Updated Beasley signing to practice squad

[Beck Water]

7 hours ago, buffalo2218 said:

Ok, with all due respect, you really don't think Beasley and Allen couldn't pick up where they left off? 

 

They could if Beasley were where he left off in November of 2020

[Dan Darragh]

4 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

I guess between this and the Cowboys dusting off TY Hilton, OBJ isnt coming back this year or maybe ever.

 

He needs to be ready to play Saturday, which is basically a mini playoff game.

Calm down Sparky

[JohnNord]

1 minute ago, Process said:

Beane ****ed up. We just have to hope that these moves mean he recognizes it.

There’s no doubt he realizes it

[wppete]

12 minutes ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:

 

He's a clown and a bum... you can cheer this fool all you want, but not me... there is a reason why he retired. I hope he does nothing

Why would you say that? He was nothing but a productive player for this team. Apart from

Diggs Josh favourite and most productive target in his career. This is an amazing move! 

[Success]

This isn't some marginal move - he's a great 3rd down guy.  This will change the offense.

 

[nucci]

10 minutes ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:

I've never rooted for a Buffalo Bills player to fail... until now. We don't need this clown now nor in the future. I don't care how many of you back this loudmouth bum.

I don't agree with him on stuff but I also don't care. We need a slot receiver and I hope he can play well. 

[klos63]

1 minute ago, MAJBobby said:

I think Beasley is still washed. But maybe not having a full season of wear and tear in him he can produce. 
 

clearly though tells me Bills is desperation mode to get ANY production out of the slot for this offense and the playoff run 

I think he was still a little banged up last season. Played the previous playoff against the Chiefs with a broken leg, he never looked fully recovered. Hopefully that was the issue and not age.

[Coach Tuesday]

22 minutes ago, Mark92 said:

This team would be 12-1 right now if McKenzie could catch a ball.  He cost us week #3 to the dolphins and week #9 to the Jets.  Something has been off with this offense for the better part of the season.  They can't keep drives going so defenses can play tough on the deep passes and it shuts us down.  The Bills window is open right f@$$ing now and they need to figure this out.  I am pleased they are trying.  

 

Beas may or may not be "washed" - we'll find out soon.  His body has had plenty of time to heal and rest up.  Last season he was avoiding contact in the middle of the field, which is where slot receivers make their money.  It's possible he just needed to step away from the game to get his body right.

 

I wasn't a fan of his Twitter antics but he never did anything on social media like what McKenzie did this week - that Tweet reflected such a staggering lack of accountability it would not surprise me if he was cut this week.  McKenzie is an unaccountable CLOWN who can't catch a football and doesn't show up for his teammates.  He should be off the roster pronto.  Beas is a weird dude but for the most part he was a great teammate when he wasn't drawing lines in the sand.

 

But let's be honest, signing Brown and Beas in December is basically like buying scratch-off tickets with your final paycheck, with the rent about to be due.  It's desperation time after a terrible offseason of underinvestment in the offense.  It's an admission of defeat by Brandon Beane.  Would not shock me if they've reached out to Darryl Williams as well.  Remember - this is a much-hyped pro personnel department; they are much better at media placements than actually finding value in the FA market.  It should NOT be this hard to find complementary skill assets like a slot receiver, backup tight ends, a running back who can catch the ball out of the backfield, a league-average guard - the FA market is littered with these guys but Beane and his crew continue to strike out and have resorted to bringing back the corpses of John Brown and Cole Beasley (after trotting out Emmanuel Sanders' corpse last season).  This is a BAD LOOK for the front office that they had to build a bridge to a retired Cole Beasley in mid-December as a "solution" to their problems on offense. 

 

Unacceptable.

 

But if Beas can squeeze six weeks of juice out of that old lemon, sign me up.

Edited December 13, 2022 by Coach Tuesday

[Billz4ever]

4 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

The fact they need to sign these veteran WR’s in December is really an indictment of the personnel department (Beane & co), Dorsey, and players like Gabe Davis but especially Isaiah McKenzie.  
 

The Bills doubled down that last year’s WR talent would improve.  They’ve mostly been the same players as they were last year in a reserve role.  
 

Whose fault is that?  Dorsey for not utilizing them properly?  The WR’s themselves?  It were they just never starting caliber to begin with?  

I think the fact the Bills lead the league in drops answers that question for the most part.

[eball]

2 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:

I think Beasley is still washed. But maybe not having a full season of wear and tear in him he can produce. 
 

clearly though tells me Bills is desperation mode to get ANY production out of the slot for this offense and the playoff run 

 

Gotta fix the slot problem.  I was not a guy pounding the pavement for this move, but at least you'd think he is healthy...and there is no questioning the connection he had with Josh.

 

Still think a healthy Crowder would fix our issues...

 

[Dan Darragh]

3 minutes ago, Brueggs said:

I wasn't long ago that half of the fans were saying McKenzie was better because he had one good game.  It always seems to be the same people that get it wrong time after time.

McKenzie has been dining out for a long time on his big game against NE last year.  I've long since stopped holding my breath for another performance like that out of him.

[loveorhatembillsfan4life]

I think this staff really puts a lot of belief in it's own players to ascend their game to another level. I know many people on the board questioned what 

we really did to improve this offense at the beginning of this year. I think I was more optimistic than anything but   For what ever reasons Gabe just hasn't been what we hoped. Crowder was signed but was often injured prior to coming here and Mckenzie, well maybe the game in NE last year blinded them into thinking he could do this week in and week out. 

 

Right now we are not asking Beasley to play a whole season, just a stretch run/playoffs. Also at least his leg isn't broken! I am going into this thinking what game he has left still might be better than what Mckenzie can offer. 

 

Beane has some work to do for 2023. 

[JohnNord]

Just now, Big Turk said:

 

I think we could certainly use the personnel better than we have been.  The middle of the field is hardly ever used by Dorsey. Teams have caught on.

Not just that, but the Hines usage especially is baffling to me.  For years we’ve watched ways that teams can draw up a few plays for a specific gadget player - don’t see much of this in Buffalo despite having players like Hines, McKenzie, Shakir, and Brown - all who could be good for a screen or special play

[DaggersEOD]

4 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

The fact they need to sign these veteran WR’s in December is really an indictment of the personnel department (Beane & co), Dorsey, and players like Gabe Davis but especially Isaiah McKenzie.  
 

The Bills doubled down that last year’s WR talent would improve.  They’ve mostly been the same players as they were last year in a reserve role.  
 

Whose fault is that?  Dorsey for not utilizing them properly?  The WR’s themselves?  It were they just never starting caliber to begin with?  

I honestly thought we had a super deep WR room full of young talent when the year started, and I don’t think I was alone. 
 

It just didn’t pan out that way for some reason. I’m ok with them not resigning themselves to the cards they had in hand and getting some of the old reliable card back. 
 

Not ideal in any way, but I understand the thought process in the beginning of the year and am ok with the moves they’ve made these past two weeks (Brown/Beas)

[clayboy54]

17 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

I think McKenzie is a good gadget player and that's it.

I think he needs to start hanging out with Kevin Hart. He can be a much better comedian than he is as a munchkin slot receiver.

[ddaryl]

This is how bad McKenzie / Davis have been in the consistency department. 

 

I think this signing screams this

 

 

[HappyDays]

18 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said:

Now imagine hearing you had the second ranked offense and had scored more points than last year.  

 

But everyone knows the offense isn't at the level it was at earlier in the season. We can see it, plain as day. Allen is masking a lot of issues.

[MAJBobby]

1 minute ago, eball said:

 

Gotta fix the slot problem.  I was not a guy pounding the pavement for this move, but at least you'd think he is healthy...and there is no questioning the connection he had with Josh.

 

Still think a healthy Crowder would fix our issues...

 

I dont hate it.  At the end of the day the Bills likely work their way into the playoffs without Beasley or Brown being signed into the 53, and crowder comes back (I would think that is how they are thinking at this point).  But then again who knows I just need someone to step up out of that slot and be dependable for the next 7 games is all.

[klos63]

2 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

 

Beas may or may not be "washed" - we'll find out soon.  His body has had plenty of time to heal and rest up.  Last season he was avoiding contact in the middle of the field, which is where slot receivers make their money.  It's possible he just needed to step away from the game to get his body right.

 

I wasn't a fan of his Twitter antics but he never did anything on social media like what McKenzie did this week - that Tweet reflected such a staggering lack of accountability it would not surprise me if he was cut this week.  McKenzie is an unaccountable CLOWN who can't catch a football and doesn't show up for his teammates.  He should be off the roster pronto.  Beas is a weird dude but for the most part he was a great teammate when he wasn't drawing lines in the sand.

 

But let's be honest, signing Brown and Beas in December is basically like buying scratch-off tickets with your final paycheck, with the rent about to be due.  It's desperation time after a terrible offseason of underinvestment in the offense.  It's an admission of defeat by Brandon Beane.  Would not shock me if they've reached out to Darryl Williams as well.  Remember - this is a much-hyped pro personnel department; they are much better at media placements than actually finding value in the FA market.  It should NOT be this hard to find complementary skill assets like a slot receiver, backup tight ends, a running back who can catch the ball out of the backfield - the FA market is littered with these guys but Beane and his crew continue to strike out and have resorted to bringing back the corpses of John Brown and Cole Beasley (after trotting out Emmanuel Sanders' corpse last season).  This is a BAD LOOK for the front office that they had to build a bridge to a retired Cole Beasley in mid-December as a "solution" to their problems on offense. 

 

Unacceptable.

 

But if Beas can squeeze six weeks of juice out of that old lemon, sign me up.

We signed Crowder to replace Beasley, that would have been solid if not for his injury. We traded for Hines, and drafted Cook, both are capable of catching the ball out of the backfield.  Those were logical moves to make.  Who would you have acquired instead?

[Brueggs]

2 minutes ago, Dan Darragh said:

McKenzie has been dining out for a long time on his big game against NE last year.  I've long since stopped holding my breath for another performance like that out of him.

For sure.  That was a great game he had, and obviously not something that could happen every week, but he has a lot of mistakes and drops that have been costly.  

[jlgarsh]

55 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

I hope Barkley gives up his #11. 😆 

He switched to 5 a few days ago

[Niagara Dude]

17 minutes ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:

 

He's a clown and a bum... you can cheer this fool all you want, but not me... there is a reason why he retired. I hope he does nothing

Why would you say this and be running around on this site,  hopeful that any Bills player fails is not a fan of this team and should not be posting here.  One of the worse posts I have read ever. 

[Big Turk]

2 minutes ago, loveorhatembillsfan4life said:

I think this staff really puts a lot of belief in it's own players to ascend their game to another level. I know many people on the board questioned what 

we really did to improve this offense at the beginning of this year. I think I was more optimistic than anything but   For what ever reasons Gabe just hasn't been what we hoped. Crowder was signed but was often injured prior to coming here and Mckenzie, well maybe the game in NE last year blinded them into thinking he could do this week in and week out. 

 

Right now we are not asking Beasley to play a whole season, just a stretch run/playoffs. Also at least his leg isn't broken! I am going into this thinking what game he has left still might be better than what Mckenzie can offer. 

 

Beane has some work to do for 2023. 

 

Gabe hasn't been all bad...he has 700 yards for a #2 WR on the year, which is one of the better #2's in the league in terms of yards, but he has been pretty  invisible the last 3 weeks totaling 84 yards on 9 catches.  That's not going to get it done. 

[DrDawkinstein]

Just now, HappyDays said:

 

But everyone knows the offense isn't at the level it was at earlier in the season. We can see it, plain as day. Allen is masking a lot of issues.

 

And word from Sal and the WGR guys is Allen had been pushing for Brown and Bease to be re-signed, and after Sunday pretty much demanded it, and McBeane couldnt argue anymore.

 

Dude needs help, and he isnt getting it from anyone but Diggs.

 

Still crazy to me how little we use Shakir and Hines, but whatever works.

[bigK14094]

I wonder how things were when he was not resigned.  Not sure being in  town means a signing.  Still, a competant slot receiver would be nice down the stretch.

[Hsker4life]

51 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

I don’t live in WNY anymore but from what I’ve read on here Bease brings some ‘headache’ issues too. I’ve got imagine OBJ was fools gold at this particular point and nobody bit. The Cowboys were the shocker to me. 

I don’t think Bease has any headache issues with his teammates, though. With the media and others who expect everyone to conform? Yes. But his teammates apparently wanted him back.

[BeastMaster]

14 minutes ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:

I've never rooted for a Buffalo Bills player to fail... until now. We don't need this clown now nor in the future. I don't care how many of you back this loudmouth bum.

Tell us you were mad at his choices last year without telling us

 

You and everyone else that spewed hatred that man's way should feel shame now and should welcome him back

 

[Realist]

8 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

The fact they need to sign these veteran WR’s in December is really an indictment of the personnel department (Beane & co), Dorsey, and players like Gabe Davis but especially Isaiah McKenzie.  
 

The Bills doubled down that last year’s WR talent would improve.  They’ve mostly been the same players as they were last year in a reserve role.  
 

Whose fault is that?  Dorsey for not utilizing them properly?  The WR’s themselves?  It were they just never starting caliber to begin with?  

I don't think it's an indictment of Beane, nearly everyone thought Davis and McKenzie were going to step up. Unfortunately this year they both have a case of the drops. This is definitely a lack of confidence vote on those two. I also think some of the blame lies with Dorsey, he just seems to be having trouble to scheme these guys open. I know he needs to make a stamp on this team, but he should go back to Daboll's playbook and see what he did.

[HOUSE]

1 minute ago, Brueggs said:

For sure.  That was a great game he had, and obviously not something that could happen every week, but he has a lot of mistakes and drops that have been costly.  

He is one of the most consistent WR in the league. You are joking right?

[Process]

 

[BBills_88]

Can we draft 2 receivers in this years draft please.  

1. A Tall 6' 2" or taller, speedy, great route running, Athletic freak, with strong and sure hands who high points the ball. 

1. A good route running, quick, sure handed slot.

[bigK14094]

No OBJ then

 

[thenorthremembers]

3 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

But everyone knows the offense isn't at the level it was at earlier in the season. We can see it, plain as day. Allen is masking a lot of issues.

I dont disagree with you on this one.  Part of the reason I am excited about the signing.  Long term it may be nothing, but at least they are doing something.

[GolfandBills]

21 minutes ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:

I've never rooted for a Buffalo Bills player to fail... until now. We don't need this clown now nor in the future. I don't care how many of you back this loudmouth bum.

awww show me on a doll where Cole hurt your feelings?  I’m listening 

Edited December 13, 2022 by GolfandBills

[YoloinOhio]

 

[Beck Water]

27 minutes ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:

 

He's a clown and a bum... you can cheer this fool all you want, but not me... there is a reason why he retired. I hope he does nothing

 

How can anyone who calls himself a Bills fan have that hope? 

 

While Beasley's a Bill I hope he kills it.  I have doubts about how much he (and John Brown) can contribute due to Father Time, but if either or both are "the missing piece" I will by damn cheer him.

 

And I'd rather have Beasley than Odell Beckham "I could play in the regular season, but I don't see the point" with his "Little People, Pay your Tax" attitude.  The point of playing in the regular season is to EARN the right to play in the post-season, then EARN the right to home games etc.

Edited December 13, 2022 by Beck Water

[loveorhatembillsfan4life]

2 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

Gabe hasn't been all bad...he has 700 yards for a #2 WR on the year, which is one of the better #2's in the league in terms of yards, but he has been pretty  invisible the last 3 weeks totaling 84 yards on 9 catches.  That's not going to get it done. 

Agree, Would like to see more usage with him. Not sure what's happening on the field (teams dictating more coverage to him?) -I can't think of many game breaking plays since that TD against Pitt. 

[mjt328]

Just now, bigK14094 said:

No OBJ then

 

I think that ship sailed last week.  He's probably not going to be ready this season.

 

The Cowboys signed T.Y. Hilton yesterday too.

 

[Blank Stare]

Lord knows we need the help. The drops and inconsistency from the other receivers this year has been super frustrating. Allen and Diggs need help and this is worth a roll of the dice. 

[MAJBobby]

1 minute ago, bigK14094 said:

No OBJ then

 

I dont think a PS signing stops a OBJ signing down the line for the playoffs if the Bills want to go there.  Essentially this is a  3 game lets see if Beasley has anything left trial.  3 PS elevations incoming.