DasNootz Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) For those questioning the Chuck Norris of special teams making our roster - he's now been named a captain along with Allen, Ferguson, Edmonds, Diggs, Matakevich, Poyer and Hyde. Edited September 7, 2021 by DasNootz 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Just now, DasNootz said: For those questioning the Chuck Norris of special teams making our roster - he's now been named a captain along with Allen, Ferguson, Edmonds, Diggs, Matakevich, Poyer and Hyde. Not really a surprise, he anchors the ST unit, so pretty much a no brainer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warcodered Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Interesting so it's 3 Defense 2 Offense 3 Special Teams. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blank Stare Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) This is 3 for Josh and Tremaine. How long until they get the gold captain patch on their jersey? Is that 4 years of captaincy? Edit: For anyone interested like I was, appears you have to be captain 4 years (which fills in the 4 stars on the captain patch) before you get the gold “C” and 4 stars patch in your 5th year of captaincy. So, looks like, Josh and Tremaine need this year (done), next year, and then voted captain the following year to get the gold patch. Edited September 7, 2021 by TheProcess 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Process Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Surprised our best defender isn't a captain. Tre seems to embrace the class clown role though, lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 No Jerry - his wife not amused 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Remember when people flipped out on the Diggs trade and thought Diggs was going to be a cancer...year later hes a captain and reigning top producing WR in the NFL. #ItoldYouSo 3 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Process Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Just now, YoloinOhio said: No Jerry - his wife not amused Do players vote for captains, or coaches decide? Jerry should be a captain without a doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWATeam Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: No Jerry - his wife not amused It is very odd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 12 minutes ago, DasNootz said: For those questioning the Chuck Norris of special teams making our roster - he's now been named a captain along with Allen, Ferguson, Edmonds, Diggs, Matakevich, Poyer and Hyde. Last season Dawkins was quoted saying he wanted to take the "C" off his chest and give it to Diggs. So this year he did. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warcodered Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Just now, Hapless Bills Fan said: Last season Dawkins was quoted saying he wanted to take the "C" off his chest and give it to Diggs. So this year he did. Diggs absolutely makes sense for it we've heard from multiple players the level intensity he brings from the players around him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSJayDee Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 8 Captains? Do like the other 45 feel left out (We can assume from the above twit, Mrs Hughes does)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warcodered Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, Process said: Do players vote for captains, or coaches decide? Jerry should be a captain without a doubt. A lot of our senior leadership on the team is on defense and I do feel like they specifically try to spread it between the 3 phases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, Process said: Do players vote for captains, or coaches decide? Jerry should be a captain without a doubt. As I understand it, the players vote. That's not saying the coaches can't sway it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPoy88 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 18 minutes ago, DasNootz said: For those questioning the Chuck Norris of special teams making our roster - he's now been named a captain along with Allen, Ferguson, Edmonds, Diggs, Matakevich, Poyer and Hyde. Jones was a ST captain in 2018 as well. No surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 In the future, the younger generation coming up now will talk about Taiwan Jones the way many others today talk about Tasker. 1 1 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Last year's captains: https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-elect-these-team-captains-for-the-2020-season Josh, Dawkins Poyer, Hughes, Edmunds Ferguson, Roberts 2019: Josh, Dawkins Edmunds, Alexander Ferguson, Hauschka So we're trending up in # of captains, from 6 to 7 to 8 Which I think is a little strange, but whatever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSBill Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 19 minutes ago, Warcodered said: Interesting so it's 3 Defense 2 Offense 3 Special Teams. They named 3 for Special Teams so that when we cut him later, not a big drop off. 🤪 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 20 minutes ago, SWATeam said: It is very odd I wonder if him not showing for OTAs had anything to do with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Edmunds captain? Like is it more of a participation badge or something in his case? 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Duffy Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Good for him. I'm sure he earned and deserves it. Happy for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Matter_What Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 What does being a captain means anyway? I am just asking since having 8 captains seems super odd in the first place. I might be ignorant about US habits but most sports I am aware of have usually one captain per team, which makes perfect sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 6 minutes ago, DJB said: Edmunds captain? Like is it more of a participation badge or something in his case? Seeing as he's the "Quarterback" of the defense, it makes sense he'd be a Captain yet again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_In_NH Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 On opinion: This is too many and makes you think about guys that are not included (Tre Morse Dawkins). I think there would be less questions if there were 2 or 3 total. But whatever works to win the SB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, No_Matter_What said: What does being a captain means anyway? I am just asking since having 8 captains seems super odd in the first place. I might be ignorant about US habits but most sports I am aware of have usually one captain per team, which makes perfect sense. That’s who goes out for coin tosses - opening and OT. I’m not aware of any other official stipulations around being a captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pigpen65 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 43 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: No Jerry - his wife not amused I'm with her. Seems a very odd omission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milanos Milano Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I’ve never liked the captain designations. All it does it allow for an avenue of jealousy. If not from players, family members pull on those strings. It’s just one less thing to worry about non team unity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuseBill Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Does anyone on this Board care who goes out for the coin toss? Remember the bizarre selections of game captains under the Rex Ryan regime? Every guy on this roster needs to exemplify being a leader if we're to make it to the Super Bowl and, more importantly, win it! Mrs. Hughes, we as fans could care less whether Jerry has a "C" on his jersey so long as he continues to be the great player and team leader he is. And you should not care so long as he is coming home healthy and collecting huge paychecks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 40 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Last year's captains: https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-elect-these-team-captains-for-the-2020-season Josh, Dawkins Poyer, Hughes, Edmunds Ferguson, Roberts 2019: Josh, Dawkins Edmunds, Alexander Ferguson, Hauschka So we're trending up in # of captains, from 6 to 7 to 8 Which I think is a little strange, but whatever... For some reason I thought the league rule was 6 max. I could be wrong on that. 8 is a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 13 minutes ago, Cash said: That’s who goes out for coin tosses - opening and OT. I’m not aware of any other official stipulations around being a captain. Officially, the captain of the unit that is on the field serves as a "field captain" to accept or decline penalties etc. (In reality I expect the coach makes the call and the player just informs the officials). There may be other "field captain" roles, where it makes sense for the guy with the radio helmet to be a captain. Also officially per NFL rules the maximum number of captains is 6, and that' the maximum that can go out for the coin toss. Interesting when McD was miked up in the SF game, it was clear he was calling Hyde over and using him to communicate to the defense, even though Poyer and Edmunds were the captains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 26 minutes ago, DJB said: Edmunds captain? Like is it more of a participation badge or something in his case? He was a captain last year as well. Very common for a MLB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 1 minute ago, Mango said: For some reason I thought the league rule was 6 max. I could be wrong on that. 8 is a lot. You are apparently correct but "the rule is not strictly enforced" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippery Rubber Mats Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 We're lucky to have several god-teir players in Allen, Diggs, and of course gunner god Taiwan Jones. Why be a king when you can be a gunner god 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGMcD2 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 32 minutes ago, DJB said: Edmunds captain? Like is it more of a participation badge or something in his case? Yeah, they’ve given him the captain participation trophy 3 years in a row. Fans, coaches and players have given him the pro bowl participation trophy 2 years in a row. Kind of weird such a bad player keeps getting all these trophies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaninSarasota Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 wait a minute - Taiwan Jones is an elite gunner? I never knew ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 36 minutes ago, ScottLaw said: Cross your fingers they don’t pay him big bucks…. Although it’s certainly looking like they will. He needs to take a massive step forwards this year for me. Hes underwhelmed every step of the way. I still think he makes for a much better WLB. He doesn't have the physical play or nastiness to get into the backfield like a MLB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeAndy Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 It’s rumored Jones got more votes than Allen. He’s allowing Isiah McKenzie to use his “face of the franchise” copyright too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan1959 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 1 hour ago, eSJayDee said: 8 Captains? Do like the other 45 feel left out (We can assume from the above twit, Mrs Hughes does)? I think they all get a participation trophy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Duffy Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 6 minutes ago, DJB said: still think he makes for a much better WLB. He doesn't have the physical play or nastiness to get into the backfield like a MLB Seen a few posters say the same before. Have wondered about it myself. Coaches appear to be happy with him at MLB though. Don't know if they have ever attempted to try him at OLB in practice or anything, but it does kinda make you curious if he'd be better there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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