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3 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

9 is the most common OL number. But anywhere between 8 and 10.

How many of them are multi-positional, I wonder. That may give us the luxury of keeping less than more. 

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Just now, dneveu said:

 

They kept 9 last year - i would think you keep 4 tackles and 5 interior.  Ford may be a tackle, but he may also start at guard - to me that would make waddle a lock. 

 

I just don't think Waddle is very good and I could easily see them keeping Sirles who they like and who has that position flex to play inside and outside that McDermott talks about.

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2 minutes ago, dneveu said:

 

They kept 9 last year - i would think you keep 4 tackles and 5 interior.  Ford may be a tackle, but he may also start at guard - to me that would make waddle a lock. 

We seem quite stacked at guard (Dawkins can even play guard, as well). Waddle seems like a bit of an unknown quantity. We could do a lot worse than Dawkins/Nsekhe/Ford at tackles, even if Ford is initially put at guard. But, Waddle has to better than Sirles!

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Just now, GunnerBill said:

 

I just don't think Waddle is very good and I could easily see them keeping Sirles who they like and who has that position flex to play inside and outside that McDermott talks about.

 

Well i mean if the starting 5 is

 

Dawkins - Spain - Morse - Ford - Nsehke

Long/Bodine sticks as the active swing guard/backup center on gamedays, and you can honestly bring in feliciano because ford theoretically functions as a swing tackle if the starting tackles go down mid-game.  They have a few options for the last 2.  Depnds how much they like teller, and Wesley/Boettger.

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2 minutes ago, dneveu said:

 

Well i mean if the starting 5 is

 

Dawkins - Spain - Morse - Ford - Nsehke

Long/Bodine sticks as the active swing guard/backup center on gamedays, and you can honestly bring in feliciano because ford theoretically functions as a swing tackle if the starting tackles go down mid-game.  They have a few options for the last 2.  Depnds how much they like teller, and Wesley/Boettger.

 

I just don't think there is any chance Ford starts at guard. I think he either starts at right tackle this year or they ease him in as the season goes along. I'd be stunned if he lined up as a starter opening day at guard. They want him to play tackle and have been very open about it. I think the "we can always try him at guard down the line" meant beyond his rookie year.

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44 minutes ago, dneveu said:

 

Well i mean if the starting 5 is

 

Dawkins - Spain - Morse - Ford - Nsehke

Long/Bodine sticks as the active swing guard/backup center on gamedays, and you can honestly bring in feliciano because ford theoretically functions as a swing tackle if the starting tackles go down mid-game.  They have a few options for the last 2.  Depnds how much they like teller, and Wesley/Boettger.

Feliciano was the Raider's primary backup at center, also. I think Bodine is outside looking in. 

As far as the starting five goes, I think the only lock at any given position is Morse at center. Everything else is TBD.

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43 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

Back, by absolutely NO popular demand, here is Gunner's roster thread. As the regulars among you will recall this isn't just a projection of who makes the roster this is a bit more nuanced. It is trying to categorise the locks, the likelies and the hopefuls. Here is my first stab at categorising the players currently on the Bills' 2019 roster (missed a few out who I consider basically no-hopers but if one flashes I will add in later updates).

 

BLACK - Guaranteed roster spot (excluding major injury or suspension)

BLUE - Probable roster spot

RED - Fighting for those last few spots

 

All clear? Then let us begin....

 

Quarterback

Josh Allen

Matt Barkley

Tyree Jackson

 

Running Back

LeSean McCoy

Devin Singletary

Frank Gore

Patrick DiMarco

T.J Yeldon

Marcus Murphy

Christian Wade

Senorise Perry

 

Tight End

Tyler Kroft (remember this is excluding major injury - chance he is IR'd very little chance he is flat out released)

Dawson Knox

Lee Smith

Tommy Sweeney

Jason Croom

 

Wide Receivers

John Brown

Cole Beasley

Robert Foster

Zay Jones

Andre Roberts

Isaiah McKenzie

Duke Williams

David Sills

Ray-Ray McCloud

Nick Easley

Cam Phillips


Offensive Line

Dion Dawkins

Mitch Morse

Cody Ford

Ty Nsekhe

Quinton Spain

Jon Feliciano

Spencer Long

Russell Bodine

LeAdrian Waddle

Vlad Ducasse

Wyatt Teller

Conor McDermott

Jerimiah Sirles

De'Ondre Wesley

Ike Boettger


Defensive Line

Ed Oliver

Harrison Phillips

Star Lotulelei

Jerry Hughes

Trent Murphy

Jordan Phillips

Shaq Lawson

Eddie Yarbrough

Eli Harold

Mike Love

Darryl Johnson

Terrence Fede

Robert Thomas


Linebacker

Tremaine Edmunds

Matt Milano

Vosean Joseph

Lorenzo Alexander

Maurice Alexander

Julian Stanford

Deon Lacey

Tyrel Dodson

Corey Thompson


Cornerback

Tre'Davious White

Levi Wallace

EJ Gaines

Taron Johnson

Kevin Johnson

Ryan Lewis

Lafayette Pitts

Denzel Rice

Cam Lewis


Safety

Jordan Poyer

Micah Hyde

Rafael Bush

Jaquan Johnson

Siran Neal

Dean Marlowe

 

Special Teams

Stephen Hauschka

Reid Ferguson

Cory Carter

Corey Bojorquez

Chase McLoughlin
 

 

Before anyone raises it - yes - one of the two punters will likely make the team. But I don't know that either has a leg up at this early stage, both are coming off long term injury and it isn't beyond the realm of possibility they end up bringing in a guy a week or so before the season as they did last year. For these reasons I don't think you can call either of them "probable" at this stage. They are the very definition of battling for a roster spot.

 

That gives me:

31 locks;

13 probables;

9 spots very much up for grabs.

 

Thought interesting to do a comparison with where we were when I started this thread last year (which was later it was the eve of camp so not quite a like for like comparison but close enough). Last year I had:

 

28 locks;

15 probables;

10 spots up for grabs.

 

Of my 28 locks last year 27 made the 53 (Colton Schmidt didn't though obviously did end up back here for a spell in the course of the season) and of my 15 probables the only two that didn't - AJ McCarron and Marshall Newhouse - were traded away.

 

Okay TBD.... as you always do.... let me have it!

 

No reason to pull any punches with you...you could be a defensive cord at some college.I respect you and I always look forward to your posts.

thanks for your educated thoughts about this football team..I'm with you 90% of the time.

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11 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

I just don't think there is any chance Ford starts at guard. I think he either starts at right tackle this year or they ease him in as the season goes along. I'd be stunned if he lined up as a starter opening day at guard. They want him to play tackle and have been very open about it. I think the "we can always try him at guard down the line" meant beyond his rookie year.

I think they want Ford to win the RT spot but if the best 5 gets him on the field at G, then so be it.

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Just now, ProcessAccepted said:

I don't think that Andre Roberts a probable. Should be a red. Sills and Duke Williams have as good a chance as him to make the team.

 

He was signed as a return specialist. I don't see another on the roster really but for Isaiah McKenzie and he had some fumbles last year that hurt in that regard. That said the videos from camp yesterday Roberts looked like he was moving in slow motion. If he has lost a yard he will quickly fall into the red zone. That said at the moment he is the most likely return man and therefore probable makes the team on that basis.

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55 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

Back, by absolutely NO popular demand, here is Gunner's roster thread. As the regulars among you will recall this isn't just a projection of who makes the roster this is a bit more nuanced. It is trying to categorise the locks, the likelies and the hopefuls. Here is my first stab at categorising the players currently on the Bills' 2019 roster (missed a few out who I consider basically no-hopers but if one flashes I will add in later updates).

 

BLACK - Guaranteed roster spot (excluding major injury or suspension)

BLUE - Probable roster spot

RED - Fighting for those last few spots

 

All clear? Then let us begin....

 

Quarterback

Josh Allen

Matt Barkley

Tyree Jackson

 

Running Back

LeSean McCoy

Devin Singletary

Frank Gore

Patrick DiMarco

T.J Yeldon

Marcus Murphy

Christian Wade

Senorise Perry

 

Tight End

Tyler Kroft (remember this is excluding major injury - chance he is IR'd very little chance he is flat out released)

Dawson Knox

Lee Smith

Tommy Sweeney

Jason Croom

 

Wide Receivers

John Brown

Cole Beasley

Robert Foster

Zay Jones

Andre Roberts

Isaiah McKenzie

Duke Williams

David Sills

Ray-Ray McCloud

Nick Easley

Cam Phillips


Offensive Line

Dion Dawkins

Mitch Morse

Cody Ford

Ty Nsekhe

Quinton Spain

Jon Feliciano

Spencer Long

Russell Bodine

LeAdrian Waddle

Vlad Ducasse

Wyatt Teller

Conor McDermott

Jerimiah Sirles

De'Ondre Wesley

Ike Boettger


Defensive Line

Ed Oliver

Harrison Phillips

Star Lotulelei

Jerry Hughes

Trent Murphy

Jordan Phillips

Shaq Lawson

Eddie Yarbrough

Eli Harold

Mike Love

Darryl Johnson

Terrence Fede

Robert Thomas


Linebacker

Tremaine Edmunds

Matt Milano

Vosean Joseph

Lorenzo Alexander

Maurice Alexander

Julian Stanford

Deon Lacey

Tyrel Dodson

Corey Thompson


Cornerback

Tre'Davious White

Levi Wallace

EJ Gaines

Taron Johnson

Kevin Johnson

Ryan Lewis

Lafayette Pitts

Denzel Rice

Cam Lewis


Safety

Jordan Poyer

Micah Hyde

Rafael Bush

Jaquan Johnson

Siran Neal

Dean Marlowe

 

Special Teams

Stephen Hauschka

Reid Ferguson

Cory Carter

Corey Bojorquez

Chase McLoughlin
 

 

Before anyone raises it - yes - one of the two punters will likely make the team. But I don't know that either has a leg up at this early stage, both are coming off long term injury and it isn't beyond the realm of possibility they end up bringing in a guy a week or so before the season as they did last year. For these reasons I don't think you can call either of them "probable" at this stage. They are the very definition of battling for a roster spot.

 

That gives me:

31 locks;

13 probables;

9 spots very much up for grabs.

 

Thought interesting to do a comparison with where we were when I started this thread last year (which was later it was the eve of camp so not quite a like for like comparison but close enough). Last year I had:

 

28 locks;

15 probables;

10 spots up for grabs.

 

Of my 28 locks last year 27 made the 53 (Colton Schmidt didn't though obviously did end up back here for a spell in the course of the season) and of my 15 probables the only two that didn't - AJ McCarron and Marshall Newhouse - were traded away.

 

Okay TBD.... as you always do.... let me have it!

 

 

....nice work GB...one thing that comes to mind quickly is that there is going to be some talented football players in the final 37 cuts....when have we had THAT problem in recent memory?......

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1 minute ago, GunnerBill said:

 

He was signed as a return specialist. I don't see another on the roster really but for Isaiah McKenzie and he had some fumbles last year that hurt in that regard. That said the videos from camp yesterday Roberts looked like he was moving in slow motion. If he has lost a yard he will quickly fall into the red zone. That said at the moment he is the most likely return man and therefore probable makes the team on that basis.

I know he's a return specialist, but I can't seen them giving up a wr spot without some serious thought if he doesn't offer more. WR is where they are going to have some really difficult decisions. Such a change from last year having so many options.

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4 minutes ago, Just Joshin' said:

I think they want Ford to win the RT spot but if the best 5 gets him on the field at G, then so be it.

 

Yea but in order for that to be the case they'd have to play him there in practice. I know they are all about cross training guys, but I think it is really unlikely that they ask a rookie for whom things are still happening at 100 miles an hour to cross train at guard and tackle. Much more likely that they keep him at right tackle and try and get him as much experience as they can there and get him ready to start. Want an example? Go back two years to Dawkins. They started with him at RT. Cordy got injured at the start of camp they switched Dawkins to left tackle and then they left him there even though Cordy came back towards the end of camp and was healthy to start the season. They didn't flip him back to practicing at right tackle and as a result they started Mills as the right tackle. Was Mills a better tackle than Dion? Was he in their "best 5"? I'd argue not but it is about how you bring along a rookie.

 

My strong suspicion is that the only position Ford starts on this Bills line in 2019 is at right tackle.

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1 minute ago, ProcessAccepted said:

I know he's a return specialist, but I can't seen them giving up a wr spot without some serious thought if he doesn't offer more. WR is where they are going to have some really difficult decisions. Such a change from last year having so many options.

I believe he was ranked second in the NFL in returns last season. 

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9 minutes ago, ProcessAccepted said:

I don't think that Andre Roberts a probable. Should be a red. Sills and Duke Williams have as good a chance as him to make the team.

Not following the logic here.  Roberts is a great ST return man who has put up respectable #s as a depth WR.   Sills and Duke are bigger slower guys who don't play STs at all 

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