Bills sign Derek Anderson

[Mr. Scot]

I had previously figured that if anything happened to Cam Newton, we'd reach out to Anderson rather than rolling with Taylor Heinicke.

That's not an option now.

[IceWhiteice]

Anderson been through in my opinion. He has been bad for a while. I’m glad he’s not here anymore and giving a young guy a chance.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, IceWhiteice said:

Anderson been through in my opinion. He has been bad for a while. I’m glad he’s not here anymore and giving a young guy a chance.

I'd agree with that.

To be clear, I say that's what I think we would have done. Not necessarily what I think we should have done.

Hopefully, it's not a situation that arises either way.

[Little Goody Two Shoes]

26 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I had previously figured that if anything happened to Cam Newton, we'd reach out to Anderson rather than rolling with Taylor Heinicke.

That's not an option now.

I had thought that too and it may be correct. I also figured that in addition to his decline, maybe the staff decided to make a clean break since we had a new OC and largely new WR group. If you have to teach somebody a bunch of new stuff, might as well be somebody who can be here for a while. Heinicke being with Norv in Minnesota, knows this offense better than DA.

[PhillyB]

I heard he throws a more catchable ball

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

he looked like he had absolutely nothing left the last time he got into an actual game

[RumHam]

good teacher for Allen.

[Palmetto]

[BrianS]

Don't think he has anything left in the tank, but good for him getting an opportunity, he was a good dude while he was here.

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

The Carolina Bills pick up another former player.

This is my shockfaced.

[Panthers4real]

I heard McDermott has been seen hanging out outside the Panthers locker room giving out business cards that say, "if you're cut, just call sean"

[Ricky Spanish]

Good for him.

Can't hate on the guy. Solid backup for about 5 of his 7 years here. 

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, PhillyB said:

I heard he throws a more catchable ball

To be honest, he probably does. Receivers would tell you it's not that tough to catch a pass from a guy like Peyton Manning. On the flipside, being on the other end of a pass from a guy like Brett Favre is a lot like trying to catch a cannonball.

All that said, the problem with Anderson over the last few years was that he threw a lot more interceptable ball. And the ones he threw to our own team might have been more "catchable", but they'd have to have been in the general vicinity of the receiver for us to be able to prove that.

[Bartin]

Good signing. They need a mentor for Allen and he did a great job with Cam. Don't think they really care much about his ability to actually play QB in a game. He has clearly lost it in that capacity.