Gabe Davis released

[oldmanfan]

And it begins…

[SCBills]

NFL is amazing…

 

Draft over, not much going on but some rookie mini-camps coming up.  
 

Yawn

 

BAM

 

Pickens traded.  Gabe Davis released.

 

Social media now obsessively talking

about football. 

[eball]

My immediate reaction was no, but after giving it some thought there's nothing wrong with creating even more competition in the WR room, even if just through training camp.  If Gabe is willing to sign a vet minimum deal and try to prove himself, and then wins a roster spot, it makes the team better.

 

[starrymessenger]

6 minutes ago, Homey D. Clown said:

 

I would go as far to say, one game.  He was amazing against the chiefs in that playoff loss.

I think Diggs (and Josh) and breakdowns in coverage had a role to play if memory serves. No doubt a career game nevertheless. 

[Slippery Rubber Mats]

The back half of his last season in Buffalo was so brutal. He either forgot how to play football or straight up quit trying. It was so bad.

[No_Matter_What]

I don't see any harm if he comes to camp for vet min.

[BillsFan4]

45 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

That's true. The place that immediately jumps out to me is Vegas who have basically zero established outside receivers.

Or Pittsburgh now that they traded Pickens. They have DK and a bunch of unproven guys.

[Einstein]

35 minutes ago, Starr Almighty said:

I believe I saw a stat once that said 40 something percent of passes to Gabe ended up as an interception. 

 

https://www.twobillsdrive.com/community/topic/252247-the-gabe-davis-conversation-allen-with-and-without-gabe/

 

[ColoradoBills]

2 minutes ago, Slippery Rubber Mats said:

The back half of his last season in Buffalo was so brutal. He either forgot how to play football or straight up quit trying. It was so bad.

 

Agree.  Let's not go back to that.  He doesn't not fit into Brady's scheme.

Plus, one of the main reasons Josh's INTs went down was because of Davis leaving.

[JoeF]

1 hour ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

Don't do it Beane

Don't let him enter the building

[Cheektowaga Chad]

My guess is he ends up in Pittsburgh (hoping it's anywhere but here)

Edited 15 hours ago by Cheektowaga Chad

[gordong]

that little interaction with the fans was not a good look personally I would pass. I think the guys we have now are better than him... he should have sent half that signing bonus to josh to begin with. 

[transient]

34 minutes ago, Starr Almighty said:

I believe I saw a stat once that said 40 something percent of passes to Gabe ended up as an interception. 

🤔... is this sarcasm or bad math? My detector appears to need recalibrating.

 

His last 2 seasons in Buffalo, 40% of his targets being picked would be result in 35 INTs a year due to Gabe alone, which I can definitely appreciate if being said sarcastically ... I could believe it if the actual stat was 40% of the INTs that Allen threw during those seasons were targeting Gabe and were due to miscommunication. 

[HappyDays]

So basically Davis will almost certainly play for the vet minimum this year.

 

Jacksonville owes him $11.5M guaranteed for 2025, but whatever his new team pays him Jacksonville will be able to recoup from him because of offset language in the contract. So unless some team is paying him $12.5M or more which is obviously not happening, he has no incentive to play for more than the vet minimum. He's making the same money in 2025 either way.

 

This makes me slightly more willing to bring him in if we want to keep 6 WRs and use Moore as our punt returner. Slightly.

 

Edited 15 hours ago by HappyDays

[Don Otreply]

14 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:

I would bring Gabe back on a prove it contract easy. The blocking helps and in a WR3 type role I think he would excel 

As a WR 4, that’s when he was at his best here, and even then, with his constant injuries, and miserable catch percentage, and getting intercepted with to much regularity…, ( because he wasn’t on the same page as his QB way to often) gotta “pass” on this, 

[MikePJ76]

I think Sal had good info this morning, Pittsburgh talked to Davis last year before he signed with Jax.  
 

also Brian daboll could swap Davis for Hyatt.

 

both make a lot of sense

[JoeF]

Amending my previous post with input from Mitch Morse 

 

Mitch Morse

@mithenmor60

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30m

Absolute tone setter in the locker room and on the field. PERFECT culture guy. Played hurt all last year, didn’t complain about it once… having a tough time wrapping my head around this one.

[Slippery Rubber Mats]

I could see Gabe going to the Jets. They're going to run a lot and Gabe still has those blocking skills. Their WR room outside of Wilson is horrible.

Edited 15 hours ago by Slippery Rubber Mats

[Warriorspikes51]

23 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:

I would bring Gabe back on a prove it contract easy. The blocking helps and in a WR3 type role I think he would excel 

 

WR4 at the most
 

1 Shakir

2 Palmer

WR3 Competition:  Moore/Samuel/Coleman 

[hondo in seattle]

Am I suffering from some kind of bias when I remember Gabe this way (see below)?

 

- Hard worker, good dude in the locker room, willing blocker.

 

- Not on the same page as Josh, which suggests Gabe made bad decisions on choice routes.

 

- Possesses neither great moves nor speed.  When he got open deep, it was often because a DB made a mistake (sometimes because Josh was running around improvising, looking like he was about to get sacked).  

 

- Opposing DBs said Gabe was easy to cover because he ran a limited route tree.  

 

I guess there'd be no harm in bringing him back for the vet minimum.  Competition is never a bad thing, but I wouldn't be any kind of excited.   

 

Edited 15 hours ago by hondo in seattle