Bills signing OT Brandon Shell from miami

[dreadlox]

Didn’t see this posted. Former jests draft pick. 6’5” 325. It’s a one year deal. Decent depth or a fallback at RT? Discuss.

 

edit: Happy Memorial Day everybody.

Edited May 29, 2023 by dreadlox

[Chandler#81]

 

Edited May 29, 2023 by Chandler#81

[GunnerBill]

It's another solid vet depth move. Imagine he, Quess and Doyle are fighting for 2 jobs.

 

And he was a day 3 guy not a round 3 guy.

Edited May 29, 2023 by GunnerBill

[NewEra]

Awesome.  Love this move. Not great, but a potential upgrade over Quess which puts more pressure on Brown.  

[Buffalo_Stampede]

IMO this is the best Bills roster since McDermott was hired. 
 

Im hoping for one more signing, either at WR or Edge.

[Big Turk]

1 minute ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

IMO this is the best Bills roster since McDermott was hired. 
 

Im hoping for one more signing, either at WR or Edge.

 

For sure. They are pretty stacked and have good depth at most areas. MLB could be an issue but other than that they look pretty solid.

[WotAGuy]

3 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

IMO this is the best Bills roster since McDermott was hired. 
 

Im hoping for one more signing, either at WR or Edge.

Hmmm…you should start a thread about that WR signing….

[MWK]

Probably an upgrade over Spencer Brown. Finally some actual competition for him.

Edited May 29, 2023 by MWK

[Rico]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Shell

He is the great nephew of Pro Football Hall of Fame tackle Art Shell.

 

[BuffaloBillyG]

Solid signing especially for this late in the off season. Lots of experience. Competition for Brown that hopefully he will be challenged by and rise to the occasion. 

[SCBills]

3 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

IMO this is the best Bills roster since McDermott was hired. 
 

Im hoping for one more signing, either at WR or Edge.

Beane deserves some criticism, but no one can really argue that he doesn’t continually upgrade the roster year after year.  
 

This year he faced a lack of cap and draft picks.   Still made it happen.  
 

This is where having Allen and “the culture” comes into play.  The ability to affordably sign guys like Ford, Harris, Rapp, now Shell.   We always wondered how good teams stayed good … this is how. 
 

Cap will be tight again next year, and should we sign Hop… VERY tight, but Beane is loaded with picks for the ‘24 draft and could potentially gain more comp picks for ‘25 in Davis and Oliver… when we will likely still be cap strapped. 

[78thealltimegreat]

Have to believe that Tommy Doyle is kinda on the hot seat then as training camp starts in about 6 weeks or so and Shell didn’t do too bad as Miamis starter last year. 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

10 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

For sure. They are pretty stacked and have good depth at most areas. MLB could be an issue but other than that they look pretty solid.

Not worried about MLB because the worst case scenario is AJ Klein starts and they have to match personnel against 3wr+ sets with Taylor Rapp as a 3rd safety.

 

We have the personnel to play 1 LB and 3 safeties. 
 

In a perfect world a young LB steps up.

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[Process]

Nice signing. I was getting concerned with Beane's lack of a backup plan in case Brown sucks again. 

[Beast]

11 minutes ago, Rico said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Shell

He is the great nephew of Pro Football Hall of Fame tackle Art Shell.

 

We can ask him if Uncle Art ever told him the 51-3 story.

[GreggTX]

Brown may be a smidge better overall and he's certainly the better athlete, but Shell is a better pass protector.

 

[akcash]

Watching last year Miami at Buffalo night game. Liking what I'm seeing so far. Got the weight to anchor. Little twitch for big man.

15 minutes ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

Have to believe that Tommy Doyle is kinda on the hot seat then as training camp starts in about 6 weeks or so and Shell didn’t do too bad as Miamis starter last year. 

Yeah I bet Quess and Shell take it and Doyle IR stash or PS. Maybe gets picked up by diff team. I doubt it tho.

18 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Solid signing especially for this late in the off season. Lots of experience. Competition for Brown that hopefully he will be challenged by and rise to the occasion. 

Yeah nice insurance and competition for Brown. Beane does it again!

 

I do believe they want Brown to win the Job and Brown can with the job with how he played down the stretch last season. His biggest hole is learning how to counter pass rushers swiping his right arm up or down and getting around him. If he can fix that hes good imo. He played alot better his last 5 games than the games before that. But I like having Shell if his performance regresses again.

Edited May 29, 2023 by akcash

[Warriorspikes51]

Wait….I thought some posters said since the roster was at 90 there was no way Beane would sign anyone else🤪

 

this is a quality signing. He should really push Brown for starting RT

[Buffalo_Stampede]

7 minutes ago, GreggTX said:

Brown may be a smidge better overall and he's certainly the better athlete, but Shell is a better pass protector.

 

Brown has more upside but Shell is the better player at this point.

[Mark Vader]

Have the Bills released a player? I thought they were at the 90 roster limit?

[Warriorspikes51]

Just now, Mark Vader said:

Have the Bills released a player? I thought they were at the 90 roster limit?

they’ll announce that when they announce this signing.

 

guessing an OL will be released

 

then hopefully a WR for a certain other UFA

[Solomon Grundy]

At least we know Beane is in the lab😎

[No_Matter_What]

I just hope he is not a shell of his old self...

[folz]

6'5" 324, 31 years old

Drafted by the Jets in the 5th round (158th overall) in 2016 draft

 

83 career games, 72 games started

4 years with the Jets, 2 with Seattle, 1 with Miami 

Started one playoff game with Seattle

When healthy, he has generally garnered 90+% of the RT snaps for his teams (over the last 6 years, he's been a starting RT)

But it also looks like he has missed a lot of games due to injury over his career (16 games over the last 3 seasons)

Perfect depth signing. You aren't asking him to play a full season, but when he comes in, he knows how to get the job done.

 

I keep saying it, but Beane is trying to build an injury-proof roster (after how last season went). I love the depth the team has now...and it keeps coming.

 

 

 

[The Jokeman]

I like this addition. 

[BADOLBILZ]

56 minutes ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

Have to believe that Tommy Doyle is kinda on the hot seat then as training camp starts in about 6 weeks or so and Shell didn’t do too bad as Miamis starter last year. 

 

Doyle will be about 10 months past reconstructive knee surgery when camp opens...........I could see him being on IR to start the season like Boettger was last year.

[Mr. WEO]

54 minutes ago, GreggTX said:

Brown may be a smidge better overall and he's certainly the better athlete, but Shell is a better pass protector.

 

 

 

Endorsed by Tua!!

[Doc]

41 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

they’ll announce that when they announce this signing.

 

guessing an OL will be released

 

then hopefully a WR for a certain other UFA

 

I'd guess Mancz.  Unless he's injured.

 

5 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

Endorsed by Tua!!

He didn't play against the Bills the first game or Cincy.

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

1 hour ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Not worried about MLB because the worst case scenario is AJ Klein starts and they have to match personnel against 3wr+ sets with Taylor Rapp as a 3rd safety.

 

We have the personnel to play 1 LB and 3 safeties. 
 

In a perfect world a young LB steps up.

 

Also think you'll see more 3 safety looks too

[JerseyBills]

1 hour ago, Chandler#81 said:

 

Judging by that video and the comments,  that's the competition for Brown.

Ford also has a nice sack here

 

[Simon Says]

Not a "bad" move at all. Brown is younger with more upside 

52 minutes ago, Mark Vader said:

Have the Bills released a player? I thought they were at the 90 roster limit?

They have, or soon will 

[Mr. WEO]

11 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

I'd guess Mancz.  Unless he's injured.

 

He didn't play against the Bills the first game or Cincy.

 

where did he go?

[CNYfan]

I thought I saw Greg Little playing RT for the Dolphins last year.  I always notice Little because he was the player that Carolina took when they moved ahead of Buffalo in that 2019 (?) draft and the Bills then drafted Cody Ford.  

[LABILLBACKER]

I don't know who or what is the answer for RT, but I do know both Brown or Quessenberry will get Josh hurt. Guaranteed!

[Punching Bag]

1 hour ago, Mark Vader said:

Have the Bills released a player? I thought they were at the 90 roster limit?

 

per tweet he has not signed yet.  they could run in contract issues or some other team may contact his agent.

 

Quote

Jeremy Fowler

@JFowlerESPN

Free agent OT Brandon Shell plans to sign with the #Bills, per source. Not done but trending that way. Shell played valuable starter’s snaps for Miami last season, now set to stay in AFC East.

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[RyanC883]

1 hour ago, Big Turk said:

 

For sure. They are pretty stacked and have good depth at most areas. MLB could be an issue but other than that they look pretty solid.

 

Dorian Williams will be a huge suprise!

[hondo in seattle]

Typical Beane OL signing...  He's better in passpro than run blocking.  

[Big Turk]

4 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:

 

Dorian Williams will be a huge suprise!

 

I hope so, but he is a rookie so even if he is good he will have ups and downs.

[Punching Bag]

Each team he is playing less and less seasons and one PS a lot.

 

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/ShelBr00.htm

[balln]

Shell pff grade 65 

 

spencer brown 51