wettlaufer Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) As we may see snaps from Jake Kumerow tonight, I looked up his stats and history and the latter is amazing: Father Eric played linebacker for the Dolphins. Grandfather played guard in both NFL and AFL. Great uncle played center as one of the 100 best Chicago Bears. Uncle John Bosa was a first-round pick of the Miami Dolphins. We saw the talent of cousin Joey Bosa last week in the Chargers game. Cousin Nick Bosa plays DE for the 49ers. Great grandfather "Big Tuna" Tony Accardo was a mob boss in Chicago. Edited December 7, 2020 by wettlaufer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayray808 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 the legend of Kumerow may begin tonight... I know Rodgers was in love with him, so when we grabbed him I understood why 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) Quite the lineage, The Big Tuna part is awesome, Bills mafia... Edited December 7, 2020 by Don Otreply 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltonWaddams Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Every year there’s one of these guys. Duke Williams was the most recent. Kumerow is a ST player. He has been with the team long enough for the coaches to analyze him and to give him time at wide receiver if he deserved it. I just don’t see a breakout in this guy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, MiltonWaddams said: Every year there’s one of these guys. Duke Williams was the most recent. Kumerow is a ST player. He has been with the team long enough for the coaches to analyze him and to give him time at wide receiver if he deserved it. I just don’t see a breakout in this guy. I’m pretty certain it was meant in humor... 😁👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YattaOkasan Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, MiltonWaddams said: Every year there’s one of these guys. Duke Williams was the most recent. Kumerow is a ST player. He has been with the team long enough for the coaches to analyze him and to give him time at wide receiver if he deserved it. I just don’t see a breakout in this guy. From what they saw they gave him a spot on the active roster. He joined in the middle of the season. If he "deserved it" where would you expect him on a pretty good Bills roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltonWaddams Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Just now, YattaOkasan said: From what they saw they gave him a spot on the active roster. He joined in the middle of the season. If he "deserved it" where would you expect him on a pretty good Bills roster. Someone was calling for a break out. I just don’t think that he breaks out as a wr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wettlaufer Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, MiltonWaddams said: Every year there’s one of these guys. Duke Williams was the most recent. Kumerow is a ST player. He has been with the team long enough for the coaches to analyze him and to give him time at wide receiver if he deserved it. I just don’t see a breakout in this guy. Touchdown Jesus was way cool. Everyone wanted to hang out with him. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Just now, MiltonWaddams said: Someone was calling for a break out. I just don’t think that he breaks out as a wr It was humor, really, it was,😁👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YattaOkasan Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, MiltonWaddams said: Someone was calling for a break out. I just don’t think that he breaks out as a wr I understand now. I would still say if I were tracking the growth of a "breakout" player Kumerow isnt progressing too slow. Foster took a while to crack the roster (and it was weaker) before he had a great second half the of the season. Also I dont expect much from Kumerow. Edited December 7, 2020 by YattaOkasan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwai San Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 That there is some serious pedigree.....Big Tuna shows up if he isn't playing!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 57 minutes ago, Don Otreply said: Quite the lineage, The Big Tuna part is awesome, Bills mafia... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Uhhhh, yeah. There's only one Touchdown Jesus. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 minute ago, The Jokeman said: Hmmm, now I show how little TV I watch, saw the Office maybe three times, found it not funny, so I don’t get the tuna on the head thing, 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 58 minutes ago, MiltonWaddams said: Every year there’s one of these guys. Duke Williams was the most recent. Kumerow is a ST player. He has been with the team long enough for the coaches to analyze him and to give him time at wide receiver if he deserved it. I just don’t see a breakout in this guy. I'm the first one to laugh at the crusade of the year player here on TBD and would normally whole heartedly agree with you, but the fact that Aaron Rodgers was upset when he was let go, does potentially make him a bit different than Duke Williams. Will see, maybe it was just more a sign of how weak overall Greenbay's WRs group was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, Don Otreply said: Hmmm, now I show how little TV I watch, saw the Office maybe three times, found it not funny, so I don’t get the tuna on the head thing, 😁 I love The Office but the tuna on the head just showing his nickname was Big Tuna. As Andy called Jim that after Jim brought a tuna fish sandwich to work for lunch one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsShredder83 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 57 minutes ago, wettlaufer said: Touchdown Jesus was way cool. Everyone wanted to hang out with him. thank you for my semi-annual reminder that these guys existed. Any word if Kumerows unit is..... uhhhhhh...... detachable? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 hour ago, wettlaufer said: As we may see snaps from Jake Kumerow tonight, I looked up his stats and history and the latter is amazing: Father Eric played linebacker for the Dolphins. Grandfather played guard in both NFL and AFL. Great uncle played center as one of the 100 best Chicago Bears. Uncle John Bosa was a first-round pick of the Miami Dolphins. We saw the talent of cousin Joey Bosa last week in the Chargers game. Cousin Nick Bosa plays DE for the 49ers. Great grandfather "Big Tuna" Tony Accardo was a mob boss in Chicago. whut???? He’s got Bosa blood? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msw2112 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 I have several friends that are Packers fans. The book on Kumerow is that he's a very athletic guy who makes circus catches. He's a tall receiver that will win one-on-one battles and make contested catches. The problem is that he is wildly inconsistent. He'll make a great play, then, in the same game, drop an easy pass on third and long that is right in his hands. He's talented, but unreliable. Sounds a bit like Dawson Knox, at this stage of his career. Let's hope both of these guys can mature and move past the inconsistent play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 52 minutes ago, YattaOkasan said: I understand now. I would still say if I were tracking the growth of a "breakout" player Kumerow isnt progressing too slow. Foster took a while to crack the roster (and it was weaker) before he had a great second half the of the season. Also I dont expect much from Kumerow. It's probably worth bearing a couple things in mind: 1) he's been seeing snaps: ~50% of the ST snaps for the last 3 weeks 2) A likely pattern here, might be similar to that of other newly elevated PS players like Duke Williams - they "make a splash" for a couple games (Duke in Tenn game last year), then as teams get film on them and figure out how to neutralize them, they disappear. In 2017 Kumerow had a great Wk 15 game where he made catches and yards, then a limited Wk 16 game where he made catches but not yards. Similar last season - not much contribution Game 5 and 6, "Popped" in game 7 and 8, disappeared, reappeared, etc. But, he's a good blocker, and we need a 4th WR who can block and who can't be neutralized by physical coverage with John Brown out and Gabe Davis in Brown's role. I'm hoping his has him a Game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tisker A Tasker Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 hour ago, wettlaufer said: As we may see snaps from Jake Kumerow tonight, I looked up his stats and history and the latter is amazing: Father Eric played linebacker for the Dolphins. Grandfather played guard in both NFL and AFL. Great uncle played center as one of the 100 best Chicago Bears. Uncle John Bosa was a first-round pick of the Miami Dolphins. We saw the talent of cousin Joey Bosa last week in the Chargers game. Cousin Nick Bosa plays DE for the 49ers. Great grandfather "Big Tuna" Tony Accardo was a mob boss in Chicago. Plus, he played for UB coach Lance Leipold at Wisconsin Whitewater! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 11 minutes ago, The Jokeman said: I love The Office but the tuna on the head just showing his nickname was Big Tuna. As Andy called Jim that after Jim brought a tuna fish sandwich to work for lunch one day. I see, 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, msw2112 said: I have several friends that are Packers fans. The book on Kumerow is that he's a very athletic guy who makes circus catches. He's a tall receiver that will win one-on-one battles and make contested catches. The problem is that he is wildly inconsistent. He'll make a great play, then, in the same game, drop an easy pass on third and long that is right in his hands. He's talented, but unreliable. Sounds a bit like Dawson Knox, at this stage of his career. Let's hope both of these guys can mature and move past the inconsistent play. FWIW, I wouldn't want to argue with your friend's perception, but whereas Dawson Knox has a lot of "scored drops" (meaning balls trained observers believe a competent WR should catch), Kumerow has this: (click to embiggen) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: FWIW, I wouldn't want to argue with your friend's perception, but whereas Dawson Knox has a lot of "scored drops" (meaning balls trained observers believe a competent WR should catch), Kumerow has this: (click to embiggen) Embiggen... another Simpson’s contribution to society... great word 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 I'd really like to see him play, and maybe send out a red zone package with Diggs, Davis, Beasley, Knox and Kumerow. That would be some matchup issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folz Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 I didn't realize that Kumerow's nickname was Touchdown Jesus, so I thought that I was going to open the thread to see something like this: But very cool to learn about Kumerow's family/NFL connections. I didn't know any of that either. Who knows what he will do with the Bills, but definitely the type of guy you want to root for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folz Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Besides the Notre Dame "Touchdown Jesus" that H2O posted, apparently there was another dubbed "Touchdown Jesus," a statue in Monroe, Ohio. But it was destroyed in 2010 by a lightning strike and subsequent fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Don Otreply said: Quite the lineage, The Big Tuna part is awesome, Bills mafia... F the mafia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Kelly the Dog said: I'd really like to see him play, and maybe send out a red zone package with Diggs, Davis, Beasley, Knox and Kumerow. That would be some matchup issues. I don't know what they plan as far as actives/inactives (3 hrs until we know) BUT Gilliam and Kroft have been running those redzone packages with Diggs, Davis, Beasley and Knox, pretty well. Considering how critical they are, not sure now's the time to "change hosses" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJ Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Now Jake, we don't need you to put out a contract on any opposing players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bad Things said: F the mafia. I see, didn’t make you - - - - hurt... or is it your sense of humor is broken? Edited December 7, 2020 by Don Otreply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 13 minutes ago, Don Otreply said: I see, didn’t make you - - - - hurt... or is it your sense of humor is broken? No, it's just that I don't think having mafia family members is something to be proud of. I've seen the affects first hand. F them. That's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
without a drought Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 In both 2018 and 2019 he finished with 1TD and his longest reception was for 49 yards, he's running out of time to keep the streak alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Fun fact: during preseason, the Packers dubbed him "Touchdown Jesus" because of his long hair and beard. (I guess the "Touchdown" part was just wishful thinking.) https://247sports.com/Article/Jake-Kumerow-Touchdown-Jesus-Buffalo-Bills-lands-on-practice-squad-Green-Bay-Packers-151137837 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimS Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 6 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: FWIW, I wouldn't want to argue with your friend's perception, but whereas Dawson Knox has a lot of "scored drops" (meaning balls trained observers believe a competent WR should catch), Kumerow has this: (click to embiggen) I enjoy the use of the word embiggen. It's a perfectly cromulent word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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