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Aaron Williams and DaNorris Searcy combined make $2.5 mil. our record was slightly better when byrd did not play last season. with the $7.5 mil savings you can plug a different hole.

sure sounds like Russ Brandon and Jim Overdorf do ALL the negotiations. whaley seems to come up with the priority list and assigns a dollar value range.

OT @ #9

I call "elite" anyone in the Top 5 at their position. Byrd is elite.

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/cap-hit/2014/ (scroll down to the bottom)

said GM Doug Whaley, who will also be part of contract talks with player agents. "Before we got here we set a priority list and set the parameters of value that we have on each of these guys and we'll go from there and see what they think". http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-2/Bills-to-talk-with-Byrds-agent-and-other-UFAs/7b785114-a45c-4057-ac32-d8b310dea265 TRANSLATION: we are not offering what Byrd wants. all a charade.....

any contract announcements ?? bills and parker meet today at combine.

there is one huge difference. an "exclusive" franchise player: not free to sign with another club. "non-exclusive" franchise player can negotiate with other clubs. His old club can match a new club's offer, or receive two first-round draft choices if it decides not to match. A transition player designation gives the club a first-refusal right to match within seven days of an offer sheet. If the club matches, it retains the player. If it does not match, it receives no compensation. pretty sure the Bills used the non-exclusive tag last year and will almost certainly use it this year. teams are unlikely to give up two first round picks for Byrd.

all a charade...nothing gets done.

Johnny Manziel comes up short of 6 feet at NFL combine http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000327333/article/johnny-manziel-comes-up-short-of-6-feet-at-nfl-combine

the spin machine selling "hope" for 2014 is cranking up. a Franchise QB is "DIRE" !!!!!! EJ is mediocre. a LG is "dire" !!!!! legursky ??? are you kidding me ?? a TE is "dire" !!!! lee smith ??? are you kidding me ??

slowest safety in the league. can't catch up to anything that gets past him. heck, in the TB game, Nigel Bradham went flying past him as they were both chasing that RB on the early 80 yard run.

Central Michigans Eric Fisher (Chiefs) and Texas A&Ms Luke Joeckel (Jaguars) went 1-2 last April, and they were joined by Oklahomas Lane Johnson (Eagles) and Alabamas D.J. Fluker (Chargers) in the top 11. Now consider this: When you stack up the best four tackles in this years class, you would put them ahead of those two (Fisher and Joeckel), an AFC scout told Sporting News before the Scouting Combine. http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2014-02-20/nfl-scouting-combine-offensive-tackles-elite-talent-greg-robinson-cyrus-kouandjio-jake-matthews-taylor-lewan

chris brown is a paid mouthpiece. attempting to sell the notion the bills have no dire positional needs is delusional.

the bills could be $50 million under and it WON'T MATTER.....Tyrd's #1 priority is to become an UFA. it is a virtual certainty Tyrd will become a UFA no latter than 2015. he's NOT accepting any long term offer from buffalo. the bills ONLY option is to tag him and then likely trade him before a repeat of him not signing the tender or reporting to camp.

the bills could be $50 million under and it WON'T MATTER.....Tyrd's #1 priority is to become an UFA. it is a virtual certainty Tyrd will become a UFA no latter than 2015. he's NOT accepting any long term offer from buffalo. the bills ONLY option is to tag him and then likely trade him before a repeat of him not signing the tender or reporting to camp.

for now...... he was helped by endorsements from don shula and tony dungy. philbin faces the media today at the combine.....those guys are bound to make him look bad. the subject of bullying ain't going away anytime soon....

To no surprise (based on the content of the Ted Wells report), the Dolphins have fired offensive line coach Jim Turner. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/19/dolphins-fire-jim-turner/

Report: Dolphins fire Kevin O'Neill, trainer implicated in bullying http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/19/report-dolphins-fire-kevin-oneill-trainer-implicated-in-bullying/

February 19, 2014 12:25 pm Big meeting set for Bills, Jairus Byrd by Larry Hartstein | CBSSports.com The Bills and safety Jairus Byrd's reps will meet this week in Indianapolis, and if the sides can't make progress on a long-term deal "expect the Bills to tag Byrd with the likely mindset of trying to move him," reports WGR 550 A.M. "They just can't let him go for nothing." http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/rumors

VERY FEW are looking to throw EJ over the side. most folks, like myself, who point to a shaky first year for EJ are saying we need another Top QB in here, right away.....not in a couple years. if EJ struggles or gets injured.....you can't be trotting out Tuel.

ding ding ding....

that ship has sailed... even if the bills offered 5 yr / $50 mil with $30 mil GUARANTEED it would be REJECTED. Byrd is getting to free agency sooner or later. it's all a charade....NEITHER SIDE WANTS THE OTHER !!! if the Bills really wanted Byrd, they would have paid him what he asked for last year. if byrd really wanted to stay he would have accepted the bills low ball offer last year.

Report: Graham to file immediate grievance if tagged as tight end. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/18/report-graham-to-file-immediate-grievance-if-tagged-as-tight-end/

or split the difference and go Tight End Eric Ebron