Bills Release WR Jeremy Kerley; Sign DT Robert Thomas from PS

[dabills21]

Just now, MAJBobby said:

 

What Fact? Why do we NEED four DTs. Why?

 

there will be what 60 Snaps. So you are telling me between Star, Kyle and Harrison they cannot pick up the extra 15 snaps max?

This isn't worth my time, but let's state the obvious:

1. we have an aging Kyle Williams

2. a rookie Dt

3. you need guys to backup in case of injury

4. most importantly, go look back at the many copied tweets from others stating that McDermott rotates 4 Dts each game

[Happy]

1 minute ago, snamsnoops said:

 

Not that he is much better. KB size probably helps him. Kerley wasn't very good WR, he was average at best. I don't think this really hurts us, but after last weeks performance everything is doomed.

 

I will wait a few more weeks to see if that is the case. 1 game in, 15 to go. Hard to judge on 1 week, with a lot of new pieces. Maybe they aren't as bad or maybe they're worse.. We should know in a couple months.

 

It's not like we thought we were really winning anything this year. 

 

Coherent post and I agree with you.  My, and probably other's contention, is that I thought we were getting away from bad contracts resulting in more dead cap.  We've added to that with McCarron and now Kerley.  We're locked into Star through next year, I believe.

[3rdand12]

1 minute ago, MAJBobby said:

 

What Fact? Why do we NEED four DTs. Why?

 

there will be what 60 Snaps. So you are telling me between Star, Kyle and Harrison they cannot pick up the extra 15 snaps max?

Packages. you do not know this ?
just like nickel and dime secondary, the D line changes as well.
and because Washington is gone they needed to fill the roster spot. 

[White Linen]

6 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:

 

So Pat Dimarco who plays 1 freaking offensive snap is a true leader. Ha ha ha ha thanks for that laugh needed it. 

 

Would you be happy with a team down 20-0 early to go with a FB run heavy offense to finish the game?

 

If he played more than one snap you'd be absolutely freaking out - except that would be for good reason.  The reasons you're freaking out Dimarco didn't play are actually emotional and not football related.  

[MAJBobby]

1 minute ago, dabills21 said:

This isn't worth my time, but let's state the obvious:

1. we have an aging Kyle Williams

2. a rookie Dt

3. you need guys to backup in case of injury

4. most importantly, go look back at the many copied tweets from others stating that McDermott rotates 4 Dts each game

 

1. We have an aging KB

2. Ton of Rookie WRs

3. You need BUs (actually starters) with Ray Ray coming off INJ maybe

4. Of course he does and he also doesnt know offense so easy to take from there 

[transplantbillsfan]

Tomorrow is going to be interesting in terms of whether McCloud is active.

 

This just can NOT be due to confidence in Foster. I mean I thought he was rather likely to make the roster because of Dabol, but it's obvious that at the very least he needs some time to gain some confidence in catching the football.

 

McCloud, on the other hand, looked pretty ready to play and contribute. And the chemistry between Allen and McCloud was palpable.

 

We're probably going to see a lot of 2 TE sets and I wonder if Croom is a name we start hearing a lot.

[Kelly the Dog]

4 minutes ago, White Linen said:

 

We didn't get into the good and smart decisions.  We just debated the bad one's on offense.  To be clear, I'm not a homer and I'm not totally defending them.  They've made mistakes, they've made good decisions and there's a ton of incomplete grades.  I'm nervous but I'm also not ready to say they can't get this done either.  

Where are these good decisions on offense? That is what we were talking about. I don't see many and I mentioned the very few that they have made so far. Josh. Dawkins. Ivory/Murphy. 

[3rdand12]

1 minute ago, Julio Hopkins said:

 

Kelvin Benjamin's size doesn't mean anything because he doesn't utilize it, he might as well be 5'10 190 pounds.  

you didn't see how well he pushed off in the endzone for what could have been a game winner in the playoffs ?

 oh

 well that was because he over ran the route and did not look for the ball going to the spot.
He's just that strong

[dabills21]

8 minutes ago, purple haze said:

Again, why sign Kerley in the first place if you are committed to a rebuild?  That's the issue. What is the plan?  Beane's moves don't come with a dot connector.  

 

They want to win, but now that Peterman wet the bed again, they will rebuild after all?  

1. we need Wrs to fill out the training camp roster

2. he was signed Before the draft

3. he provides veteran guidance to a young wr core

4. he likely wouldn't have made final cuts if Ray Ray wasn't injured

 

Releasing Kerley doesn't dictate or even directionally measure the overall plan that Beane and McDermott have.  He was a fringe player, not someone they were counting toward their future "core"

[reddogblitz]

1 hour ago, PlayoffsPlease said:

its a place holder year.  With 50 million of dead cap, the roster is going to be crap.  But it will be rolled over completely next year with virtually no dead cap and a franchise qB in Josh Allen to build around. 

 

You better hope these guys can draft of whatever.  They got a lot of self dug holes to fill.  More will.open up after the season.

 

Just because you have 90 million in cap space or whatever doesn't mean guys like Julio Jones and Aaron Donald and Andrew Whitworth fall in your lap.  

 

If they're good they may be able to get the talent level back up to 2014/2015 talent level by 2020. And that's if Josh turns out to be as good as Kyle Orton which is anything but guaranteed.

Edited September 15, 2018 by reddogblitz

[MAJBobby]

1 minute ago, 3rdand12 said:

Packages. you do not know this ?
just like nickel and dime secondary, the D line changes as well.
and because Washington is gone they needed to fill the roster spot. 

 

Ok then he better have over 10 snaps whats do you think those odds will be?

[White Linen]

6 minutes ago, 3rdand12 said:

It is difficult to process .
Hopefully hindsight will enlighten us.

 maybe Bills want Allen to grow synergy with the WR group who are up and coming. Level of comfort and camaraderie and stuff

 

You get it 3rd.  We don't know why and maybe it will make more sense later.  At least you're giving a reason to try and understand here.  

[MAJBobby]

7 minutes ago, dabills21 said:

Again, there are many more ways of contributing to team success....remind me can Kerley outperform Dimarco on Special Teams...bc he played 69% of snaps last week and sure didn't so anything on offense either 

 

And I would take 2 catches and 2 returns over 1 grand old Tackle from the Core ST Dimarco lol

[Kelly the Dog]

Just now, transplantbillsfan said:

Tomorrow is going to be interesting in terms of whether McCloud is active.

 

This just can NOT be due to confidence in Foster. I mean I thought he was rather likely to make the roster because of Dabol, but it's obvious that at the very least he needs some time to gain some confidence in catching the football.

 

McCloud, on the other hand, looked pretty ready to play and contribute. And the chemistry between Allen and McCloud was palpable.

 

We're probably going to see a lot of 2 TE sets and I wonder if Croom is a name we start hearing a lot.

We are definitely going to see a lot of 2 TE and maybe some 3.

[MAJBobby]

4 minutes ago, dabills21 said:

This isn't worth my time, but let's state the obvious:

1. we have an aging Kyle Williams

2. a rookie Dt

3. you need guys to backup in case of injury

4. most importantly, go look back at the many copied tweets from others stating that McDermott rotates 4 Dts each game

 

And fine they need four DTs. So why do they NEED Dimarco, Lacy, Holmes, McDermott, Newhouse???

[PlayoffsPlease]

Just now, reddogblitz said:

 

You better hope these guys can draft of whatever.  They got a lot of self dug holes to fill.  More will.open up after the season.

 

Just because you have 90 million in cap space or whatever doesn't mean guys like Julio Jones and Aaron Donald and Andrew Whitworth fall in your lap.  

 

If they're good they may be able to get the talent level back up to 2014/2015 by 2020. And that's if Josh turns out to be as good as Kyle Orton which is anything but guaranteed.

 

Look at any NFL roster from 4 seasons ago. 80% of it will have turned over since then. On every team. The concept in the NFL is to assemble about 5 key assets 6 if your lucky, and rotate players around them.  We may have 2 in place now with Allen and Edmunds.   T

[MAJBobby]

4 minutes ago, White Linen said:

 

Would you be happy with a team down 20-0 early to go with a FB run heavy offense to finish the game?

 

If he played more than one snap you'd be absolutely freaking out - except that would be for good reason.  The reasons you're freaking out Dimarco didn't play are actually emotional and not football related.  

 

How many NFL teams have a FB. And does that hurt them EVER??? Jist goes right in line with the 1960s Thinking of football from this fanbase and regime 

Edited September 15, 2018 by MAJBobby

[3rdand12]

5 minutes ago, dabills21 said:

1. we need Wrs to fill out the training camp roster

2. he was signed Before the draft

3. he provides veteran guidance to a young wr core

4. he likely wouldn't have made final cuts if Ray Ray wasn't injured

 

Releasing Kerley doesn't dictate or even directionally measure the overall plan that Beane and McDermott have.  He was a fringe player, not someone they were counting toward their future "core"

good and fair take. and a nice point about the pre draft insurance reasoning

[White Linen]

1 minute ago, Kelly the Dog said:

Where are these good decisions on offense? That is what we were talking about. I don't see many and I mentioned the very few that they have made so far. Josh. Dawkins. Ivory/Murphy. 

 

Oh ok, on offense only,  we agree.  It's not been many.  Let's agree also that if they end up being right on Allen and Dawkins - QB and left tackle are two good ones to be right about. 

 

 

[Happy]

3 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:

 

How many NFL teams have a FB. And does that hurt them EVER??? Jist goes right in line with the 1960s Thinking of football from this fanbase and regime 

 

I don't necessarily have a problem with a FB on the roster.  Just use the FB, which we did not during week 1.  DiMarco did nothing, so I can see your gripe here.