Bills vs. Lions: Buffalo's Three-Man Defensive Line Battle

Jasper to the practice squad. He’s just too raw right now.

I’m guessing it is Heard, he’s been the most visible in the preseason. Though, I like Jasper’s story… hopefully he sticks on the PS and doesn’t get too bummed about it and gain back 100 pounds.

but like others have said above, Jasper would be such a feel good story and most likely never active.

and say that it will be Heard, with Jasper going to the PS.

He has been the most polished and would probably get the nod. I see Jasper on the PS. Guys that big and athletic are too rare not to give him a year to get better.

I have seen Jasper being pushed around when he is on the field. He is HUGE, but must be having a hard time with technique and leverage. We all wanted him to be a monster from the start, but I don’t think he’ll make the cut.

But I just can’t help but root for Jasper. I’m hoping he turns out to be Jason Peters type story, but doesn’t turn into a prima donna.

make the squad Jasper will be inactive most of the year but he makes it heard is the 4th de Buffalo sends chris white to ir to cover the extra spot

It has to be Heard.

The only question in my mind is will they try to keep Jasper on the 53. But if so, who do they give up? That’s a tough one.

he hasn’t shown he is the better of the three and he has prior experience in the league which is a big advantage
I love the idea of having a guy Jaspers size on the team, he could find his niche and have a great career, but if Heard has shown more potential to this point you have to give him the nod.

Heart and the mind cannot agree on this one. I really want to see Jasper make the 53 man roster. Too bad collective bargaining didn’t expand the roster to 55 or 56.

I am not concerned at all about Jasper leaving for anoher team as long as we PS him. I think he knows that this team of all out there gives him the best chance of honing his skills and comeing in next year and making a run at making the team. Name another team that has made more starteres out of undrafted and low drafted players in the last two years. I remember several times in the last year hearing people say things like Heard is just a camp body, or he is just a big body to fill space in the middle. Yet a year later and he is starting to develope into a whoping 346 LB DE. Jasper could do the same if he puts in the time this year on PS. I am still very high on Jasper, but this was not going to happen this year with the shortened offseason. Good luck to both of them!! I just dont know much about Dotson?

But they need to keep Jasper on roster
If they don’t some other team will fine room and Dotson has a spot its just not w/ BLO

Question about the PS: Do the Bills get a right of first refusal? Say we put Jasper on the PS, and the Patsies try to sign him. Do we automatically get to keep him if we promote him to our 53 man roster?

I genuinely don’t understand the Jasper infatuation. He has had a hard time with his technique against the late-gamers this preseason. It has to be Heard, who’s impressed at times against the 2s.

I can’t imagine a team grabbing him off the PS and putting him on their 53 man roster, so I’d rather Jasper head there than be on our final 53. If he gets added to another team’s roster, then good for him, that’d be fine with me.

He doesn’t seem to have any capability with his hands, letting the linemen get into his body and actually push (quite a push, granted) him back. He’s been moved 2-3 yards off the LOS in too many plays.

I have seem no penetration. No pocket collapse.

It’s not surprising. It take a lot more than size and power to play on the NFL level. He is standing still compared to the athletes surrounding him. At this point.

PS at best.

Vote goes to Heard. He’s actually effected the pocket on several plays and broken through up the middle a couple of times.

Both are immense human beings, the two biggest dudes on the team. Heard is in the 6’4’’ 350 range, while Jasper is around 6’5’’ and 390.

Both are raw talents that lack development. Kellen Heard signed at Miami, but never enrolled. He eventually wound up at Texas A&M, but just decided not to play for his senior year. He got picked up by Oakland as a UDFA before coming to Buffalo.

Jasper was supposed to go to Ole Miss, but wound up elsewhere when the coaching situation changed. He bounced from UT Martin to Middle Tennessee State before finally landing at Bethel.

The main distinction between the two is that Heard floated around because he was lazy, while Jasper sort of just got lost in the mix. Jasper seems to be the model worker, while Heard seems to be a lazy hangaround. That said, Heard’s play this preseason suggests that he may finally have found his inner fire. And Heard is undoubtedly very talented, just as Jasper is.

I’m rooting for Jasper, but I think Heard is the more likely pick right now. Hopefully Jasper becomes a force to reckon with by next camp.

I know that Kellen Heard has looked better. But look at the long term prospects of both players. Are we really ever going to get anything out of Heard besides a deep depth player? Face it, Heard is not going to be a starting defensive lineman for our team, or for any team according to most considerations. Jasper, while not as ready for the NFL right now, is a much more intriguing prospect with high upside. Jasper has the mark and some tools to one day be a major contributor for an NFL team. That’s all I care about.

If we can keep developmental offensive lineman around as a good long-term move, we can certainly do it with defensive lineman. That’s what we should do with Jasper, not give him up to the practice squad where he becomes vulnerable to being lost for good.