CBD Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 (yes, Smith can play WR but Naaman is better). Disagree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Forgot they moved up in 99, but you know what I mean. They play big schools now, but how many kids get drafted from the University of Buffalo? I like to see the underdogs get a fair shot is all I meant, and it brings a bit of cred to the program. He was also 4th in the nation in receptions and yards his junior year. http://espn.go.com/college-football/statistics/player/_/stat/receiving/sort/receptions/year/2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heitz Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Naaman is like TBD's version of Bill Brasky... "Naaman Roosevelt had sex with my girlfriend and it was the most beautiful thing I ever saw!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 My opinion on this is this - The bills really like Donald Jones....not ony because he has a higher ceiling but because he is one of the best BLOCKERS on the team......as far as slot it has been said that Jones really excels in that position. - A lot has been made of the fact that TJ was inactive last week......well we also ran mulitple TE's and a FB last week against the jets defense.....I thought we would have ran the ball a little more because of it and was fooled by that.....but I thought the jets were a matchup thing. - Then you have TJ graham....whos time travel speed has been a pleasant suprise through camp...but becuase he is 6' 220 pounds and is only 5'11 190 pounds people keep lumping him in with Roscoe Parrish abilityes.......TJ is NOT roscoe....he is an outside receiver more in the mold of a young Lee Evans. TJ needs to be playing......if they are not going to bring in a veteran speed wideout to run coverage deep...then TJ needs to be playing. And i will take this one step further.....David Nelson is a free agent next year...and it is my guess that since we have Levite and Byrd to sign they would really like to see Donald Jones nail down that slot wr position so they can get TJ in there as the flanker.....and use that money on Byrd and Levitre. Just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Why not Pete Best instead of Ringo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 @ColdBlueNorth, I think you'd be surprised how many UB players are in the NFL right now. Trevor Scott NE, James Starks GB, Jeff Saturday IND. It's not like they don't get Combine invites. It ain't Alabama but it ain't dog doo either. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Naaman continues to get cut but the team with argueably the worst set of WR's in the league. No other team picks him up and gives him a chance, yet people continue to push for him to play on Sunday. I just don't get it, what have you seen that makes you think he'll succeed? Its because he went to UB. If Roosie went to Montana St, no one here would even remember his name, nor would they care that he's once again out of the NFL. As for Donald Jones, he's plain garbage. He should go the way of roosie. Guy doesn't belong any higher than 5th or 6th on any NFL depth chart. No Bills WR outside of Stevie, TJ, and Nelson is worth a damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonborn10 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 In all seriousness I would rather have Roscoe back in the slot than either Jones or Roosevelt. I liek the idea of Graham on the outside to stretch the defense. Just don't give him any option routes. Make it simple. Go patterns or 12 yard stop routes mixed in with an occasional deep in route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 (edited) OK, I'll play. Back at ya, what have you seen that indicates that he cannot cut it out there? I know that he went to U-Buf and was not a Division I player, but I have seen too many players (like Fred Jackson for instance) not given a real shot because of their school pedigree. I'll return volley - at a pedestrian 6ft flat and 200 lbs he runs a 4.6+ 40. Jones, at the same size (a bit heavier even) ran a 4.46 He's also a small school guy, in fact not from an FBS school. He's also been kept to start twice now.... So small school bias from the coach seems bunk. Besides being a UB guy, I'm not sure why Roosevelt is such a favorite. Edited September 14, 2012 by NoSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdand12 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Why not Pete Best instead of Ringo? ]because. you fool.It's obvious how the world turns. Ringo got the chicks to go- go. short term satisfaction was the deciding factor, because Pete was on the practice squad for two years you got a cushion. although Ringo long term did surprise. and still scores the touchdowns. not pretty but he gets in when in or near the red zone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantankerous Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Because Naaman sucks. He's also slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 He has shown more the Namaan has.......... NR wouldn't have even been on most people radar if he wasn't a UB kid............ Not with the Bills. Roosevelt's been more productive than Smith in his limited action. Smith is horrendous as a WR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeyBomb Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 I think Nelsons versatility capabilities hinder him and I can see Jones being a better asset for this team. I won't lie. I'm not a huge Nelson fan. I think this team has a lot more potential with Johnson, Jones and Graham. Than Johnson, Nelson and Jones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdBlueNorth Posted September 14, 2012 Author Share Posted September 14, 2012 @ColdBlueNorth, I think you'd be surprised how many UB players are in the NFL right now. Trevor Scott NE, James Starks GB, Jeff Saturday IND. It's not like they don't get Combine invites. It ain't Alabama but it ain't dog doo either. PTR That is good news. The University of Minnesota Gophers are the local college team I like to follow, but they have not shown much the last decade and have not had too many kids go on to the next level - the last two were Decker WR Denver and they had a linebacker Triplett that was taken by the Vikings in 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwolf02 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 If I were a betting man (well, I am) I would say the main reason Jones is in the slot over Naaman, Roscoe, or anyone else, is that they love his ability to block. It's no secret that they were trying to get Nelson up to speed on blocking this summer and use his size to put him as a bit of a tight end type to get mismatches. In fact, that's how he got injured early in camp, in blocking drills. So, on top of the fact that they love Jones blocking and the fact that he knows the entire playbook, the others simply can't do what the Bills expect out of their "slot" receiver, which as Pat Kirwan gushed about during TC, is actually more of a second TE than your every day definition of a "slot" receiver. Think David Nelson, not Wes Welker and definitely not Naaman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 I might be in the minority but I like the way Jones has been playing throughout camp. I was really down on the guy but he's showing me something. Hell, I even picked him up in a fantasy league (16 teams but still). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBD Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 @ColdBlueNorth, I think you'd be surprised how many UB players are in the NFL right now. Trevor Scott NE, James Starks GB, Jeff Saturday IND. It's not like they don't get Combine invites. It ain't Alabama but it ain't dog doo either. PTR Saturday went to North Carolina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Saturday went to North Carolina I believe he meant Jamey Richard, who played with Saturday in Indy and now is a starter in NE I believe. Turner Gill got some talent at UB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfbillsfan Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Well, maybe it all starts with Roosevelt not being on the team? Second! GO BILLS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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