Aaron Maybin Released

Aaron Maybin was waived by the Bills today. They didn't even bother waiting until the first cut down day, August 30th. Instead, they cut ties with a guy who they've given every opportunity to play. The same guy who couldn't get any significant time on last year's putrid defense.

No doubt Maybin will be viewed as one of the biggest busts in Bills history because of his inability to even get on the field. He reported to camp at 228 pounds, his lightest weight to date. Buddy Nix made a conscious effort to make the Bills a bigger team on D and instead of prolonging the obvious, the Bills decided to cut their losses with Maybin today. He will count as 9 million against the cap. His rookie contract guaranteed him 15 million dollars. 15 million dollars.

This is a move that probably should have been done even sooner (just to further illustrate how bad Maybin is). Slowly but surely the Bills are shaping the team to Nix's vision. Whether that translates to a winner on the field is yet to be determined but guys like John McCargo and Aaron Maybin will not be missed by Bills fans. Somehow this team feels better already without Maybin on the roster.

In an unrelated bit, Ashton Youboty was signed by the Bucs today.

Antonio Coleman gets first team reps

From BuffaloBills.com:

Antonio Coleman has been seeing some reps here and there with the first team defense at their Jack linebacker position in place of Shawne Merriman, whose reps are being controlled. “I think it’s just good for me to be back off my injury and I’m 110 percent,” said Coleman. “(Chris) Kelsay and (Shawne) Merriman, those are our leaders, so whenever they’re out I just try to pick up the slack.”

Coleman has seen time at both the SAM and Jack linebacker positions on the outside thus far in camp.

MY TAKE: Coleman was a kid I kept a close eye on last year coming out of Auburn. He made the team when the odds were against him as an undrafted rookie. He was very productive in college and Buddy likes those big school guys who produced for several years in college. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets a good look this year at some point. He's got the football instinct that Aaron Maybin lacks.