Bills Sign TE J.P. Foschi, Waive CB Destin And TE Matthews
by Brian Galliford on Aug 23, 2010 3:15 PM EDT
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PrintAaron Wilson of the Carroll County Times, citing sports agent Ralph Cindrich as his source, is reporting that the Buffalo Bills have agreed to terms with free agent tight end J.P. Foschi. The Bills have confirmed the move.
Foschi has spent time with five NFL teams since entering the league in 2004, most recently with Cincinnati, where he caught 27 passes for 260 yards and two scores just a year ago. The 6'3", 265-pound Foschi is a Georgia Tech alum, where he spent two years playing for Bills head coach Chan Gailey.
Prior to the signing, Buffalo had just one healthy tight end on the roster in first-teamer Jonathan Stupar. Derek Schouman is out 3-6 weeks with a right knee injury. Michael Matthews, another Georgia Tech alum, left practice Sunday night with an undisclosed injury. Shawn Nelson was suspended for the first four games of the season last week.
The Bills did not need to make a roster move to get Foschi on board, but did so anyway, parting ways with cornerback John Destin and the injured Matthews. Buffalo's roster now stands 77 deep.
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Foschi was mentioned by Chris Brown in his speculation this morning on the next Bills tight end:
The 28-year old is a better receiver than blocker. Good hands and short to intermediate route runner. Considered a wall off type blocker.
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by MattRichWarren on Aug 23, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Alternate headline: “Bills Sign TE With Blatantly Obvious Connection To Gailey, Folks”
by Brian Galliford on Aug 23, 2010 3:22 PM EDT reply actions 8 recs
Which is a good thing
I for one think signing a guy,who while not spectacular has been productive, and has a familiarity with the offensive minded head coach is a great idea. The less learning curve needed this late in the preseason the better.
by detricblackstone on Aug 23, 2010 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Rec’d!
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by thefourwinds on Aug 23, 2010 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
But is he a “known commodity”?
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by UZ on Aug 23, 2010 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions
You broke your eight word journalism title rule with the alt and the used title?.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Aug 24, 2010 5:09 AM EDT up reply actions
I did. Does I lose my never-granted stance as a “journalist”? I have a Master’s degree in music where I took a class on research and writing… taught by a music historian. I wrote a research article for the leading choral music magazine in the world. So yeah I can research, cite, and write but they never taught us headlines. LOL
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by MattRichWarren on Aug 25, 2010 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Meh, I break it all the time. So do a lot of our bloggers. But the shorter and more concise the headline, the better, and this is still not a bad headline. :)
by Brian Galliford on Aug 25, 2010 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Not great at either…. but yes.
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by MattRichWarren on Aug 23, 2010 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
So he's a dual threat guy
minus the threat. Just a dual.
by twoeightnine on Aug 23, 2010 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
…he’s more of a dull-threat guy
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by NorCal BillsFan on Aug 23, 2010 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
That could be anyone on our offense though!
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by UZ on Aug 23, 2010 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
2 TDs? He’s already more productive than the other TEs on the roster.
It can always get worse. Let me tell you how.
by Ron From NM on Aug 23, 2010 3:28 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
He's more productive than most of the WRs on the roster.
by twoeightnine on Aug 23, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Here’s some stuff from Cincy Jungle:
http://www.cincyjungle.com/2010/4/18/1429167/tight-end-j-p-foschi-has-a-good
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thanks
somewhat positive info,
sounds and looks like a bigger better D Fine
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Looks good
Check out the fan comments in the story Matt so kindly posted. One calls him the best TE that the Bengals had last year, and another refers to him as “a great run-blocker.” It appears that they let him go (he was an RFA who they did not tender) because they planned to go TE in the first round of the draft, and did (picking Jermaine Gresham).
Not bad
A pretty respectable signing for so late in the offseason…I expect he’ll make the team.
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I expect he’ll make the team.
Well who is his competition? a guy on the IR and a guy looking at a 4 game suspension? Not exactly picking next weeks lotto numbers here…..
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Well, if they picked up an absolute nothing, I still think he’d be training camp fodder as they waited for something better to come along. As it is, they actually got someone legitimate even this late in the offseason. I think did very well with this signing all things considered (like they did with Gaines in 2007).
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WKBW’s Jeff Russo reports Foschi is on the field for this afternoon’s practice. He’s wearing No. 82. Which is weird, because that’s Michael Matthews’ number.
by Brian Galliford on Aug 23, 2010 3:42 PM EDT reply actions
Uhh… what the heck does that mean then? I guess I should complain, as long as Reeds not in it :-)
But really… I wonder what that means in regards to Matthews…
Where else would you rather be?
It happens early in training camp a lot but now, not so much.
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by MattRichWarren on Aug 23, 2010 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
So youre saying its kind of odd hes wearing 82, right? I mean they did just sign him so maybe they just grabbed one of Matthews jerseys just so he had one for practice… but its still strange…
Where else would you rather be?
Oh it’s very odd.
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by MattRichWarren on Aug 23, 2010 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Mathews Waived
BB.com reporting Matthews was waived…Injury apparently was not minor.
Updated to reflect as such.
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by MattRichWarren on Aug 23, 2010 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Ramblin Wreck
He’s a Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech, and a hell of an engineer—
A helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva, hell of an engineer.
Like all the jolly good fellows, He drinks his whiskey clear.
He’s a Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an engineer.
If he shows anything expect Schouman to be place on IR or waived injured….
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a wreck
fits right in with the other TEs
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And they waived DB John Destin today, too. He’d been injured all camp.
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He was detined to be cut…
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by thefourwinds on Aug 23, 2010 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Ugh, tried to make a joke and mis-typed…
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by thefourwinds on Aug 23, 2010 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Failure runs in our blood........
its okay.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Aug 23, 2010 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah...
that hurt for no reason
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by NorCal BillsFan on Aug 23, 2010 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
HE WAS DETAINED!
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by UZ on Aug 23, 2010 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions
lots of cash to spend now
bills have so much cash in hand without to and schobel, cutting fitz
on the way most likely, they can take on some nice players getting let go
by other teams next two weeks….
look for linebackers, offensive lineman, and esp guys that might add
some special team juice to this roster….
buddy nix made a nice pick up today, most likely put a nice number on
the table, knowing there is competition for free agents about now……
i know Knix likes to build through the draft,
but they could make a few big moves in FA
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by billsoferie on Aug 23, 2010 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Holy Crap.......
We just waived TE Micheal Mathews…. What are we going to do at TE? We are back to 2. Stupar and always injured and now suspended Nelson
HOLY CRAP IS RIGHT
I guess thats why J.P. Foschi was wearing the #82 jersey,was Mathews that banged up that we had to waive him or what?
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by norcaliangelsfan on Aug 23, 2010 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
FAH-shee
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by MattRichWarren on Aug 23, 2010 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Fahzah........
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by norcaliangelsfan on Aug 23, 2010 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions
So does that make his fans Foschists? :)
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Changes…………….
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by norcaliangelsfan on Aug 23, 2010 6:04 PM EDT reply actions
Look at the bright side!!!!
we’re almost down to our 75 man limit for next week!!!!
The draft dawns a new year for Buffalo Bills fans, so let optimism reign supreme!!! After all, we are now, UNDEFEATED!!!!
IMO, he's a better all-around player...
not by much, but at least he won’t get caught from behind by a glacier…wow was Matthews slow.
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by NorCal BillsFan on Aug 23, 2010 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
at least he won’t get caught from behind by a glacier
I have to remember that one…
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by thefourwinds on Aug 23, 2010 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Lots of open roster slots and LB Chris Draft was just let go by Washington…
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by Ron From NM on Aug 23, 2010 7:17 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
No thanks...
He played okay for us, but I want to got after Sylvester on Pitt
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by NorCal BillsFan on Aug 23, 2010 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
If only they drafted my cousin, Nate Byham.
Because then i’d have the opportunity to actually root for him on the field, playing as a Bill. Now he’s stuck behind Davis. This is quite crazy, the TE plague going on there.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Aug 23, 2010 8:51 PM EDT reply actions
I am very glad
Michaels was cut over Schouman.
Still holding out for Schouman making the roster lol.
Might want to hold out on him healing fully first!
Is it hockey season yet?
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by UZ on Aug 23, 2010 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
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