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2 minutes ago, Kelly the Dog said:

I believe that teams cannot officially sign players to the PS until 2pm today. The reports are for players who have agreed to sign with teams. There were a couple instances last year where players agreed to sign, and before they did other teams swooped in and offered more money or a better chance and that player burned the team he agreed to sign with and went elsewhere.

But it seemed like in previous years we always had rumored lists of PS signings way before that leaked out

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15 minutes ago, One Buffalo said:

 

Nice to add Duke after missing out on Ray Ray... Glad to get one of them here. Now we need to add a QB incase of injury. I'm hoping for Sloter. Had an awesome preseason and we got to see what he could do first hand.

5 minutes ago, Kelly the Dog said:

I believe that teams cannot officially sign players to the PS until 2pm today. The reports are for players who have agreed to sign with teams. There were a couple instances last year where players agreed to sign, and before they did other teams swooped in and offered more money or a better chance and that player burned the team he agreed to sign with and went elsewhere.

 

Is this true.... I thought you can sign them once they clear waivers which would be 24 hours after whenever they were officially released...

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30 minutes ago, JESSEFEFFER said:

Many are pointing out the demand for players waived by the Bills as a strength of the roster.  I think it's also a sign of good coaching as is the 4-0 preseason record.  The players at the bottom of the roster have been coached well and have performed better than the competition.  Coach McD and staff have created a culture where the right kind of players are brought in, get coached up and improve as players.  That happens top to bottom.  Trust the process.

I think it may have more to do with the Bills having more younger players being cut then previous years where they were signing a bunch of scrub veterans to fill the roster for the year and then cutting some of them. They signed less scrub guys this offseason

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4 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said:

But it seemed like in previous years we always had rumored lists of PS signings way before that leaked out

In prior years they also had Russ Brandon around.  Since he got shown the door, leaks have significantly decreased.

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2 minutes ago, billsredneck1 said:

i also hope they make wade no.11.  we won't need him this year and no other team can poach him. the only drawback is that we can't put him on the 53 this year, but like i said, we shouldn't need him. next year though....

I think its probably best for him to be able to sit for a year on the PS and work with the team to see the game first hand

Then next year he can make the 53 and not have to worry about much of a learning curve (it does help that he is playing a position where the learning curve is much smaller)

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2 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

Bills have had 3 players claimed .

 

Probably one of the higher numbers in the league

 

Who are the three? Heard Lacy and Ray Ray and??

 

 

Just now, billsredneck1 said:

rayray, lacy and who?

 

Like minds think alike

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30 minutes ago, thebandit27 said:

Like I said: Duke just didn't show enough in games for other teams to be hot after him.

 

The Bills, on the other hand, saw him in practice every day for 3 months. If they wanted him in the PS, they had the inside track all along.

Signed to Bills PS. They do and they did.

Thanks for playing.

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Just now, thebandit27 said:

 

I'm confused...isn't that the exact point I was making?

You should know! ;)

And yes, you were.

 

There are also all kinds of factors that go into whether or not players are kept on the original 53 as you well know. The Bills may have very much wanted to keep Duke but the fact they wanted the 10th OL outweighed it. If Andre Roberts was just a good returner and not the best in the league last year, they could have determined that other guys could return and kept Duke over him (and I know they have been using him with the 1s and 2s)

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13 minutes ago, Lurker said:

 

Four of the 10 PS players must have 2 accrued seasons, so that would make Eddie a good signing...

I don’t think they Have To sign 4 guys with 2 accursed seasons, do they? 

 

I thought the rule was that they are allowd up to 4 exemptions (upped from 2) for players with 2 accursed seasons.

 

 

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1 minute ago, Kelly the Dog said:

You should know! ;)

And yes, you were.

 

There are also all kinds of factors that go into whether or not players are kept on the original 53 as you well know. The Bills may have very much wanted to keep Duke but the fact they wanted the 10th OL outweighed it. If Andre Roberts was just a good returner and not the best in the league last year, they could have determined that other guys could return and kept Duke over him (and I know they have been using him with the 1s and 2s)

 

Ok good.

 

It was a late night that ended with a few beverages, and I'm a light weight now, so who knows if I'm making sense at this point.

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1 minute ago, GunnerBill said:

I am a tad surprise Williams cleared waivers. It just goes to show how valuable the league thinks a slow (comparatively for NFL WR) big guy on the outside is. 

Or the 31 other teams have not been lacking a big strong WR who can go up and catch 50-50  balls for the last 31 years in a row and already have such a thing.

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26 minutes ago, Kelly the Dog said:

Rams 5, Pats 4, Bills and Ravens 3. That's it.

That could mean that you're deep... could also mean that released the wrong guys. Basically I trust our front office though... I don't think that they particularly sentimental or making decisions based on anything other than performance.

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