Pete Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 QB: Allen, Barkley, Tyree RB: McCoy, Gore, Yeldon, Singletary, Senorise WR/TE: Brown, Williams, Beasley, Foster, Sills, Roberts, Kroft, Knox, Croom, Sweeney OL: Dawkins, Spain, Morse, Ford, Nsekhe, Long, Teller, Waddle, Feliciano DL: Oliver, Murphy, Hughes, Lotulelei, Harold, Johnson, Phillips, Phillips LB: Milano, Edmunds, Alexander, V Joseph, Stanford DB: White, K Johnson, Hyde, Poyer, Gaines, Alexander, T Johnson, Bush, Wallace, J Johnson SPEC: Hauschka, Bojorquez, Ferguson Damn now I am down to 53. I am deciding to rather cut Croom, Sweeney, or Senorise And yes Zay and Lawson are missing. I predict they are trade for mid to late draft picks or some other underperforming draft pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Pete said: QB: Allen, Barkley, Tyree RB: McCoy, Gore, Yeldon, Singletary, Senorise WR/TE: Brown, Williams, Beasley, Foster, Sills, Roberts, Kroft, Knox, Croom, Sweeney OL: Dawkins, Spain, Morse, Ford, Nsekhe, Long, Teller, Waddle, Feliciano DL: Oliver, Murphy, Hughes, Lotulelei, Harold, Johnson, Phillips, Phillips LB: Milano, Edmunds, Alexander, V Joseph, Stanford DB: White, K Johnson, Hyde, Poyer, Gaines, Alexander, T Johnson, Bush, Wallace, J Johnson SPEC: Hauschka, Bojorquez, Ferguson Damn now I am down to 53. I am deciding to rather cut Croom, Sweeney, or Senorise And yes Zay and Lawson are missing. I predict they are trade for mid to late draft picks or some other underperforming draft pick Can’t cut the future son in law right? Or is Terry out for blood here... Edited May 1, 2019 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MAJBobby Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 7 hours ago, JoshAllenHasBigHands said: DiMarco would be way more important to the every down offense than the 6th WR. The 6th WR's only true value would be as a special teams contributor. Is he? How many teams use a FB in this league anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSHMEAB Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 I don't see them keeping Roberts if they're not gonna carry 6 WR's. That makes no sense. You are essentially carrying 4 WR's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincec Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 8 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: Jay Skurski's way-too-early Bills 53-man roster projection https://buffalonews.com/2019/05/01/buffalo-bills-roster-projection-nfl-jay-skurski/ Surprises: Only 5 WRs on the roster he kept DiMarco eli Harold cut A lot of competition at a lot of positions. Should be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Says Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 8 hours ago, dneveu said: Love that we're carrying 2 Oline from 2018 into 2019. 9 Oline is awesome too - especially with ford/dawkins having some positionally flexibility. Long active game days as a backup Center unless he can win a job. Spain and feliciano coming in trying to earn playing time too. I could see cutting dimarco and carrying another WR. Or same with Fisher. Dimarco brings some special teams value and I'm not sure Fisher would bring the same value there. Either way - lose dimarco and you can probably bring fisher in as a FB in goal line work. I think it all depends on how Jackson plays in the preseason. If he looks terrible we can probably leave him on the practice squad. If he's lighting it up it may be more of an issue on how we could keep him. As for Dimarco - i wrote it above... no need for him and fisher. If we're only using dimarco in goalline work that should be easy enough to get fisher up to speed. If we're planning to use him more (doubtful) i would just cut fisher. You dont just "leave" a player on the Practice Squad; you have to cut them first,which makes them available for another team to sign. If Jackson plays well, do Bills take that risk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 That defensive end unit is really gross. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1105 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 I’m going to go QB- Allen, Barkley, Anderson RB- McCoy, Gore, Yeldon, Singletary FB-DiMarco WR- Foster, Jones, Roberts, Brown, Beasley, Williams TE- Kroft, Knox, Croom OL- Dawkins, Nsekhe, Ford, Morse, Long, Waddle, Spain, Teller Off- 25 DE- Hughes, Murphy, Lawson, Love DT- Loutelelei, Oliver, Phillips, Phillips LB- Edmunds, Alexander, Milano, Joseph, Stanford, Alexander, Lacey CB- Wallace, White, Johnson, Gaines, Johnson Saf- Hyde, Poyer, Bush, Johnson, Neal Def- 25 K- Hauschka P- Carter LS- Ferguson Specials- 3 PS- Jackson(QB), Nick Easley(WR), Sills(WR), Sweeney(TE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boca BIlls Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 7 hours ago, ngbills said: My roster: QB: Allen, Anderson, Barkley RB: McCoy, DiMarco, Gore, Yeldon, Singletary WR/TE: Brown, Jones, Beasley, Kroft, Foster, Roberts, McCloud, Knox, Croom OL: Dawkins, Spain, Morse, Ford, Nsekhe, Long, Teller, Waddle, Feliciano DL: Phillips, Oliver, Murphy, Hughes, Lotulelei, Lawson, Phillips, Yarbrough LB: Milano, Edmunds, Alexander, Harold, V Joseph, Lacey, Stanford DB: White, K Johnson, Hyde, Poyer, Gaines, Alexander, T Johnson, Bush, Wallace SPEC: Hauschka, Bojorquez, Ferguson Anderson is not needed after training camp so you have a spot open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEpsYtown Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 I think Croom is out. I don't care who Croom is banging, Dawson Knox can do everything he can do and more. Knox is faster, pretty much the same size and he can block. Croom to me is too one dimensional to be of any use imo. I don't know how it shakes out, how Fisher looks, how Sweeney looks. But I feel like Croom is not a lock for the roster. A #3 tightend should be able to do more than just one thing well, and if he is one dimensional, he should be he blocking type. A receiving Flex tight end makes no sense as a #3. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bills Blog Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 This is not way too early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 What I think is sad about these early projections is that some of these kids are assumed to have an NFL career that lasted all of one week! They worked their whole lives to get drafted and then.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCBillsBeliever Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 20 hours ago, ColoradoBills said: Knox could also be used in place of DiMarco. Agreed. Knox or Fisher would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEpsYtown Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 I would simply sign a guy like Maxx Williams or Ryan Hewitt. They are sitting out there with no contract and are guys who play tight end and fullback. That's the guy you want as your third tight end. Not some slow jacked up receiver who can't block. If Fisher or Sweeney could do this, great. I think Fisher is a really interesting piece. I don't really want Knox to be smashing as a fullback. As an H back off the ball on split zone type plays I think it's fine, but if you want to get in I and smash, I don't like Knox there. Maybe Ed Oliver can do it. But the idea that somebody else could do this job and you don't really need DiMarco is probably accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 10 hours ago, MrEpsYtown said: I think Croom is out. I don't care who Croom is banging, Dawson Knox can do everything he can do and more. Knox is faster, pretty much the same size and he can block. Croom to me is too one dimensional to be of any use imo. I don't know how it shakes out, how Fisher looks, how Sweeney looks. But I feel like Croom is not a lock for the roster. A #3 tightend should be able to do more than just one thing well, and if he is one dimensional, he should be he blocking type. A receiving Flex tight end makes no sense as a #3. Croom should be out. He is very meh. That said I'm not convinced he will be - banging the boss's daughter will keep him around. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryCletus Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Don’t need 5 safeties.... I say we ditch a safety and keep a WR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEpsYtown Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 23 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: Croom should be out. He is very meh. That said I'm not convinced he will be - banging the boss's daughter will keep him around. God I hope not. But you are probably right though. Maybe he could be the waterboy or something, practice squad. He should not play. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEpsYtown Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 1 minute ago, CountryCletus said: Don’t need 5 safeties.... I say we ditch a safety and keep a WR I think you can roll with 4 safeties if you have functional depth. When you have to bring Dean Marlowe off the practice squad to start and play every defensive down in a game, then send him back to teh practice squad, to me that isn't functional depth. Neal or Johnson need to prove that they can play there imo, not just be special teams guys. I also think that Kevin Johnson has the skills to double as a safety and a corner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryCletus Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 A TE or S will be trimmed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshAllenHasBigHands Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 17 hours ago, billsfan_34 said: DiMarco is serviceable at best. Not many teams have a FB anymore. I say line up. TE at have back when needed. Carrying 6 WRs is a better way to go imo. Maybe, but Daboll does. That 6th WR will never see the field. DiMarco saw 15% of snaps last year. Its the difference between 0% and 15%. This seems like a no-brainer to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. L. Hot-Flamethrower Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 (edited) 27 minutes ago, MrEpsYtown said: God I hope not. But you are probably right though. Maybe he could be the waterboy or something, practice squad. He should not play. Pool boy! Don't see both Fisher and DiMarco making it. Add a receiver and he did a decent job. Oh and Lacey being gone is something I will be pleased about. Edited May 2, 2019 by Josh "Real Deal" Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemma Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 He'll probably miss by a couple, but for now, looks pretty reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEpsYtown Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 32 minutes ago, Josh "Real Deal" Allen said: Pool boy! Don't see both Fisher and DiMarco making it. Add a receiver and he did a decent job. Oh and Lacey being gone is something I will be pleased about. I think all of the backup linebackers are on notice. If Mo Alexander is a linebacker, and Joseph is, then there is maybe 1 space up for grabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 I worry whether this projection pays sufficient attention to special teams. The Bills core STers in 2018 were: Lacey, Pitts, Neal, Holmes, Di Marco, Stanford and Thomas. Obviously Holmes and Thomas are gone so they need replacing. Lacey and Pitts miss the cut in this projection. Maybe Jaquan Johnson takes Pitts' place... and Joseph takes Lacey's but Holmes was one of our top gunners and if we don't have a receiver to do that job then that probably falls on a DB too. Looking at the corner depth and the receiver depth beyond Roberts as a return specialist I don't see any teams value. Nor do I at running back or tight end where Kroft did play a fair bit of teams early in his days at Cincy before he became a starter / rotational starter and Fisher has played next to none. Knox played some earlier in his college career so maybe he gets a shot? I just think those position groups where Skurski has gone deep other than safety and linebacker lack STers and the questions about a 6th corner v a 6th receiver v a 4th TE v a 6th back etc will come down to teams. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 1 hour ago, JoshAllenHasBigHands said: Maybe, but Daboll does. That 6th WR will never see the field. DiMarco saw 15% of snaps last year. Its the difference between 0% and 15%. This seems like a no-brainer to me. Honestly, thats a good way to look at it. We can also think about injuries at the WR position. I am glad I dont have to make these decisions ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 1 hour ago, JoshAllenHasBigHands said: Maybe, but Daboll does. That 6th WR will never see the field. DiMarco saw 15% of snaps last year. Its the difference between 0% and 15%. This seems like a no-brainer to me. DiMarco was on 15% of drives? I haven't seen him make any plays the last few years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshAllenHasBigHands Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Just now, Pete said: DiMarco was on 15% of drives? I haven't seen him make any plays the last few years He was, but he is a fullback, its a position that is easy to go unnoticed. I don't expect the fullback to "make play," I expect him to block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 15 minutes ago, JoshAllenHasBigHands said: He was, but he is a fullback, its a position that is easy to go unnoticed. I don't expect the fullback to "make play," I expect him to block. Blocking has sucked the past few years. I have noticed DiMarco getting burned, but have yet to see him make impact play. Tom Rathman he is not. I never understood Holmes fascination, nor duchesse, or Dimarco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wppete Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 I like C. This could be a dominant O-line. Who do you like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toesy Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Probably C-maybe B-obviously camp and preseason will decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toesy Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 The Bills OL keeps getting bigger every few years-these combos average 6 ft 5.5 in-gotta be a record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 It is actually such a great luxury to see a player like Bodine be on the roster bubble. I think Bodine is a good backup center. So to have him on the bubble shows the strength and effort they put into building both the starting O-line and the depth behind it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 4 hours ago, wppete said: I like C. This could be a dominant O-line. Who do you like? B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, GunnerBill said: Croom should be out. He is very meh. That said I'm not convinced he will be - banging the boss's daughter will keep him around. What if Terry doesn’t like him for his precious little girl though? Might call for the axe to get him outta town. Gotta say, he’s playing a dangerous game. On the other hand, he could marry an heiress. Cajones. Edited May 2, 2019 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 20 hours ago, CountryCletus said: Don’t need 5 safeties.... I say we ditch a safety and keep a WR Don't look at it is 5 safeties. It is 3 safeties and 2 core special teamers who can play safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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