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Glad I was wrong.
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Thank you for the common sense. If they are offering him 6 million a year, why send the mixed message that he is worth 9 million a year. The reality is that the franchise tag on receivers will be significantly more than that. Also, Johnson's camp needs to be wary of the situation Whitner found himself in by overestimating his market value at the time versus what the Bills offered him.
I don't think Johnson and Whitner are at all comparable. Whitner was an average player coming off a big contract probably looking for a raise. Johnson has outplayed his current deal and won't have any trouble getting a big raise somewhere.
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Well the Bills were going to talk to Stevie's agent at the combine, maybe they are close to a deal and they needed this restructuring to fit the contract into their cap this year.
:notlikely:
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19(?) players had 1000 yards this year: you might he overrating that benchmark.
Maybe but the Bills haven't had a receiver with back to back 1000 yard receiving years since...ever. Which doesn't mean that there haven't been better receivers here but I'm also not acting like that's easily replaced. And how many of those 19 1000 yard receivers are UFAs this year? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I count 5 (Wallace, Welker, Colston, V.Jackson, Johnson). http://www.kffl.com/static/nfl/features/freeagents/fa.php?option=WR&y=2012
And of those 5 Johnson is the youngest at 25.
Wallace is a RFA.
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Who is gonna pay huge money to a guy who's known as much if not more for his antics than his on-field play? Bills know him best. Hard to think a team that doesn't know him as well is gonna take that chance. The guy made the league minimum his 1st 4 years. Doubt he's gonna turn down $9 million to hold out and hope someone gives up draft compensation and a lucrative long-term contract.
I think you underestimate his worth on the open market. He has put up solid numbers the last few years -- 82 and 76 yards receiving the last two years, back to back 1000 yards receiving, and 17 TDs? For this team? He proved he can do more than compete with the best DBs in the game. Somebody will pay him. Probably a lot or at least more than the Bills would be willing to spend. And everything he's said about dropping the celebrations, getting rid of his online t-shirt sales, etc. has been to sell the idea that he will be a more mature player wherever he ends up.
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Stevie has repeatedly and publicly stated he wants to remain in Buffalo. Chan and Nix have said that Stevie is a guy they want to have on their team. What makes you think he won't be back?
What other teams with notable free agents have resigned them to new contracts already?
I just think they waited too long. At this point he knows he is going to get paid no matter where he goes. He is about to get his first big contract of his career and he'll have the ability to pick where he wants to play. As a 7th round pick and former practice squad player I think that's huge. He has had a chance to think about being able to play for another team (maybe a team that has made the playoffs during his adult life). I get that there haven't been a ton of players being re-signed by their teams recently but I just feel like the time to re-sign Johnson passed a long time ago. I like Johnson but I don't think he's any more loyal than any other professional athlete and I think if he gets the opportunity to go he'll take it without looking back and would be justified in doing it.
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Two words for ya. FRANCHISE TAG.
Maybe. If they wanted to pay him that much wouldn't they have already worked out a deal? If they tag him it will be to trade him. Either way I doubt he plays another game for the Bills. Maybe I'm wrong.
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Stevie is as good as gone. If it isn't San Francisco it will be another team. It won't be Buffalo.
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I'm assuming you meant Moats and Batten. In what way would it be a good thing for them? Seems to me that they're position-less in a 43, don't have the necessary skill sets for either DE or OLB. Defiantly not on an every down basis. Perhaps Moats could stick as a pass rush specialist.
Wasn't Moats a 4-3 DE in College?
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I think if Johnson was going to be re-signed by the Bills it would have happened already. Very rare that players re-sign with their same team once free agency starts. Sucks but I think he's gone.
Agreed. They could have signed him anytime during the year. If I were him I'd probably already be thinking about seeing where else I can go.
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Sanders & Catavolos are damn good coaches!! They s/b retained.
So many seem to be on Catavolos. The DB's aren't the problem. Covering receivers for 5 minutes is. There is no pass rush - take care of that and the DBs/Catavolos will look like all-pros / a genius.
My problem with the DBs was that so often they were right on a WR but when the ball came they never turned around to look for it and were either beaten or took a PI penalty. It wasn't just one or two guys either.
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I thought during the season the DB coach should be fired. I hope there is a change there.
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I don't think Lynch was a bust. He'll be an NFL running back for a while. His days here were numbered after the hit and run.
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I bought a blue Stevie Johnson t-shirt this week and wore it watching the game on TV. I usually wear my I (heart) Buffalo Football T-shirt. It's probably all my fault.
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Srry, meant Sportsdome. Sports Soup is still funny though.
Sportsdome is the Onion.
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What is the scenario where spending an additional $20 million in salary earns the team more than $20 million in additional profits?
Maybe attendence increases 13,000 a game. That's about an additional 100,000 tickets sold. $2 million in profit? $4 million at the most. So where does the other $16 million come from? Luxury boxes from all the Fortune 500 companies in Buffalo? Selling an extra million jerseys? I just don't think there is alot of room for revenue growth.
If the Bills paid to be a contender every year they could raise ticket prices, raise the prices for the suites and luxury boxes and people would buy them. They would also sell a lot more merchandise. They probably wouldn't even have to spend up to the salary cap. Not every team that makes the playoffs spends to the salary cap. They could also sell the naming rights to the stadium but they could do that now and don't. Maybe all of that wouldn't add up $20 million in profit but a lot of owners would be ok with less profit (not even losing money -- just less profit) in order to win a championship.
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Isn't it the point of business to maximize profit? People love spending other people's money. Going into the Red by getting overpriced free agents isn't a solid business plan.
Right because it's either one or the other. There's no way they could spend more money without losing money?
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Kelsay has been a captain before, right? He probably will be again.
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People sure do B word a lot about something they don't listen to!
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Is it possible that Martin might be one of the first to go to make room for a backup O-lineman who we should pick up from other teams' cuts? Perhaps Martin's hold of 83 might be very temporary. If Ruvell really brings it then it's just a pleasant surprise for us.
Eerie!
Ironically, though, Young's jersey number is going to be 83.
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Yeah he only won a measly 3 superbowls. Overrated
Right because that has anything to do with Trent Edwards. Re-read it. I never said Walsh himself was overrated.
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ESPN's Adam Schefter just reported Trent Edwards is likely to be cut, what was Bill Walsh thinking?
He never looked to be prototypical, he never had that gun slingers mentality all of the great ones have.Other surprise cuts he predicted included Steve Slayton and Golden Tate.
The Bill Walsh thing is so overrated. He loved Joey Harrington coming out of college too. I know he hit on Montana but what great QBs came out of Stanford during his time there?
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They probably don't care much about the AFC East blog since the relevant updates would be on ESPN New York/Boston
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Nope. Does it matter? All of this "family friendly" nonsense is about parents not wanting to explain things to their children... not any damage it will do to little Johnny.
So parents should have to explain why some moron is drunkenly trying to fight a security guard because he has been drinking since 9 am and his team is losing? "Well Johhhy, he obviously makes bad life decisions."
It's official Mario Williams is a free agent
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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So if the Bills somehow sign Williams will they be re-signing McCargo?
I think he would demand it.