Bill sign TE Robert Royal (1 Viewer)

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Bills | Royal agrees to a five-year dealSat, 11 Mar 2006 13:06:54 -0800Adam Schefter, of the NFL Network, reports the Buffalo Bills have reached agreement with free agent TE Robert Royal (Redskins) on five-year, $10 million deal that includes a $2.5 million signing bonus.

I don't know anything about this guy. Good blocker?

 

[GroveDiesel]

Bills | Royal agrees to a five-year deal

Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:06:54 -0800

Adam Schefter, of the NFL Network, reports the Buffalo Bills have reached agreement with free agent TE Robert Royal (Redskins) on five-year, $10 million deal that includes a $2.5 million signing bonus.

I don't know anything about this guy. Good blocker?

$2.5M signing bonus for Royal? I would assume that that $10M is heavily backloaded. I've never even heard of the guy before today. Seems like a lot of money for this guy...

 

[diesel7982]

Bills | Royal agrees to a five-year deal

Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:06:54 -0800

Adam Schefter, of the NFL Network, reports the Buffalo Bills have reached agreement with free agent TE Robert Royal (Redskins) on five-year, $10 million deal that includes a $2.5 million signing bonus.

I don't know anything about this guy. Good blocker?

$2.5M signing bonus for Royal? I would assume that that $10M is heavily backloaded. I've never even heard of the guy before today. Seems like a lot of money for this guy...

If youve never heard of him, why do you feel qualified to say thats alot of money for him?Aaron,

Hes a decent TE, better blocker than reciever. Kind of surprising theyd give him this much money this early, but I wouldnt necessarily say they overpaid.

 

[zamboni]

Royal seemed to be more of a pure TE than the H-back Cooley.

I'm wondering what this means for Cooley with a new offensive scheme under Saunders.

 

[pablito]

Bills | Royal agrees to a five-year deal

Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:06:54 -0800

Adam Schefter, of the NFL Network, reports the Buffalo Bills have reached agreement with free agent TE Robert Royal (Redskins) on five-year, $10 million deal that includes a $2.5 million signing bonus.

I don't know anything about this guy. Good blocker?

He cost the Skins a few times this year with his hands of stone. Not a very good receiving TE IMHO.

 

[MSULions]

So much for Campbell being the answer....didn't they release him? seems like a big payday for a back-up TE to me

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

So much for Campbell being the answer....didn't they release him? seems like a big payday for a back-up TE to me

Campbell was released...who said he would be the answer? They spent a 4th and 3rd round pick on Tim Euhus and Kevin Everett in the past two drafts.I agree this seems like overpaying. The only way it makes much sense to me is if they think he's a stud blocking TE.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

TE Robert Royal

6-4 | 260 | 4 Years | 2005: Washington

CAREER NOTES

Royal was selected in the fifth round (160th overall) by the Redskins in the 2002 NFL Draft. 2005: Royal played in 15 games, starting 14, for the Redskins last season. He recorded a career-high 18 receptions for 131 yards and one touchdown. Royal also played in both of the Redskins' playoff games, logging three receptions for three yards. In Week 2 at Dallas, he recorded three catches for 19 yards. He logged two catches for 11 yards and one touchdown in Week 4 vs. Seattle. In Week 13 at St. Louis, Royal produced a career-high four receptions for 40 yards. 2004: Royal emerged as a red-zone threat in the Redskins' offense, hauling in four touchdown catches late in the season. He played in 14 games, starting nine, and caught eight passes for 70 yards, with a long of 23 yards. Royal earned his first start of the season in Week 8 vs. Green Bay and caught one pass for 23 yards. In Week 13 vs. New York Giants, Royal caught his first NFL touchdown, an 8-yard pass from Patrick Ramsey. In Week 15 at San Francisco, Royal caught a 12-yard touchdown pass from Patrick Ramsey in the first quarter. He caught a touchdown pass in Week 16 at Dallas, this time on a five-yard pass from Patrick Ramsey. In the season finale against Minnesota, Royal caught a four-yard TD pass from Patrick Ramsey. It was the third consecutive game that Royal had caught a TD pass. 2003: Royal started six games and caught five passes for 48 yards and also served on special teams units. His season was cut short due to an injury suffered against Tampa Bay (10/12) and was placed on injured reserve on 10/14. 2002: He spent the season on IR after suffering a season-ending high left ankle sprain against New England (8/29) during the preseason. He was placed on injured reserve September 1, 2002 and spent the entire season rehabbing the ankle.

COLLEGE:

Royal finished his college career at LSU with 59 receptions for 707 yards (12.0 avg) and seven touchdowns while starting 24 of 42 games. Royal's career reception and yardage totals rank third in LSU history among tight ends, while his TD total of seven ranks second. As a senior, he was an All-SEC first-team selection and earned second-team honors from the Associated Press. He also received the Eric Andolsek Leadership Award for his performance and was one of three team captains for LSU. In the SEC Championship against Tennessee, Royal caught 2 passes for 17 yards. He hauled in two catches for 15 yards and a seven-yard touchdown in the Sugar Bowl against Illinois. Royal tallied 80 tackles and five sacks at defensive end his senior year at Karr (New Orleans, LA) High. Primarily a blocker, he also posted nine catches for 177 yards, an average of 19.7 yards per catch during his senior season. He cites his role model as his grandmother, Shirley Jackson. He was also a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity and his cousin, Donald Royal played in the NBA. He graduated from LSU in August 2001 with a degree in kinesiology, and is a native of New Orleans, LA. Royal also has a daughter, Skky.

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=3635

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Royal caught just 18 passes and had a severe case of the dropsies at times. Both by design and because of his hands, he seemed to be the fifth of five options on most pass plays. However, he constantly drew praise from Gibbs and company for his blocking and attitude and the team will try to retain him.

http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=71&p=8&c=1&nid=1820597

 

[nittanylion]

Royal seemed to be more of a pure *OT* than the H-back Cooley.

I'm wondering what this means for Cooley with a new offensive scheme under Saunders.

Fixed Very inconsistant receiver, but possesses raw skills in that regard. Bills would be advised to assign him a personal JUGGS Machine as his roommate come training camp time, if they expect to get anything out of him in that phase of the game. My guess is this is a fine-tuning move by the Bills as he's a younger version of what they already have there, and certainly has potential for positive development. I'd imagine that contract is both incentive-laden, and back-loaded.

As for Cooley's prospects:

Should the 'skins sign (gasp) BOTH Randle El and trade for Lloyd, expect Cooley to have an amazing amount of of space to work with in his patterns...my own questions arise about there being enough balls to go around in that scenario, though. I'd speculate there would be an open competition in training camp between Lloyd and R.E. for the rights to the #2 spot, with the team hoping Lloyd would establish himself there, and R.E. eliminating any need for Santana to return punts, while providing a big play spark to specialized offensive sets.

Say we add both Lloyd and R.E., and retain Patten, and possibly re-sign Thrash for peanuts; even when you include Portis and Sellers into the pass catching mix, Cooley remains the only target with any size whatsoever. Combined with his consistency, I feel pretty good about saying he's going to be the #1 option in the Red Zone passing game, so in a 'productivity per touches' sense, and where you can get him in a draft, he continues to be the best of the Redskins pass catchers to draft...

 

[MSULions]

So much for Campbell being the answer....didn't they release him? seems like a big payday for a back-up TE to me

Campbell was released...who said he would be the answer? They spent a 4th and 3rd round pick on Tim Euhus and Kevin Everett in the past two drafts.I agree this seems like overpaying. The only way it makes much sense to me is if they think he's a stud blocking TE.

A lot of people pegged him as a breakout sleeper last year - remember the talk of his bet with Losman over the number of catches expected of him? Never materialized....that's all I was saying.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

A lot of people pegged him as a breakout sleeper last year - remember the talk of his bet with Losman over the number of catches expected of him? Never materialized....that's all I was saying.

wow...I don't remember any of that.

 

[buster c]

I think most Skin fans will recall the game last year in which he dropped EVERY ONE of the 5 balls directed his way - I do not recall the opponent. in fairness, he did bounce back the following week with a decent game. but wtf is buffalo thinking??

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

this is likely a backloaded deal and probably won't be nearly as expensive as it seems. something like $5.5 million over 3 years would be my guess.

 

[buster c]

this is likely a backloaded deal and probably won't be nearly as expensive as it seems. something like $5.5 million over 3 years would be my guess.

then they only overpaid him by $2.5m, minimum

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

this is likely a backloaded deal and probably won't be nearly as expensive as it seems. something like $5.5 million over 3 years would be my guess.

then they only overpaid him by $2.5m, minimum

wouldn't really surprise me. Marv is new at this whole GM thing.

 

[OldMilwaukee]

Not a true recieving TE. Very much like Peters could switch to LT while Royal moves into the RT spot.

It could happen!!

 

[GroveDiesel]

Bills | Royal agrees to a five-year deal

Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:06:54 -0800

Adam Schefter, of the NFL Network, reports the Buffalo Bills have reached agreement with free agent TE Robert Royal (Redskins) on five-year, $10 million deal that includes a $2.5 million signing bonus.

I don't know anything about this guy. Good blocker?

$2.5M signing bonus for Royal? I would assume that that $10M is heavily backloaded. I've never even heard of the guy before today. Seems like a lot of money for this guy...

If youve never heard of him, why do you feel qualified to say thats alot of money for him?Aaron,

Hes a decent TE, better blocker than reciever. Kind of surprising theyd give him this much money this early, but I wouldnt necessarily say they overpaid.

Well, I'm no GM so obviously I'm not qualified. But I'm a pretty avid football fan. Being in the Philly area I saw probably 4 or 5 Redskins games during the season and I don't ever remember his name even coming up. I assume it did, but obviously the guy didn't do anything to make an impact at all on me. Judging from his stats it's not hard to see why I haven't heard of him. If a team signed a 3 year practice squad player to a $20M contract I suppose I couldn't surmise that it was probably too much money for him either?

 

[Buckeyedawgs]

this one puzzels me with all that TE talent in the rookie pool this year.

Hardly any passing game what so ever and what do they do..... bring in another blocking TE.

What they really need is a solid receiver to go with Evans. Then maybe Losman has a chance to survive. Moulds isn't happy and wants out. The WR talent this year is thin both rookie and free agent. McGhee will never have any room to run if they don't up grade the passing game regardless who is blocking!

 

[raidergil]

After drafting TEs like Euhus & Everett the past few yrs, I have no idea why this would be a priority. Wouldn't any extra $$ be better spent on OLs like Hopkins etc?

 

[Bri]

Royal seemed to be more of a pure TE than the H-back Cooley.

you do know that those were their positions right?

 

[-OZ-]

basically a 6th lineman to help take pressure off Losman, give him time to find Evans, and maybe help McGahee.

Seems like a bit of cash, but they desperately needed to help the blocking scheme.

 

[Bri]

His brother or somesuch is Donald Royal of NBA. He quietly did alot for NOLA folks which would make me guess he's a good guy. Maybe they wanted to sprinkle in a good character?

 

[zamboni]

Royal seemed to be more of a pure TE than the H-back Cooley.

you do know that those were their positions right?

Yeah, I know. I guess I should have phrased it differently. I'm not sure if Saunders will continue to use the H-back like Gibbs did, so I'm wondering if Cooley will become more of a true TE.

 

[Bri]

Royal seemed to be more of a pure TE than the H-back Cooley.

you do know that those were their positions right?

Yeah, I know. I guess I should have phrased it differently. I'm not sure if Saunders will continue to use the H-back like Gibbs did, so I'm wondering if Cooley will become more of a true TE.

I think he will but just a gut thing. He and Gibbs are "cut from the same cloth" so he can walk in and know Gibbs' O pretty well. The TD production they got out of the H-back role is very high. I don't see why they'd change that

 

[KTM]

basically a 6th lineman to help take pressure off Losman, give him time to find Evans, and maybe help McGahee.

Seems like a bit of cash, but they desperately needed to help the blocking scheme.

That's what I was thinking too...I'm holding out hope that Everett has recovered nicely and will surprise a few people.

 

[AB in DC]

Move McGahee up the rankings a little. Good blocker, completely undraftable ff-wise.

 

[Bri]

Royal's signing was somewhat unexpected since the Bills are high on second-year man Kevin Everett. However, Everett is coming off ACL surgery and isn't a proven blocker. At 6-5, 257 pounds, Royal is, and the Bills feel he has great potential to develop as a receiver as well.

Royal, who started 29 games for Washington, has 31 career receptions for 249 yards and five touchdowns, four coming during the 2004 season.

"We believe that he will be a key player in our receiving attack, and he is also a tremendous blocking tight end," said Levy, adding he thinks Royal is "on the rise."

 

[Sopranos]

IMO he is an OK option. Not much in the open field but is a good redzone guy. solid blocker. As TE's go it is alot of money,but Washington had Cooley and M Sellers,so really Royal never had a chance to be the guy.

 

[OldMilwaukee]

Could some one school me?

What was the K-gun that Marve ran in Buffalo before?

 

[Bri]

shotgun offense

 

[Cannon Fodder]

Kelly made it the K-gun.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Could some one school me?

What was the K-gun that Marve ran in Buffalo before?

K-gun was a formation with 3 WRs, 1 TE, and 1 RB. It was generally run with no huddle and from the shotgun formation.It was not named after Jim Kelly, as many people mistakenly believe, but rather TE Keith McKellar. McKellar was an excellent all around TE whose versatility made it difficult for defenses to defend this formation. He could be kept in to block for running plays, while also having enough speed to line up as a 4th WR.

 

[redman]

Could some one school me? 

What was the K-gun that Marve ran in Buffalo before?

K-gun was a formation with 3 WRs, 1 TE, and 1 RB. It was generally run with no huddle and from the shotgun formation.It was not named after Jim Kelly, as many people mistakenly believe, but rather TE Keith McKellar. McKellar was an excellent all around TE whose versatility made it difficult for defenses to defend this formation. He could be kept in to block for running plays, while also having enough speed to line up as a 4th WR.

Are people of the belief that the K-gun is going to return to Buffalo? Even if it does, I don't remember the TE being a particularly productive position in that offense. I'm with other 'Skins fans on this one. I liked Royal, he was a good role player who worked hard and didn't distract. His receiving skills, particularly his hands, are mediocre. He was a guy the ("free-spending") 'Skins wanted back but if they didn't think that he was worth the money, what does that say about the signing for Buffalo?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Could some one school me? 

What was the K-gun that Marve ran in Buffalo before?

K-gun was a formation with 3 WRs, 1 TE, and 1 RB. It was generally run with no huddle and from the shotgun formation.It was not named after Jim Kelly, as many people mistakenly believe, but rather TE Keith McKellar. McKellar was an excellent all around TE whose versatility made it difficult for defenses to defend this formation. He could be kept in to block for running plays, while also having enough speed to line up as a 4th WR.

Are people of the belief that the K-gun is going to return to Buffalo? Even if it does, I don't remember the TE being a particularly productive position in that offense. I'm with other 'Skins fans on this one. I liked Royal, he was a good role player who worked hard and didn't distract. His receiving skills, particularly his hands, are mediocre. He was a guy the ("free-spending") 'Skins wanted back but if they didn't think that he was worth the money, what does that say about the signing for Buffalo?

I have no idea why the question was posed, but without Jim Kelly and Ted Marchibroda and a RB like Thurman Thomas in place, I don't think we'll see anything remotely close to that this year in Buffalo. Defenses eventually caught up with it anyway.As for Royal, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. At a minimum, the Bills apparently think he can provide an upgrade from Mark Campbell. His contract isn't outrageous and they had plenty of cap room to fit it in. He probably won't do too much, but I don't think this signing is going to hurt them. Adding competition at one of the weakest spots on the team can't be a bad thing.