{"id":40595,"date":"2018-03-20T12:54:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T16:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=40595"},"modified":"2018-03-20T12:54:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T16:54:03","slug":"buffalo-bills-re-sign-ramon-humber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/03\/20\/buffalo-bills-re-sign-ramon-humber\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo Bills Re-Sign Ramon Humber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A familiar face is coming back to hone his skills in Western New York this fall. On Tuesday, Morning, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buffalo Bills<\/a>\u00a0announced that they have re-signed linebacker, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HumbRa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ramon Humber.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#39;ve agreed to terms with LB Ramon Humber on a one-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6rkv3sXhsn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/6rkv3sXhsn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bDA1ym8AQN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/bDA1ym8AQN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuffaloBills\/status\/976096026330324997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As per <strong>Aaron Wilson<\/strong> of the Houston Chronicle, the breakdown of Humber&#8217;s contract is as such:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ramon Humber (Bills), $1.005M, $60K signing bonus, $915K salary, $30K workout bonus, minimum signing benefit<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AaronWilson_NFL\/status\/975970484117532672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Linebacker Ramon Humber Re-Signing With Buffalo Bills<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3>Humber&#8217;s Resume<\/h3>\n<p>The 30-year old is entering his eighth year in the NFL, after being an undrafted free-agent signee of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/colts\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> in 2009. This upcoming season will be the third for Humber in Buffalo. Much to the surprise of many Bills fans, Humber took ownership of the starting weakside linebacker role at the start of the 2017-18 season. His impressive training camp and preseason were contributing factors that led to the Bills\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalobills.com\/news\/article-1\/Bills-trade-Reggie-Ragland-to-Kansas-City\/a1705cb1-970d-4273-bc83-60f0043f1622\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trading\u00a0<strong>Reggie Ragland<\/strong><\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> prior to regular season commencement.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Humber played a total of 13 games overall, amassing 56 tackles, one sack and a forced fumble. He started the year playing exceedingly well but sustained a thumb injury during the team&#8217;s fourth game of seasons against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/falcons\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a media scrum following the game, Defensive coordinator, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/coaches\/FrazLe0.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leslie Frazier<\/a>, gave Humber and his hold on the starting WLB role a vote of confidence:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, hopefully, we\u2019ll get Ramon back soon,&#8221; Frazier said. &#8220;He has a pretty serious injury, when you do the damage that he did to his thumb, but Matt did a good job, but we\u2019d like to have Ramon back. Ramon\u2019s not going to lose his job because of injury. He was playing well for us prior to his injury, and we look forward to having him back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the season, Humber had played in 51.35 percent of defensive snaps and 21.97 percent of special teams snaps.<\/p>\n<h3>Where Humber Fits<\/h3>\n<p>As it stands now, Humber likely be slotted behind Milano as the team&#8217;s primary backup weakside linebacker.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"4Ulg-aoyRCdSTlwc9VPJtA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/894374844\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'4Ulg-aoyRCdSTlwc9VPJtA',sig:'8_BmfFIQMtJEK2RRWg_809BrslY-SUA2S3flam5v0Q0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'894374844',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramon Humber is re-joining the Buffalo Bills on a one-year deal, the team announced on Tuesday. 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