Buffalo Bills Roster Updates: Darby, Robey-Coleman, Harvin, Dareus & More
By Dennis Moody
Rex Ryan knows that the Buffalo Bills’ backs are up against the wall. That’s why the team made several updates to the lineup this week.
Bills head coach Rex Ryan was very blunt in a recent press conference. Based on his responses, it’s quite clear he knows the team is running out of playoff rope fast. In an attempt to shake things up on the team, the Bills cut a player, signed a new player, and are considering new starters at several positions on both offense and defense. According to New York Upstate, Ryan said:
"“We’re going to have competition in a lot of different spots this week and give guys opportunities to earn starting nods”"
Part of the problem is the team’s inability in coverage and plenty of the changes this week came in the secondary. The other problems according to Ryan are physicality and technique. According to ESPN he said:
"“I’m tired of mistakes and I think we’ve got to get better physically as well and if that’s through technique and all that, that’s what it’s going to be. I’m not here to make friends, man. I’m here to win.”"
Rex has had enough and he seems pretty angry. I don’t expect him to all the sudden become a disciplinarian like Bill Belichick or Tom Coughlin but he’s probably a little less tolerant for B.S. than he has been in the past. It’s a positive thing that Ryan knows there is little room left for error this season and I applaud him for trying to shake up the roster a bit.
Some of the names involved in that shakeup are Darby, Robey-Coleman, White, Seymour, Groy, Lewis, Henderson, Kouandjio and Mills. In addition to covering that we’ll also cover Percy Harvin and Marcell Dareus with updates on their status for Sunday and Duke Williams being cut and replaced with James Ihedigbo.