What was the biggest surprise cut of last weekend?
by Macktruck on Sep 8, 2010 12:37 PM EDT
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A week ago many of us were trying to predict the big surprise cut of 2010. All sorts of predictions were made, including Chris Kelsay and Marshawn Lynch, who of course are both still on the roster. Now that cut-down weekend has come and gone, it's time to look back and decide who in fact was the big surprise and what it tells us about Chan Gailey and the new coaching staff.
My answer would be Levi Brown. Probably a majority of Bills fans believed he was a lock for the 53-man roster. The rest, including myself, saw him getting cut and then landing immediately on the PS. Everyone was concerned about whether he could clear waivers, on the assumption that Nix and Gailey were determined to hold on to him for developmental purposes. After all, he was "their guy," the only QB they had actually chosen. It seemed obvious that they had a lot invested in him.
Now Levi is Bills history --and pretty shocked about it himself to judge from his recent Tweet. The PS is full and he is not on it. What can we learn from this? That Gailey is completely nonsentmental and very much able to put aside his own ego. He makes his decisions based on a fairly cold-blooded calculation of what will enable his team to succeed. Levi didn't show him enough and Brian Brohm did. Out with Levi and there is Brohm as the #3 QB. As Gailey says, it's a tough game for tough people, and we are discovered that he can be plenty tough when he has to be.
Any other thoughts on surprise cuts and what they mean?
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Naaman Roosevelt
Just kidding, Joique Bell getting cut was a big surprise to me i thought he played his way onto the team but I guess not
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Joique Bell was a numbers fatality for the active roster. His talent, while good, wasn’t at a level above any of the other guys ahead of him.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Sep 9, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
In Hind Sight, he never stood a chance.
Very little practice reps, very little preseason action, one could think that Chan was hiding him from the league. The other three were in a dog fight and Levi was left standing on the side watching. I wonder if that was his downfall. I still feel this was the right direction to go. Brian Brohm really needs this season to make a statement to Chan and Buddy. Edwards needs to go out and produce. Fitzpatrick needs to practice like he is starting. Injuries happen to all teams not just ours. I don’t see anyone tripping over themselves getting to Levi, maybe this is what Chan wanted from the beginning.
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Bell was a casualty of a deep RB corps. No real surprises. Although if you ask Levi, he’d say he was surprised!
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But would you have predicted a week ago that Levi would be cut and not even put on the PS? If you were, my impression is that you belong to a tiny minority of Bills fans in that respect. I distinctly recall Brian putting him on his predicted final roster and very few people dissenting from it.
No
I would’ve predicted PS for Brown, I didn’t see him beating out Brohm like so many others. I think Nix had a hand in signing Brohm so figured he’d make squad, giving him time to develop…
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by buffalobacker on Sep 8, 2010 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Levi def was.
I was surprised that they didn’t give him a better chance and keep him somewhere. The move basically means that if TE fails, then we WILL have a new QB early in the draft.
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Bell will be back, if another team doesn't grab him
He is an ideal possible replacement for Jackson (due to age-related wear or injury) or Lynch (legal trouble, lack of heart or production).
If another team tried to poach Bell from our PS would you match their offer in an attempt to keep him?
I would. Bell looks great, and he wouldnt cost a lot of money
FYI. I think that Levi was the weekends biggest surprise.
Donald Jones over Chad Jackson.
Not that its all that significant who our 5th WR is.
by Leo Crow on Sep 8, 2010 4:16 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I tend to agree with you here. I didn’t see much out of Jones as a receiver. I saw plenty of drops, actually. I don’t know why they parted ways with Jackson, outside of him not contributing on ST the way they might have wanted.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Sep 9, 2010 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Im gonna say.......
Kyle Calloway…….only because I was thinking he would be a starter before the year is out.
Whoopsie.
Haha.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Sep 8, 2010 4:46 PM EDT reply actions
I thought Calloway was the future RG
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Chad Jackson,
he looked like his hands were on and was being targeted often in pre season.
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Levi did surprise me
We all were led to believe the kid was safe, because we were told that “he was (their) guy all along.” We hear positive things about him, all the while never seeing much of him on the field. I have to wonder if everything they said was just lip service to throw people off from the start.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Sep 9, 2010 10:35 AM EDT reply actions
Mark my words
I’m predicting Levi is on the PS by mid-season. I think the Bills hands were forced by injuries in some positions, and lack of roster-quality depth in others. They might bring him back after the start of the season after injuries occur. Particularly if one of those injuries is to a QB.
by Denver's Buffalo Fan on Sep 9, 2010 9:39 PM EDT reply actions
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