NFL Roster Cuts: Buffalo Bills Release Ed Wang, Per Report

by Brian Galliford on Sep 3, 2011 1:49 PM EDT in Buffalo Bills News

The Buffalo Bills won't be announcing their full list of NFL roster cuts until later this afternoon after their Saturday practice concludes. That doesn't mean we won't hear of cuts beforehand, and the first to go - per former ESPN AFC East blogger Tim Graham - is second-year offensive tackle Ed Wang.

Wang was Buffalo's fifth-round draft pick in 2010 out of Virginia Tech, but played very sparingly as a rookie after missing most of training camp and the early parts of the season with a thumb injury. He spent much of training camp this summer playing left tackle with the second unit, but was outshone in that capacity by 2011 fourth-round pick Chris Hairston.

Should this report come to fruition - again, it has not been confirmed by the team - you'd have to imagine that Wang will be a candidate for the practice squad, given the fact that he's a draft pick of the Buddy Nix and Chan Gailey regime. The 6'5", 312-pound lineman can play both tackle and guard, and the team may still see some upside in the 24-year-old.

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No problem with this

I like this for two reasons: a) I don’t think he’s that good, and b) OBD has some faith in Hairston’s potential.

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by stetzwebs on Sep 3, 2011 1:51 PM EDT reply actions

I didn't realize he was PS eligible.

Yeah id stick him there. I just dont trust him in the NFL yet.

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by bflo on Sep 3, 2011 1:52 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Hey, folks – a kind request. This is a 24-year-old kid who just had a dream crushed. For the sake of all that is holy, please keep the oh-so-clever punts on his last name to a dull roar.

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by Brian Galliford on Sep 3, 2011 1:52 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

And by “punts,” I of course mean “puns.”

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by Brian Galliford on Sep 3, 2011 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Theres 31 other NFL teams out there

His dreams aren’t quite crushed yet.

The player I would like least at #9 would be my sister’s cat, Captain Creamsicle. She does have a great work ethic and agility, but I’m really concerned that at 9 lbs., she’s too small to play safety in the NFL. She also bites way too often on play action and is easily distracted by someone waving string in the crowd. Lastly, her wonderlic score was pretty awful, answering "meow meow meow" for most of the questions- Dr. Brackish Okun

by mob16151 on Sep 3, 2011 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Ok my bad! Sorry for the fanshot about this :)

In other news, I walked past Wang on the concourse at the Bills/Jags game, didn’t realize how big he is, dang!

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by RIP058 on Sep 3, 2011 1:58 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

ANd if you feel bad for Wang

try being Felton Huggins. Theres a guy I feel bad for every freaking year.

by mob16151 on Sep 3, 2011 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions

If cutting him is right, I don’t want to be Wang.

by Pistol on Sep 3, 2011 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

That is a very classy move

& w/the lack of savages you have here it will probably work.

Keep up the good work.

"Alright Men, lets go out there, bust um in the chops & get somebody bloody. Keep working till you get it right. Take the W in battle & make the Bills Nation Proud."

by Blood, sweat & Win on Sep 3, 2011 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Good

He hasn’t shown enough yet to warrant taking up a roster spot.

by narcissist on Sep 3, 2011 1:54 PM EDT reply actions

Peace out Wang

He was likely the only guy on the roster to eat dinner with President of the US, though doesn’t make him a better Tackle

by badnewsBills on Sep 3, 2011 2:02 PM EDT reply actions

Damn...

There goes the official Ed Wang jersey I had

by joe r on Sep 3, 2011 2:03 PM EDT reply actions

Glad that Buddy Nix didn't feel obligated to keep him around

just cause he drafted him in the 5th round. If he can’t help the team now, or it doesn’t look like he can help the team in the next 2-3 years, no need to keep him around.

Now the use of a 5th round draft choice on such a “project” player is another story. But for today, I’ll give kudos for doing the right thing in the present.

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by StroudFanClub on Sep 3, 2011 2:05 PM EDT reply actions

If you think about it, the level of investment used to acquire Wang just 2 drafts ago

is very close to the draft pick received from Baltimore for Lee Evans. God I hope we make better use of that pick or I’ll be bummed.

"WHEN THE WAGON BLASTER TAKES OFF dont try to get in. THE SPACESES ARE LIMITED FOR WINNING ATTITUDE GODZILLA IS COMING GET READY" - abayarde

by StroudFanClub on Sep 3, 2011 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Of course, this thread now has an obligatory and depressing reference to Lee Evans. What’s the statute of limitations on these things? I haven’t read anything about Ngata yet this season, so I say 5 years? So much more to come.

I have low expectations. But high hopes.

by greysquirrel on Sep 3, 2011 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow that's tough. The Evans trade happend only like a month ago.

You’d think that trading away a guy who ranks 3rd all time in Buffalo Bills franchise history in many receiving categories while still in his prime would lead to stronger ties to the player….but maybe not in this what have you done for me lately" era.

•39 TD receptions rank third in team history
•5,356 receiving yards rank third in team history
•340 receptions ranks fourth in team history

"WHEN THE WAGON BLASTER TAKES OFF dont try to get in. THE SPACESES ARE LIMITED FOR WINNING ATTITUDE GODZILLA IS COMING GET READY" - abayarde

by StroudFanClub on Sep 3, 2011 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Sorry didn't mean to be 'tough'

I guess my point is this is about Ed Wang. If we can turn Ed Wang being cut into a further debate about Lee Evans (which I regret having done by responding), we are in for a long five years of discussing the Lee Evans trade.

I didn’t mean to suggest its an illegitmate view or a view that might not have any merit. I don’t think I said that! But it’s also a view we’ve expressed many times before and inevitably leads to unrelated sidebars that mire us in well-worn past disputes.

I have low expectations. But high hopes.

by greysquirrel on Sep 3, 2011 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Well said. Thank you.

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by sireric on Sep 3, 2011 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions

I get how it was easily misinterpreted, my initial post was too curt. Either way we move on…

I have low expectations. But high hopes.

by greysquirrel on Sep 3, 2011 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions

No worries, I get the frustration when things are brought up all the time.

All good. Like you said, moving on.

"WHEN THE WAGON BLASTER TAKES OFF dont try to get in. THE SPACESES ARE LIMITED FOR WINNING ATTITUDE GODZILLA IS COMING GET READY" - abayarde

by StroudFanClub on Sep 3, 2011 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions

I think that is a legit observation on SFC’s part.

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by sireric on Sep 3, 2011 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions

me too. We are all entitled to our opinion and, last I knew, free to express it.

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by fansince60 on Sep 3, 2011 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions

@StroudFanClub

Who would you have taken in the 5th round instead of Wang? Who, in your estimation, was so much better to draft? The 5th round, like any other round, is a crap shoot. He was a big o-lineman, from a big program, at a position where they needed players. Nothing wrong with picking him at all.

Can we all quit the revisionist history about the draft. Especially in the latter rounds. All you are taking there are players that need development. Unless they are a Mike Williams kind of player who had issues in college and fell in the draft because of it.

by phaze1 on Sep 3, 2011 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll have to get back to you on this

Don’t have the time right now to take a look…but I do remember thinking how long DE/DT Arthur Jones from Syracuse lasted in that draft….not sure if he was still available in the 5th, but if he was, I can 100% say, with no revisionist history, that I would have taken him. Think he’ll be a good one for Baltimore. But I’ll get back to you

"WHEN THE WAGON BLASTER TAKES OFF dont try to get in. THE SPACESES ARE LIMITED FOR WINNING ATTITUDE GODZILLA IS COMING GET READY" - abayarde

by StroudFanClub on Sep 3, 2011 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions

He had injury concerns

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by Kurupt on Sep 3, 2011 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Plus he played at Syracuse so we all know he sucked by association.

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by sireric on Sep 3, 2011 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions

I remember that draft that everyone wanted the Bills to take an OT real bad. Wang was the first O-lineman period the Bills took in that draft. Many were happy just to see one taken. That said of course, after waiting that long I am sure the Bills didn’t feel too obligated to take one.

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by sireric on Sep 3, 2011 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, I was def one of those people that wanted the Bills to take an OT pretty badly. In fact, I had high hopes for the Kyle Calloway pick! Just never really felt like Wang was ever really close to being productive for this team…and still remember people saying after he was drafted how they were surprised he went that high and that he was a project. I guess I can go sofar as to say I never really saw what the Bills liked in this guy. But, it’s not like I killed them over it, either.

"WHEN THE WAGON BLASTER TAKES OFF dont try to get in. THE SPACESES ARE LIMITED FOR WINNING ATTITUDE GODZILLA IS COMING GET READY" - abayarde

by StroudFanClub on Sep 3, 2011 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions

arthur jones just cut by the ravens

Calling anybody a "career Redskin" when Dan Snyder is the owner is laughable. That dude make moves like he's some kid trading football cards. -greenwood1921

by Gpluehri on Sep 3, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions

NFL.com doesn't list him being cut by Baltimore?

that would be surprising….by all indications he’s had a good camp

"WHEN THE WAGON BLASTER TAKES OFF dont try to get in. THE SPACESES ARE LIMITED FOR WINNING ATTITUDE GODZILLA IS COMING GET READY" - abayarde

by StroudFanClub on Sep 3, 2011 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Wish him the best...

as I will all the other cuts coming down the pike soon… He will hopefully go to the PS cause he obviously did make improvements this year, and could still grow into a decent tackle… Hairston is simply the better option now along with Levitre able to slide outside…

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by Cinga on Sep 3, 2011 2:07 PM EDT reply actions

Too bad,

kid still has potential.

Did he get many looks at guard?

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by billsoferie on Sep 3, 2011 2:09 PM EDT reply actions

Now a billion people in China are burning their Buffalo Bills Wang jersey!.....

Oh he might make the practice squad….oh shoot, put it out!

by Dareurush! on Sep 3, 2011 2:14 PM EDT reply actions

If a billion Chinese are burning their Wangs . . .

. .. they won’t be the most populous nation in the world much longer.

{Sorry, Brian}

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by go_buff on Sep 3, 2011 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Remember

Kyle Calloway, as buddy showed they can cut ties to their own draft picks & that was one most/all of us were pretty high on.

"Alright Men, lets go out there, bust um in the chops & get somebody bloody. Keep working till you get it right. Take the W in battle & make the Bills Nation Proud."

by Blood, sweat & Win on Sep 3, 2011 2:21 PM EDT reply actions

its a shame everybody my self included had hopes higher than what he was drafted

i still think he makes the PS and they move him to guard where he is best suited

Calling anybody a "career Redskin" when Dan Snyder is the owner is laughable. That dude make moves like he's some kid trading football cards. -greenwood1921

by Gpluehri on Sep 3, 2011 2:21 PM EDT reply actions

yep

if he’s eligible he should be on PS, his technique improved quite a bit. He will be able to play in 1-2 yrs but still feel he would be a better guard at this point. Always willing to be proved wrong best of luck to ed wang and all other roster cuts.

by billleve on Sep 3, 2011 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions

totally agree

although he seems a little tall for guard he is light for tackle. Hopefully we have him on the practice squad and he keeps adding muscle to get up to 320 or so. But i agree he seems best suited for guard, unless he has really long arms for someone 6’5".

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by tomcs on Sep 3, 2011 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I thought

I thought Wang made good progress this offseason. Definitely would place him on the PS.

by Coach Bob on Sep 3, 2011 4:15 PM EDT reply actions

I guess the Russ Brandon PR experiment has run it’s course.

by billskk69 on Sep 3, 2011 4:24 PM EDT reply actions

Never saw him as a RT and he looked absolutely lost at LT this pre-season.

All these rookies and 2nd year players are feeling the effect of the lockout unfortunately.

Not sure if the coaches see anything to build on with him considering he didn’t get any playing time against DET. I didn’t see him listed as inactive.

by lonestar_ak on Sep 3, 2011 5:01 PM EDT reply actions