I'm Shocked - Baylon Specter Hurt

[BuffaloRebound]

Sticking with guys like Specter even though they’ve shown to be huge liabilities when given the chance to step up is one of McDermott’s achilles heels.  Loyalty is an admirable quality but not when trying to win a championship.  

[DJB]

Why they’ve kept this guy around is beyond me. Hes constantly injured and when he is in the field he’s pure trash. 

[Chandler#81]

Consequently,

 

[Buffalo Ballin]

We don't have a team to field anymore.

[boyst]

1 hour ago, Beck Water said:

 

That's always been his story, right? 

He plays well and knows the scheme well enough that McD had him competing with Dodson and Bernard for the MLB job in 2023. 

But he just can't be counted on to be available.  IMHO the Bills would do well to give roster space to someone less injury prone.  

 

He wasn't available for more than 1/3 of a playoff game in '23 - one of the reasons we called AJ Klein off the sofa into the MLB spot vs KC.
 

 

According to Spotrac, $2.9M for 26 NFL games (712 snaps) to date.

Roughly $4k per snap

 

Peanuts compared to what Von got

100%. Sirius loves some randos

Backups need to be available 24/7/365. It's what got Hamlin on the field. Always practicing, always able to play. It's what gets countless guys the chance. He's not getting it. Tommy Doyle had the same misfortune. 

[wjag]

What gives?  NFL teams used to have a real camp with two-a-day practices in pads.  Nowadays camp is camp-lite and players are getting injured in far greater numbers than in the old days when camp was camp.

[BuffaloBillsGospel2014]

20 hours ago, BigAl2526 said:

It happened at the closed practice today.

 

Baylon Specter injured

 

No word yet on severity.

I’m more shocked that he’s still on the team. I honestly didn’t know.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, hikerprof2 said:

Chefs, food critics and foodies all agree--the tenderest meat on the planet is Wagyu Beef.  Japanese cattle carefully bred, the meat has a marbling that make it moist, tender and flavorful. It melts in your mouth. You can cut it with a fork. It's very expensive. And among the Wagyu cattle the most prized is Kobe beef from Tajima Castle.  These cows are spoiled during their life-treated delicately, fed succulent grasses and beer, and even given daily massages with rice wine vinegar. The result- perhaps the most tender meat in the world.

 

But they are wrong.

 

The most tender meat in the world is found on Baylon Spector's calf.

 

Baylon Spector's calf has also been-conditioned -over several seasons -into a soft, delicate, fall-off-the-bone (literally) meat, and it is expensive also. So highly valued it rarely arrives on the plate.

 

Feel that. A soft summer wind arises at Highland Park, refreshing the sweaty athletes. Listen to the murmur of cicadas. Hear the rip at the five knot breeze tears baylon Specter's muscle from his tibia.

 

I want a Baylon Specter calfburger.

A bit esoteric for this room, but I liked it. 😁

[Dunkirk Donski]

20 hours ago, zow2 said:

There's nothing more important in a career than availability.  If a player cannot offer that, he's unfortunately not useful.  Hope for the best here.

There goes 78 percent of our current roster...

[blacklabel]

You're all gonna be sorry when the Golden Ghost racks up 90 sacks this season. Leave Baylon alone!!

[SoonerBillsFan]

time to reach an injury settlement and move on.  He just can't stay healthy and it sucks.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

46 minutes ago, blacklabel said:

You're all gonna be sorry when the Golden Ghost racks up 90 sacks this season. Leave Baylon alone!!

What's he going to do?  Go all 'Lamont Cranston' on them? 🤔

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[BigAl2526]

10 hours ago, Freddie's Dead said:

 

He is a ghostly figure....

Are injuries his way of ghosting the team when they need him?

[Commish]

3 hours ago, wjag said:

What gives?  NFL teams used to have a real camp with two-a-day practices in pads.  Nowadays camp is camp-lite and players are getting injured in far greater numbers than in the old days when camp was camp.

Tasker was talking about this on the radio yesterday. His take: during two-a-days players were dogging it a lot and the pace was slower. Nowadays coaches try to cram more game-speed plays into a limited window, and there's no break between drills.

[Freddie's Dead]

14 hours ago, BigAl2526 said:

Are injuries his way of ghosting the team when they need him?

 

It was more a reference to the thread title and the misspelling of Spector's last name.

[Chandler#81]

Welp, he should be able to heal up now..