Bills send OG Kendall Simmons to IR
by Brian Galliford on Dec 18, 2009 9:55 AM EST
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PrintKendall Simmons made his first start at right guard for the Buffalo Bills on a November 29 win over the Miami Dolphins. Less than three full weeks later, his 2009 season is at an end, as the Bills on Friday placed Simmons on Injured Reserve.
Joe Klopfenstein, a tight end who is on and off of Buffalo's roster seemingly daily, was re-signed to fill out Buffalo's 53-man roster.
Buffalo has now lost five offensive linemen for the year since the team began its season back on September 14. That includes both original starting tackles, Demetrius Bell and Brad Butler, as well as starting right guard Eric Wood. Seth McKinney joins Simmons to round out the group.
Yes. Buffalo can literally field an entire starting offensive line with shelved players. Bell, McKinney, Wood, Simmons and Butler doesn't sound like a terrible line, either. We've certainly seen worse.
Richie Incognito, claimed by Buffalo off of waivers from St. Louis on Wednesday night, will now battle with - and likely beat out - Christian Gaddis for the right to start at right guard this Sunday against New England.
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Where can I get an audition for our line? I can turn-style with the best of them.
by Posluszny Pollocks on Dec 18, 2009 9:57 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Do you really want to get injured or something?
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 18, 2009 9:59 AM EST up reply actions
True – I would be on IR w/in 2 games. At least I’d get paid for doing nothing then!
by Posluszny Pollocks on Dec 18, 2009 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
well im kinda excited to see how Cogs does
I think he will go out there with a point to prove
"Hold ya chin up...nuh nuh nuh...gone" -Marshawn Lynch-
I hop so, because he does have something to prove. And as critical as I have been of him since we claimed him, I would still love for him to prove me wrong.
by CanadianBillsFan on Dec 19, 2009 11:20 PM EST up reply actions
Do you think Joe Klopfenstein just stays in a hotel room in Buffalo waiting for the call to see what his status is for that day. I picture him flying home every time he gets cut just to find out he has to fly back to buffalo as soon as he gets off the plane.
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
he'll be on IR next
due to injuries to his ears from pulling the jersey on and off so many times.
hahaha, he must have the most up and down life. Guy gets signed by an NFL team and fired every week.
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Klopfenstein
He must have been a worker down at the docks in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Jersey City during the Great Depression in his previous life. I can picture him showing up at 6AM every day in his tattered clothes looking for work only to be told he isn’t needed for the day. Its like that scene from the movie Cinderella Man.
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by Kurupt on Dec 18, 2009 12:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
damn good movie.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Dec 18, 2009 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
It’s gotta feel like substitute teaching.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 18, 2009 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
I wonder
If the dolphins were interested in him for similiar depth or just because of level of talent. I know they have had OL injuries, not sure of which positions though. Is this guy really a find or just the best available?
Excuses are a sign of weakness!!!!!!
I believe he’s a find if the team can rope him in.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 18, 2009 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
I am hopefull that he is a quick study.
Thanks for the reply, Big game for the Bills faithfulls / kool aid drinkers. This guy could become a house hold name in one game if he makes a difference. Alot to worry about though coming in during the week like this. What a story this season has been, although a sad one.
Excuses are a sign of weakness!!!!!!
Is his injury the same as what sidelined him in previous years?
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No. This is his shoulder, before it was a leg injury.
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Good, at least it shows he may be useable going forward.
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might not have a choice
"Hold ya chin up...nuh nuh nuh...gone" -Marshawn Lynch-
by billsoferie on Dec 18, 2009 11:42 AM EST up reply actions
He'll always have a choice.
He doesn’t have to play football. He spent quite a few weeks doing that this season.
by twoeightnine on Dec 18, 2009 11:46 AM EST up reply actions
yeah
team wise though
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by billsoferie on Dec 18, 2009 12:14 PM EST up reply actions
You know how the Discovery Channel has “Deadliest Catch?” The Bills O-Line needs its own reality show displaying the perils of being employed on our offensive line. “Trench Fodder”, or something like that. Anyone have a good name?
"ER" is taken
or “who’s line is it anyway?”
“Blood Sport”
“Crouching lineman, hidden surgeon”
Whose Line is it Anyway…. classic!
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 18, 2009 1:53 PM EST up reply actions
Jepardy?!
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by SERGEANT MAJOR THOR on Dec 18, 2009 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
Best thread of the week!
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by thefourwinds on Dec 18, 2009 11:05 PM EST up reply actions
Training camp should be interesting
with all the linemen coming off of IR, especially if they draft a tackle in the first round. What do you do if you have Wood, Hang, Levitre and Cogs in the middle? Demote Bell or Butler?
Can’t believe he’d be real expensive given his history, but who knows. Having Wood healed by camp next year isn’t a sure thing, so the Bills have motivation to sign him provided he gets along.
He’ll be a RFA if the new CBA isn’t approved. He could be had for like 1M assuming another team didn’t want to sign him to a big contract and give the Bills a draft pick.
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 18, 2009 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
It takes two to tango.
If he keeps it under control enough to warrant being brought then he’s going to have other suitors.
by twoeightnine on Dec 18, 2009 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
It's unbelievable
Yeah, McKinney is pretty much just a scrub but to lose the starting LT, starting RT, starting RG plus some guy the Bills signed off the street two weeks ago? I’d like to say that Buffalo couldn’t get hit with this kind of injury blitz again but then it just seems to keep happening.
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Hey man another week another player on IR.
by CanadianBillsFan on Dec 19, 2009 11:26 PM EST up reply actions
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