Bills grab Brohm off the practice squad

[imscott72]

per Bedard via Twitter..

[digitaldean]

Now I am really pissed off at Buffalo!

First they steal Craig Nall, now this!!!

Maybe Brohm will get things turned around in Buffalo. He definitely looked like a fish out of water here.

[Lurker64]

I was sadder to see them steal Jamon Meredith off the practice squad.

[Guiness]

lol - wow

We get no compensation for that, right? I wonder if Brohm even gave the Pack a chance to put him on the squad, and they didn't want to?

I know this isn't really related, but with the # of sacks Rodgers has taken, I'd feel a lot better if we were running with 3 QBs!

[Lurker64]

I know this isn't really related, but with the # of sacks Rodgers has taken, I'd feel a lot better if we were running with 3 QBs!

There's a lot of QBs on other people's practice squads we could sign to the roster spot vacated by Jake Allen: Brett Basanez, Richard Bartel, John David Booty, Ryan Durand, Hunter Cantwell, Rudy Carpenter, Rhett Bomar, and Andre Woodson. How many of these guys do you really feel worse about than Brohm?

[Partial]

Well this is dumb given that we had an open roster spot. Goodbye second round pick..

[imscott72]

Brohm wanted out..

Brohm declines Packers, signs with Bills
By Greg A. Bedard of the Journal Sentinel
Nov. 18, 2009 11:01 p.m.

Green Bay – Brian Brohm is no longer a member of the Green Bay Packers’ organization.

And this time that was his choice.

On the practice squad since being cut by the Packers at the final roster cutdown before the regular season, Brohm was signed Wednesday night by the Buffalo Bills to their active roster, a source said.

The Packers had an open roster spot after waiving wide receiver Jake Allen and attempted to retain Brohm by offering the same two-year deal as the Bills did. But in the end, the Packers’ second-round pick in 2008 thought it best to go to a team searching for a quarterback, not stay on one that has its long-term answer at the position in Aaron Rodgers.

Brohm also gets a chance to be reunited with Eric Wood, Brohm’s center when the two were at the University of Louisville together. Wood was the Bill’s second first-round pick in the ’09 draft.

Brohm is the second recent Packers’ draft pick to be plucked from the Packers’ practice squad by the Bills. Jamon Meredith, fifth-round pick this year, was signed by the Bills in September and started three games at right tackle.

[Lurker64]

Well this is dumb given that we had an open roster spot. Goodbye second round pick..

But, in an amusing bit of karmic balancing, we got about as much out of Brohm as the Browns got out of Corey Williams.

[red]

what an absolute waste

[Partial]

Knowing that it was his choice not to resign makes me not as irritated by this. Clearly they did open the JA spot for Brohm and he declined. Can't say that I blame him knowing that Rodgers is solid and Flynn has looked good too, but at the sametime it may have been to his benefit to spend another year with the Pack to go through QB school.

Is it Obiozor time? I recall hearing how good this guy looked all summer.

[Lurker64]

I think really we could do more to help this team with the roster spot vacated by Jake Allen than to put Brohm on this roster. It was pretty clear that Brohm wasn't going to magically vault Flynn on the depth chart any time soon and #3 QBs aren't particularly valuable, nor do they tend to contribute much to a team.

I'm disappointed that the second round pick was wasted, but when we first cut Brohm, I had no doubt that he'd jump ship as soon as a team came calling during the season.

[Smidgeon]

I know this isn't really related, but with the # of sacks Rodgers has taken, I'd feel a lot better if we were running with 3 QBs!

There's a lot of QBs on other people's practice squads we could sign to the roster spot vacated by Jake Allen: Brett Basanez, Richard Bartel, John David Booty, Ryan Durand, Hunter Cantwell, Rudy Carpenter, Rhett Bomar, and Andre Woodson. How many of these guys do you really feel worse about than Brohm?

What's the deal, Lurker? Where'd you get all your roster knowledge? Constant perusing of the web? Somewhere else?

[sheepshead]

what an absolute waste

He mine as well go.

[Waldo]

Not disappointed at all.

Brohm sucked.

$10 says we draft a QB in '10.

[Badgerinmaine]

I think really we could do more to help this team with the roster spot vacated by Jake Allen than to put Brohm on this roster. It was pretty clear that Brohm wasn't going to magically vault Flynn on the depth chart any time soon and #3 QBs aren't particularly valuable, nor do they tend to contribute much to a team.

I'm disappointed that the second round pick was wasted, but when we first cut Brohm, I had no doubt that he'd jump ship as soon as a team came calling during the season.

I agree. I think if you go back to when Brohm was drafted, most people thought he was drafted where people expected or even a little lower. He did a lot worse than expected; Flynn, taken very late in the same draft, has looked (in preseason games anyhow) a lot better than people expected. The way I look at it, I just pretend their draft positions were flopped, and then I feel a lot better.

Any why wouldn't he go? Not only is Buffalo unsettled at QB--I don't think many people think Ryan Fitzpatrick is their long-term answer, plus you have a new coach there who need not do what's been done before there. Only a catastrophe would have had him playing in Green Bay. Let's wish him luck and move on.