Ja'Marcus Ingram claimed by Houston

[chris heff]

1 hour ago, FireChans said:

Yes.

 

i often asked why Elam was on the roster because he sucked and was never active. 
 

Turns out he really sucks and is borderline out of the league.

 

The answer is that Beano thought Elam and Ingram were NOT worthless players, otherwise they would have been dumped long ago. He was clearly wrong on Elam.

And yet Elam played over Ingram in the playoffs last year.

[Kelly to Allen]

I still think he might change his mind in a few days 

[The Jokeman]

4 minutes ago, Kelly to Allen said:

I still think he might change his mind in a few days 

Yeah I assume if we win it might allow him to adjust his thought process unless he's hell bent to only finish this season with Philly if so, sorry not sorry but rules are rules and if you fail to report we put you on that list and you enjoy your time off. As I'm not helping Philly especially with them on the regular season schedule and maybe after.

[Billsatlastin2018]

“What a ***** Idiot”

 

I say this about Politicians and Bills’ GMs!

[chris heff]

8 minutes ago, Kelly to Allen said:

I still think he might change his mind in a few days 

That would give him an opportunity to quit at halftime. 

[Captain Hindsight]

I don't really care that we lost ingram. The circumstances kind of suck, but if Slay changes his mind and comes, its a huge win. Ingram has been a nice story, but he can be replaced very easily, even if Slay decides to retire

[Kelly to Allen]

If we beat Cincinnati, I think he'll change his mind 

[Mango]

6 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

Yea that's a bad look for Beane. Was Ingram a critical piece? No. But did he provide some useful depth? Yep. Should you throw that away for a 34 year old? No.

 

That's sort of the head scratcher for me. Slay just isn't an upgrade for Benford, Tre, or Hairston at this point. 

 

They've invested a ton into Ingram who is a better athlete right now and can do a little bit of everything on the back end.

 

For Slay to have a major positive impact at this point in his career and the calendar we'd have to have a lot of things go wrong (injuries) and he'd have to start suddenly playing at a high level this year. Otherwise Ingram is the better roster fit.

[Einstein's Dog]

6 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

Yea that's a bad look for Beane. Was Ingram a critical piece? No. But did he provide some useful depth? Yep. Should you throw that away for a 34 year old? No.

I agree it's a bad look on Beane but not because Ingram > Slay - no, that is just crazy talk.  But it is bad because we lost Ingram.

 

But to Beane's credit you don't just let Slay move from toasted Pitt over to starting for a contender.  The Bills play Philly at least once more this season and Beane is not letting this happen.

[Charles Romes]

I liked the idea of Ingram playing because he’s a big corner and durable unlike most of our D. I wanted to see him out there hitting people in run support and challenging receivers in press coverage.  But he just never saw the field. That tells me he wasn’t reading the play within the scheme, out of position too often, or just lacks the skills to stay with any receiver. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

1 hour ago, Kelly to Allen said:

I still think he might change his mind in a few days 

Goin on that podcast really kinda seemed like a good acting job trying to get the bills to release him so he could immediately run to Philly haha. No shot we fall for that and maybe he isn’t ready to hang it up and comes crawling back.

 

 

[NoSaint]

8 hours ago, FireChans said:

 

Why has Ingram been on the roster then?

 

I reject this premise.

because rosters have roster fillers? 

[HappyDays]

33 minutes ago, Charles Romes said:

I liked the idea of Ingram playing because he’s a big corner and durable unlike most of our D. I wanted to see him out there hitting people in run support and challenging receivers in press coverage.  But he just never saw the field. That tells me he wasn’t reading the play within the scheme, out of position too often, or just lacks the skills to stay with any receiver. 

 

Ingram just wasn't very good. He got his most snaps against KC and at times looked completely lost in those snaps. He got a few snaps the following week against Miami and since then he's been inactive in every game. He wasn't very good in run support either. The long Bijan Robinson TD run happened in part because Ingram couldn't get any kind of leverage against his blocking WR to make Bijan slow his feet. I get that he's been in our system but to me Dane Jackson and Ingram are identical in terms of impact on the field. Hopefully we never have to find out what it looks like if 2 of Benford, White, and Hairston get injured.

[Mark Vader]

13 hours ago, Dr.Sack said:

Another epic fail by the Southern Avenger

You loved Jamarcus Ingram that much?

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

6 minutes ago, Mark Vader said:

You loved Jamarcus Ingram that much?

I don’t really understand why Houston signed him tbh haha I think when Lassiter comes back Ingram will get the boot probably  

[TheFunPolice]

1 minute ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

I don’t really understand why Houston signed him tbh haha I think when Lassiter comes back Ingram will get the boot probably  

 

To hurt the Bills, a rival in the conference. 

[MJS]

2 hours ago, Mango said:

 

That's sort of the head scratcher for me. Slay just isn't an upgrade for Benford, Tre, or Hairston at this point. 

 

They've invested a ton into Ingram who is a better athlete right now and can do a little bit of everything on the back end.

 

For Slay to have a major positive impact at this point in his career and the calendar we'd have to have a lot of things go wrong (injuries) and he'd have to start suddenly playing at a high level this year. Otherwise Ingram is the better roster fit.

Slay is clearly an upgrade over Ingram, who is a borderline practice squad player. And what did the Bills invest in Ingram? He was an undrafted free agent. He has been a practice squad and bottom of the roster player for a couple of years.

 

I'm not sure why anyone is getting worked up about him.

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

12 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

Beane's had a couple rough months here.

 

Not really!

 

It's just that there's a  contingent that want Beane and McD gone and think the team will be better if that happens.  Anytime they can find even the slightest thing to pile on and rip either of them, it's a feeding frenzy.  Like a couple people posted when was the last time Ingram played, but lets make this into a big deal!

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

14 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

 

To hurt the Bills, a rival in the conference. 

They’re taking up a roster spot and paying out some cash to pretty much imperceptibly hurt a single conference rival they might not even see in a game again?  I think we’re being a tad dramatic about this 😂

 

the discourse around this has been weird like I get everyone looks for every reason to hate beane but there’s plenty of valid ones already that people can stick to.  This feels like the convo is getting warped to maximize the beane hatred to me lol 

 

 

Edited just now by Generic_Bills_Fan