the field until the ball arrives. The replacement refs don't seem to be aware of this concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 If he truly has a broken leg, Chris Brown would have posted that by now, its been 2 days...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARCELL DAREUS POWER Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 front of billsdaily says he is fine... so idk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I'm very skeptical......a foot injury causing a 10-12 week miss? Something else is going on or that time to miss. A broken or fractured bone maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Caveman Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 front of billsdaily says he is fine... so idk I'm not seeing anything on Brooks on Billsdaily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARCELL DAREUS POWER Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I'm not seeing anything on Brooks on Billsdaily. right on front page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBD Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) I'm not seeing anything on Brooks on Billsdaily. " Ron Brooks, Erik Pears, Mark Anderson and Kyle Williams did not play but will all be available for the season opener against the Jets. " http://billsdaily.com/news/ Who knows where this guy gets his info though. Edited September 1, 2012 by Carey Bender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrobot Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Chris Trapasso @ChrisTrapasso Breaking News: A source close to the situation tells me #Bills CB Ron Brooks broke his foot. Out 10-12 weeks. Potential IR candidate. Trapasso is saying the same thing. 10-12 weeks would be IR; 6-8 weeks would be the designated guy to return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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