Bills signJared Mayden release Rhodes

[Einstein]

 

[olddays1]

https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-sign-safety-jared-mayden-to-active-roster

[DCofNC]

Wow, Rhodes must have made some enemies to be the first one gone. That’s hard to believe, unless it’s figured he’ll be available to come to the PS for the post season with unlimited call ups.

[Airseven]

It's not hard to believe. He's washed. They threw a dart and it didn't stick.

[Straight Hucklebuck]

Do not understand this move.

 

The Bills dabbled with this move awhile ago and Mayden is a fringe NFL player. 
 

Benford must be getting closer to a return, but Mayden is not going to see the field, he’s a journeyman. 
 

Waste of a roster spot.

 

Edited January 4, 2023 by Straight Hucklebuck

[SWATeam]

He’ll be back on the PS.  This is just roster management 

[BullBuchanan]

24 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

Do not understand this move.

 

The Bills dabbled with this move awhile ago and Mayden is a fringe NFL player. 
 

Benford must be getting closer to a return, but Mayden is not going to see the field, he’s a journeyman. 
 

Waste of a roster spot.

 

He's a young player that they know. Unlikely to do any better at this point in the year unless they want to call Eric Weddle.

Edited January 4, 2023 by BullBuchanan

[BuffaloButt]

Rhodes probably goes to the practice squad again.

[Punching Bag]

Interesting with Damar not available.  

 

Hopefully Dean Marlowe will be used for he has played well in past working with Poyer.

It could be Jared Mayden who was just signed from JEST PS will play.

 

 

[wppete]

Never heard of him. Would like to Christian Benford out there at Safety. 

[Captain Caveman]

2 hours ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

Do not understand this move.

 

The Bills dabbled with this move awhile ago and Mayden is a fringe NFL player. 
 

Benford must be getting closer to a return, but Mayden is not going to see the field, he’s a journeyman. 
 

Waste of a roster spot.

 

Well,  we likely need someone who can play safety, and Rhodes ain't that guy

[GunnerBill]

Rhodes sucked. Which is why I never believed the excuse to deactivating Elam in order to play Rhodes. He was totally washed. Something has gone on with Kaiir behind the scenes. I am all but certain of it.

[Pete]

Mayden is 6’ 201 and ran a 4.36

 

I agree Benford is getting activated.  IMO Bills have been stashing Benford-for playoffs.

 

Benford ran a 4.46 and is 6’ 208.

 

Rhodes was keeping spot warm for Benford.

 

Benford and Morris - I predict both are playoff surprise playmakers 

[HOUSE]

Aaron Maydens brother 

[John from Riverside]

4 hours ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

Do not understand this move.

 

The Bills dabbled with this move awhile ago and Mayden is a fringe NFL player. 
 

Benford must be getting closer to a return, but Mayden is not going to see the field, he’s a journeyman. 
 

Waste of a roster spot.

 

Sir I don’t know if you noticed, but we’ve had some injuries at the safety position

2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

Rhodes sucked. Which is why I never believed the excuse to deactivating Elam in order to play Rhodes. He was totally washed. Something has gone on with Kaiir behind the scenes. I am all but certain of it.

I liked Xavier, but he is getting long in the tooth looking at a bills youth movement here a little bit

[That's No Moon]

3 hours ago, wppete said:

Never heard of him. Would like to Christian Benford out there at Safety. 

I think this is the long term plan. Not right now though.

[VaMilBill]

Not sure why we traded for Dean Marlowe at this point. He’s gotta be better than Jaquon Johnson. 
 

releasing Rhodes makes sense for the purpose of Benford or perhaps another d lineman for the patriots game

Edited January 5, 2023 by VaMilBill

[BigAl2526]

This makes sense to me.  The Bills have to plan on Hamlin being unavailable for the foreseeable future.  The Bills need a safety on the roster in case Jaquan Johnson gets injured in a game.  The market of available safeties is probably pretty dry at the moment.  I checked a list of available safeties.  There are a bunch of names, but not a lot of them are recognizable.  Mayden spent some time on the Bills practice squad.  That means he has at least been exposed to the Bills playbook.  He played college football at Alabama, so he's had quality college coaching, and he happens to possess a very good combination of size and speed.  He can play both safety spots and has experience at CB too.  This is not to say Mayden is a great player at this point.  He was a UDFA.  He's almost certainly a project that needs to be coached up, but he's a warm body at a needed position with athleticism and upside.  

 

I don't think the fact that he was released from the PS means the Bills hated him.  The PS has been used by Beane to keep the roster balanced and fortify positions as needed.  If an area of the team is hurt by injury, Beane may decide he needs to add players to that position, and he'll drop players at another position Mayden may have been one of those drops.  I wouldn't be surprised to see him on the roster in training camp.  If he can get coached up, who knows. . .

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

5 hours ago, BullBuchanan said:

He's a young player that they know. Unlikely to do any better at this point in the year unless they want to call Eric Weddle.

Yes, Eric Weddle is the answer

[Royale with Cheese]

6 hours ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

Do not understand this move.

 

The Bills dabbled with this move awhile ago and Mayden is a fringe NFL player. 
 

Benford must be getting closer to a return, but Mayden is not going to see the field, he’s a journeyman. 
 

Waste of a roster spot.

 

We don’t need safeties?

 

All players signed in week 18 are fringe players.  

[Straight Hucklebuck]

2 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

We don’t need safeties?

 

All players signed in week 18 are fringe players.  

We have: Dean Marlowe, Cam Lewis, Jordan Poyer, Jaquan Johnson, and now this guy. 

 

I just think Rhodes is a better player to hold onto because he has some size, and has started 127 games in the league. 

 

Tre White means a lot to us because he is a lifelong Bill, but he is struggling. Dane Jackson has had balls plucked off his head, Elam is always on the bench, Benford has been hurt all season. I think a rotation at corner could be beneficial. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Captain Hindsight]

They needed a safety. I’m surprised they didn’t IR Hamlin tho instead of releasing Rhodes 

[Dan Darragh]

1 hour ago, Captain Hindsight said:

They needed a safety. I’m surprised they didn’t IR Hamlin tho instead of releasing Rhodes 

Maybe the prognosis for Damar is better than they've been letting on.  It would be the ultimate rope-a-dope. 😑

[Mango]

13 hours ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

Do not understand this move.

 

The Bills dabbled with this move awhile ago and Mayden is a fringe NFL player. 
 

Benford must be getting closer to a return, but Mayden is not going to see the field, he’s a journeyman. 
 

Waste of a roster spot.

 

Unsure if you heard. The Bills lost their back up free safety who has been starting all season for an injured Micah Hyde. They need depth. 

 

They need somebody to fill in behind (likely) Marlowe and they need that person to get up to speed quickly in the event of an emergency. Marden has been here before so he’s ahead of the learning curve. 

[Mango]

6 hours ago, Captain Hindsight said:

They needed a safety. I’m surprised they didn’t IR Hamlin tho instead of releasing Rhodes 

I am wondering if there is something symbolic or some internal significance to keeping a roster spot open for a guy who is fighting for his life in the hospital. (Total speculation)
 

St Joe’s used to put out a spare chair for the old wrestling coach who took his own life forever ago. Not a wrestler so I don’t know the whole background. But I do know the current wrestling coach removed it because suicide is a cardinal sin and shouldn’t be remembered.  (It seems incredibly poopy to go out of your way to be such an butt hole)

[Royale with Cheese]

7 hours ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

We have: Dean Marlowe, Cam Lewis, Jordan Poyer, Jaquan Johnson, and now this guy. 

 

I just think Rhodes is a better player to hold onto because he has some size, and has started 127 games in the league. 

 

Tre White means a lot to us because he is a lifelong Bill, but he is struggling. Dane Jackson has had balls plucked off his head, Elam is always on the bench, Benford has been hurt all season. I think a rotation at corner could be beneficial. 

 

 

 

 

 

So we keep Rhodes even if he’s terrible just because he has experience?

[Chandler#81]

13 hours ago, BuffaloButt said:

Rhodes probably goes to the practice squad again.

Nah, he’s toast.

11 hours ago, Pete said:

Mayden is 6’ 201 and ran a 4.36

 

I agree Benford is getting activated.  IMO Bills have been stashing Benford-for playoffs.

 

Benford ran a 4.46 and is 6’ 208.

 

Rhodes was keeping spot warm for Benford.

 

Benford and Morris - I predict both are playoff surprise playmakers 

I’ll add Micah Hyde 

[BobbyC81]

14 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

Nah, he’s toast.

I’ll add Micah Hyde 

Hyde returning would be awesome, but probably not likely.

[HOUSE]

It's a long and widening Rhodes

[Manther]

1 hour ago, Mango said:

Unsure if you heard. The Bills lost their back up free safety who has been starting all season for an injured Micah Hyde. They need depth. 

 

They need somebody to fill in behind (likely) Marlowe and they need that person to get up to speed quickly in the event of an emergency. Marden has been here before so he’s ahead of the learning curve. 

Mayden was on the Jets Practice Squad.  So, he needed to be signed to the 53.  Marlowe is on the Practice Squad (I think even though we traded for him) and IMO will most likely be called up before the next game.

Edited January 5, 2023 by Manther
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[Captain Hindsight]

1 hour ago, Mango said:

I am wondering if there is something symbolic or some internal significance to keeping a roster spot open for a guy who is fighting for his life in the hospital. (Total speculation)
 

 

Thats a good point and something I hadnt considered. McDermott would absolutely do that 

[Manther]

14 hours ago, BuffaloButt said:

Rhodes probably goes to the practice squad again.

I think Rhodes will go to the PS or at least stay local for now.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, HOUSE said:

It's a long and widening Rhodes

Kelvin Benjamin Syndrome?

Edited January 5, 2023 by Ridgewaycynic2013
Biscuits!

[Straight Hucklebuck]

55 minutes ago, Manther said:

Mayden was on the Jets Practice Squad.  So, he needed to be signed to the 53.  Marlowe is on the Practice Squad (I think even though we traded for him) and IMO will most likely be called up before the next game.

Marlowe is on the Active Roster. 

 

 

[oldmanfan]

I suspect MArlow starts alongside Poyer on Sunday.  It makes sense to bring in a backup S because you have multiple guys that can play the corner.

[dave mcbride]

Mayden's scouting report coming out of Alabama: https://www.nfl.com/prospects/jared-mayden/32004d41-5928-9049-dc85-306cbb28b23a

[Flipnmi]

13 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

Rhodes sucked. Which is why I never believed the excuse to deactivating Elam in order to play Rhodes. He was totally washed. Something has gone on with Kaiir behind the scenes. I am all but certain of it.

This post is incredibly disappointing to me. I have long felt that it is absolutely ridiculous for someone that likely wasn't athletic enough to even play highschool football, to openly say that an athlete that was able to make it to the NFL level "sucks", much less a guy that has had a career like this man has. It's okay to be critical and say that he just can't play at the level that is required, but they ALL deserve more respect than to be labeled like this.  If this week hasn't taught us that, I guess nothing ever will.  I had been really hopeful that Damar's situation would shift the perspective for at least a couple weeks, but unfortunately it only took a couple days for the venom to reappear.  We all really need to be better than this!  

[FLFan]

14 hours ago, wppete said:

Never heard of him. Would like to Christian Benford out there at Safety. 

He has never played safety. They are ni5 going to teach him a new position at this point in the year.  Mayden has already been with the team. 

[Dr. Who]

10 minutes ago, Flipnmi said:

This post is incredibly disappointing to me. I have long felt that it is absolutely ridiculous for someone that likely wasn't athletic enough to even play highschool football, to openly say that an athlete that was able to make it to the NFL level "sucks", much less a guy that has had a career like this man has. It's okay to be critical and say that he just can't play at the level that is required, but they ALL deserve more respect than to be labeled like this.  If this week hasn't taught us that, I guess nothing ever will.  I had been really hopeful that Damar's situation would shift the perspective for at least a couple weeks, but unfortunately it only took a couple days for the venom to reappear.  We all really need to be better than this!  

Good grief. Gunner is one of the best posters on this board. Colloquial language about performance does not amount to venomous denigration of character. And the inference about Elam is likely true and interesting.

[GunnerBill]

18 minutes ago, Flipnmi said:

This post is incredibly disappointing to me. I have long felt that it is absolutely ridiculous for someone that likely wasn't athletic enough to even play highschool football, to openly say that an athlete that was able to make it to the NFL level "sucks", much less a guy that has had a career like this man has. It's okay to be critical and say that he just can't play at the level that is required, but they ALL deserve more respect than to be labeled like this.  If this week hasn't taught us that, I guess nothing ever will.  I had been really hopeful that Damar's situation would shift the perspective for at least a couple weeks, but unfortunately it only took a couple days for the venom to reappear.  We all really need to be better than this!  

 

I don't consider sucks as being venemous. It certainly isn't intended that way. It is just short hand for saying he isn't good enough. I didn't play high school football, I'm not American. I did play and coach semi-pro soccer in the UK though - so I was athletic enough to get paid for playing sport. But regardless, I don't consider "sucks" to have the same venemous intent you do. Apologies if you read it that way. And nor do I mean to suggest Rhodes has always been terrible. But he is completely washed at this stage of his career. That's why he is now a guy flitting on and off practice squads.