Bills Place Shawne Merriman, Keith Ellison On Injured Reserve

It was pure luck. In turning my basement into a family room I had to change over two-prongers to grounded, three-prong outlets. Was working on that this morning with my brother. We moved my old dryer upstairs, ate lunch, I sat down at my computer and BOOM! Cory Hepola and Jay Skurski tweet that Merriman goes to IR.

I also read you were at Thanksgiving dinner II but apparently that is later.

I’ve haven’t been on the computer since Web Rumblings published. It’s on the same circuit as my basement.

yeah that’s a rec!

Seriously. Not only that, but I’ve been thinking, “Please feel free to hire me to hit the practice field for 15 minutes and end my season with a pulled muscle.” I could do that for $1.73 million.

Dude made more in 15 minutes than i’ll ever make in my life.

do we even want him on the team? dude cannot stay healthy. steroids ruined him.

Has nothing to do with that.

DUN as a Bill. No chance he signs here even if he’s able to play.

The defense faced the Bengals and Lions in the past couple of week, two teams who won’t be in the playoffs this year. Call me when the Bills have put the brakes on a playoff contender. Baltimore put up 37 while the Bears scored 22. The vastly overrated Chiefs may well make the playoffs in the very weak AFC West (I kind of doubt it if the Chargers do their usual late season playoff run) and managed only 13. The Steelers are playoff bound and we’ll see if Buffalo can shut down their offense. After Sunday, only the Pats and Jets remain as playoff contenders for the defense to test itself against.

As to the second point, money changes everything. I kind of doubt that TO was telling friends how he hoped to sign in Buffalo in 2009 and, knowing that money changes everything, said he was open to re-signing with Buffalo in 2010.

They stay with the team and rehab at the team facility, go to meetings, etc.

However, I wouldn’t be surprised if they try to somehow resign him if think he can return to any possible form of what he was early in his career since he isn’t that old. What is nice here is that it is “our doctors” who can treat him or see the progress he is making (or lack there of) in order for the Bills to have the best knowledge of what to do with Merriman going forward. If for some reason that the injury is worse than what was reported and they just let him walk, I am going to guess that they probably are making the best decision. It isn’t like we have other OLB’s that are “tearing it up and we need to have on the field instead of Merriman”. I think Moats is trying hard and will probably good depth someday and Kelsay is a year or two from retirement or being replaced permanently. Maybin is on a very short leash and may find the door by next year if he doesn’t have a terrfic off-season.

There are three factors to compensatory picks. Salary, playing time and postseason honors. Merriman was cheap, didn’t play and well the last one is obvious.

It’s based on net loss of free agents. We’ll probably sign one free agent equal to the loss of Merriman and everyone else so I would bet we don’t get one.

Nobody knows what you’re talking about.

They just can’t play. In Merriman’s case he’ll be rehabbing in Poway, CA.

and yes…

depending on their dedication to the team, some travel for road games as well… On the other hand, many head for home once put on IR…. ALL of them however, are still under team rules, and more important, doctor care till their contract is up…

Makes me wonder aloud, if Buddy has something up his sleeve… Both Miami, and Tampa also claimed him when released… Our Docs cleared him, but now this… Hmmmmmm….

My love of this team wants me to think Buddy will resign Shawne on the cheap…. But…. If he leaves for good money in FA, we could get up to a third rd pick, for no skin lost….

Wonder if Buddy has ever traded in horses!!!????!!!!!

They can’t take the field in practice or in games.

Thanks for the reply’s I was wondering more for Easley and Batten not a total loss of a year for em.

No. That would be a bigger fleecing than the $1.7 mil. Unless I’m misinformed, a franchise tag will cost the Bills the average of the top 5 players at his position.

Even if healthy they’d have to pay him almost $10m.

If the team thinks he can recover, that is…

He’d probably blow out his knee walking into the office to sign the contract.

He’s done. Call him Sam Cowart the sequel, great start, never the same after injury.

9.6M was this year’s LB tag. Even if it exists in new CBA would you want to pay that?

I love that you have an Ellison jersey. I’m an Ellison supporter. Not too many bother to look at what he does well, and what has kept him here so long.

$10 Merriman jerseys coming up!

They never printed them, they were just trying to sell $300+ custom game days at the Bills Store.

I feel sorry for anyone who bought one, if anyone did.

looks like a possibility.

only as a support player, similar to Donald Jones’ role, not returner yet.