Darius Slay claimed on waivers by Buffalo

[NewEra]

1 hour ago, MasterStrategist said:

Of all the other things that Beane has done, this is where you draw the line?

 

This is hilarious.

 

Im not a Beane supporter, he has made alot of mistakes and I think hes good not great.  

 

But taking a chance on Slay and cutting Ingram, is WAY down the list.

 

We have no clue if Slay had a change of heart or any of the background ---- instead everyone freaking out and acting like Beane was majorly in the wrong here.  

 

These are not the type of decisions that make a difference in the grand scheme--- in fact, very good chance Ingram may have not made this roster out of camp, if Max was healthy.

I agree with most of this and until we know what conversations Beane had (or didn’t have) it’s we can’t lay definitive fault.  
 

the last paragraph is disagree with though.  Maybe I’m just a pessimist regarding injuries (I definitely am) but there’s a chance that Ingram would’ve played some meaningful snaps on D, along with STs.  
 

dane or couch seem to be next man up.  Not sure if either can play dime safety.   

[DrDawkinstein]

11 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

Maybe Slay has enough money and he doesn't care. But if he wants to make money and still play, he'll report.

 

35 years old with $120M in career earnings, a gorgeous wife and handful of kids at home. He might as well hang out for the holidays. Good for him.

[TheyCallMeAndy]

1 hour ago, NewEra said:

And he’s always one inevitable injury away from getting snaps at dime safety.  
I hope this doesn’t come into play come playoffs.  

Obviously if DS was like "Yes! See you Monday!' then changed his mind after they released JI, that's a different story. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

12 minutes ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

Obviously if DS was like "Yes! See you Monday!' then changed his mind after they released JI, that's a different story. 

the more I think about it, this seems like a really plausible scenario. If the bills had the ability to speak to his agent, I can’t see Beane dropping the ball and not doing this. 

[Kelly to Allen]

1 hour ago, MasterStrategist said:

Of all the other things that Beane has done, this is where you draw the line?

 

This is hilarious.

 

Im not a Beane supporter, he has made alot of mistakes and I think hes good not great.  

 

But taking a chance on Slay and cutting Ingram, is WAY down the list.

 

We have no clue if Slay had a change of heart or any of the background ---- instead everyone freaking out and acting like Beane was majorly in the wrong here.  

 

These are not the type of decisions that make a difference in the grand scheme--- in fact, very good chance Ingram may have not made this roster out of camp, if Max was healthy.

 

I'm not drawing a line. It's a very small miss but looks kinda bad

 

 

 

Overall he's a pretty good gm. Maybe slay changes his mind but I doubt it. 

[Bob in STL]

 Good guy to have around. 

 

Edit. just read he is not reporting.  Oh, well. Carry on 

Edited 1 hour ago by Bob in STL

[Kelly to Allen]

1 hour ago, NoSaint said:

I think you attracting attention and inviting embarrassment- unfortunately 

 

I have made more than enough embarrassing life decisions. Over and over again lol

 

Explains why I'm a bills fan lol

[RiotAct]

8 hours ago, Donuts and Doritos said:

This is going so well Brandon.

 

Strike 2.

 

… this week.

[Einstein]

Really nice message by Shawne.

 

 

[Bob in STL]

13 minutes ago, Bob in STL said:

 Good guy to have around. 

 

Edit. just read he is not reporting.  Oh, well. Carry on 

It’s worse.  We lost Ja’Marcus Ingram because this.  
 

 

[muppy]

so Mr  slay will be doing no slaying for the Bills. allegedly*

 

sayonara and enjoy your couch. Or Not. we'll see

 

either way  He has done squat for my team hence I don't care about him that much.. at least not now

 

Im not happy we lost a special teams player though. 

[Coach Tuesday]

2 hours ago, MasterStrategist said:

Of all the other things that Beane has done, this is where you draw the line?

 

This is hilarious.

 

Im not a Beane supporter, he has made alot of mistakes and I think hes good not great.  

 

But taking a chance on Slay and cutting Ingram, is WAY down the list.

 

We have no clue if Slay had a change of heart or any of the background ---- instead everyone freaking out and acting like Beane was majorly in the wrong here.  

 

These are not the type of decisions that make a difference in the grand scheme--- in fact, very good chance Ingram may have not made this roster out of camp, if Max was healthy.

He has come close to squandering the supreme benefit of the doubt that he had gained by drafting Allen - seven years ago.  Since paying Allen big money he has made bad decision after bad decision.  This past offseason was an absolute travesty: he signed two expensive vets who were facing suspension, and has gotten next to nothing out of his first three draft picks.  Meanwhile he went on the radio and insulted the fans about his handling of the WR position and now is scrambling because gee, the fans were right.  Today he needlessly gave away to a rival a depth player the organization has invested in developing.

 

He’s just bad at his job and has a thin skin to boot.  With every move and non-move Brandon Beane becomes less and less impressive.

Edited 43 minutes ago by Coach Tuesday

[Kelly to Allen]

2 hours ago, MikePJ76 said:

Pretty embarrassing scenario for the Bills front office and now they lost a player they liked and are stuck carrying slay on the 53 this week (as of now) which puts the team down a player.  He will just be inactive but still.

 

Beane has got to have one in the grave and one on a banana peel within the organization right now.  He literally has not made a move this offseason that has worked out. Its been a disaster.  

 

I wouldn't go that far but it's been underwhelming. I do think this draft class has potential 

2 hours ago, PauleeeWalnuts said:

The Bills can’t even place him back on waivers for three weeks right? I’m pretty sure this guy holds up a roster spot unless he retires, but I hope I’m wrong 

 

He can be put on the did not report list pretty much right away I think. I'm not certain on that

[The 9 Isles]

From Reddit post 

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/buffalobills/s/DJLKtIc5xe

 

 

“baller beane does it again.

Dude has made a career of making depth moves while neglecting top end talent, then having the depth moves not work out either.

His entire reputation is based off of drafting Allen, the Diggs trade (and even that is "lol" cuz the Vikings used that pick to draft Jefferson), and his one real talent - which is finding players like shakir/benford/Milano late in the draft.

When it comes to drafting well with premium picks, free agency, or in-season moves, though? Unmitigated disaster 9/10 times.

He got lucky with Allen, and has kept his job through the goodwill from that and managing to cover up his many, many whiffs with the few diamonds in the rough.... but what do the Bills have to show for all of it at the end of the day? Nothing.

Edit: To the downvotes. How'd Von Miller go? How's Coleman going? How's boogie basham doing? Where's Elam right now? How's the Palmer signing going?

How're the Samuel, Moore, Hardman signings going?

How's the Bernard contract looking rn? How does extending Groot feel right now? How about Daquan Jones (he's still on the team, btw - I know, I know, you forgot he even existed). What's your opinion of Knox's contract, especially when I tell you Beane restructured it this way on purpose? I could keep going....”

[Since1981]

How much PR for bad GM items?

How much PR for great GM moves? 
 

ratio is not good!!

[PromoTheRobot]

2 minutes ago, The 9 Isles said:

From Reddit post 

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/buffalobills/s/DJLKtIc5xe

 

 

“baller beane does it again.

Dude has made a career of making depth moves while neglecting top end talent, then having the depth moves not work out either.

His entire reputation is based off of drafting Allen, the Diggs trade (and even that is "lol" cuz the Vikings used that pick to draft Jefferson), and his one real talent - which is finding players like shakir/benford/Milano late in the draft.

When it comes to drafting well with premium picks, free agency, or in-season moves, though? Unmitigated disaster 9/10 times.

He got lucky with Allen, and has kept his job through the goodwill from that and managing to cover up his many, many whiffs with the few diamonds in the rough.... but what do the Bills have to show for all of it at the end of the day? Nothing.

Edit: To the downvotes. How'd Von Miller go? How's Coleman going? How's boogie basham doing? Where's Elam right now? How's the Palmer signing going?

How're the Samuel, Moore, Hardman signings going?

How's the Bernard contract looking rn? How does extending Groot feel right now? How about Daquan Jones (he's still on the team, btw - I know, I know, you forgot he even existed). What's your opinion of Knox's contract, especially when I tell you Beane restructured it this way on purpose? I could keep going....”

 

Wow, when you lose Reddit, you know it's over.  /s

[Since1981]

4 minutes ago, The 9 Isles said:

ose? I could keep going....

I have to say this post was Fantastic. FANTASTIC.  Fair and balanced in some ways like he’s good at mid draft and bad at top. damning for sure. Great writeup

[Kelly to Allen]

26 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

He has come close to squandering the supreme benefit of the doubt that he had gained by drafting Allen - seven years ago.  Since paying Allen big money he has made bad decision after bad decision.  This past offseason was an absolute travesty: he signed two expensive vets who were facing suspension, and has gotten next to nothing out of his first three draft picks.  Meanwhile he went on the radio and insulted the fans about his handling of the WR position and now is scrambling because gee, the fans were right.  Today he needlessly gave away to a rival a depth player the organization has invested in developing.

 

He’s just bad at his job and has a thin skin to boot.  With every move and non-move Brandon Beane becomes less and less impressive.

 

His very roster philosophy is why we just destroyed the Steelers. Putting resources into the oline and oline depth.

 

It's interesting that KC, Cincinnati, Dallas, Miami , all represent the wgr talking points about wr. Yet all could miss the playoffs... 

 

I also can't blame Beane for injuries. All top 3 picks got hurt. Ogunjobi cost a lot less because of the suspension which actually helped the bills because of all the injuries on the dline. Bosa was a bargain at that price.... This draft class looks promising. Not giving up a frickin 1st for waddle ( who can't stay healthy and constantly drops the ball). Yes beane was correct to not give in....

 

I'm critical of Beane, he's had some misses. But calling him a bad GM is just silly and ridiculous dude 

 

The Ingram/ slay thing is a little funny and bad look but come on dude

 

Almost all metrics have him as an above avg gm

 

Edited 17 minutes ago by Kelly to Allen

[The Jokeman]

23 minutes ago, Einstein said:

Really nice message by Shawne.

 

 

Kudos to Merriman for this post. While he didn't live up to his expectations here he gave his best while here and we as fans respected it and now he respects us as fans.

[strive_for_five_guy]

1 hour ago, RunTheBall said:

I really don’t care about Ingram. The guy couldn’t beat out Kair F’n Elam. But, it’s a horrific look for Beane and we know he’s got an ego that hardly fits in the building. I don’t think there’s a chance he lets Slay go to the Eagles even if he has to hold an empty roster spot open for a couple weeks. 

Don’t know if it’s been pointed out, but it’s interesting to me that the Texans passed on Slay, but put a claim in on Ingram.  The Texans apparently value Ingram’s services over Slay’s, yet Beane was willing to take the risk of adding Slay to this roster at the expense of Ingram, one of the UB darlings.