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the bills offered top 4-5 money, that's $8.25 mil Byrd wants #1 money, that's $9 mil http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/22771675/report-jairus-byrd-not-getting-deal-wants-to-be-highestpaid-safety

Report: Bills expected to start E.J. Manuel against Patriots According to Peter Schrager of FOXSports.com, Bills head coach Doug Marrone is expected to name E.J. Manuel the Bills Week 1 starter on Wednesday. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/03/report-bills-expected-to-start-e-j-manuel-against-patriots/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs

Levitre got paid LESS ($7.8 mil/yr) than what the bills offered (about $8.25) and what Byrd wants (about $9 mil/yr). Levitre is getting dirty on every single offensive play. Byrd does not get dirty on every defensive play.

funny how the individual QB rankings almost mirror the ESPN power team rankings The Quarterback Index: Ranking the starters 1-32 Looking for development 26. EJ Manuel, Buffalo Bills 27. Jake Locker, Tennessee Titans 28. Brandon Weeden, Cleveland Browns 29. Christian Ponder, Minnesota Vikings 30. Geno Smith, New York Jets 31. Terrelle Pryor, Oakland Raiders 32. Blaine Gabbert, Jacksonville Jaguars http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000237909/article/the-quarterback-index-ranking-the-starters-132

for the record, I would've kept Levitre and let Byrd walk. as far as the medical goes, Byrd was dealing with this injury last year, they had to know.

that's why they play the games......

Five Reasons Tom Brady and the New England Patriots Can't Beat the Buffalo Bills in Week 1 http://sports.yahoo....00719--nfl.html

how did that crack bills medical staff pass his physical ? he should be good by the BYE week

4/1/2013: Signed a two-year, $11.5 million contract. The deal contains $6.5 million guaranteed -- a $3.25 million signing bonus and Flynn's first-year base salary. He can earn another $200,000 through incentives and escalators. 2013: $740,000 (+ $3.176 million "signing" bonus), 2014: $5 million, 2015: Free Agent http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/4949/matt-flynn

"if" Tyrd really wants out of buffalo (which is likely)....then the best way to force your way out is to make the bills NOT want to use the tag next year. make it so they prefer to trade you. one way to do that is by constantly missing games due to injury and making that $6.9 mil tag money a bad deal. if he plays healthy all 16 games at his pro bowl level, then the bills got great value. if he only plays in half the games, then not so great of a deal. I just don't see Tyrd and his agent playing nice. like all of of sudden everything is cool. all that matters is getting to the end of this season HEALTHY and taking another crack at the long term deal he desires. he could give two chits about the bills. he will err on the side of caution all year. he will miss games. there is no way he will play through injury with a one year deal the same as he would if he had the security of a long term deal. Plantar Faciitis is the PERFECT injury to work the system without damaging your reputation if you so desire. one mans over cautious is another mans faking.

5. Buffalo Bills Imagine you’re new head coach Doug Marrone. You’re facing the prospect of starting a rookie quarterback — injured first-rounder E.J. Manuel or undrafted Jeff Tuel — right off the bat, with the Patriots, Panthers and Ravens (three of the hottest teams down the stretch last season) coming to town looking to whoop some tail. At least their one roadie in that stretch is at the Jets. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/nfl-preview-week-teams-toughest-four-game-stretch-140628822--nfl.html

5 days, 15 hours, 37 mins, 42 secs

my wife got her credit card stolen.... but I haven't reported it yet..... the thieves are spending less than she did.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick on Monday declined to rule out bringing back the popular but underperforming quarterback some time this season. "I don't know what's going to happen here in the year, but certainly we've had a lot of players who've left here and come back here," Belichick told reporters in his first comments since releasing Tebow on Saturday http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/patriots/2013/09/02/tim-tebow-return-to-patruots-bill-belichick/2755495/

Joe Devlin George Flint Hal Garner Byron Franklin Mitch Ferotte Will Grant Ray Hill Scott Hutchinson Adam Linger Steve Maidlow Leroy Moore Remi Prudhomme Robb Riddick Al Wenglikowski

he's at one bills drive and expected to sign

Doug Whaley asked the NFL to extend Byrd's exemption thru week 1, maybe he knew something ? The Bills approached the NFL for an exemption a day after Byrd signed his one-year, $6.9 million franchise tender. General manager Doug Whaley told The Associated Press he had not ruled out having the exemption extend into the regular season. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bills-seek-roster-exemption-nfl-s-byrd

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Jairus Byrd's availability for the Buffalo Bills' season opener against the New England Patriots is uncertain, coach Doug Marrone said Sunday, due to a foot injury the safety revealed is plantar fasciitis. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9626656/top-buffalo-bills-safety-jairus-byrd-battling-plantar-fasciitis

2 hours ago.... ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Jairus Byrd's availability for the Buffalo Bills' season opener against the New England Patriots is uncertain, coach Doug Marrone said Sunday, due to a foot injury the safety revealed is plantar fasciitis. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9626656/top-buffalo-bills-safety-jairus-byrd-battling-plantar-fasciitis

solid choices, can't argue with any of em

isn't belichick already at a disadvantage without having tape on either of these guys ?

this scenario has NOT happened yet... but it is a real possibility.... say this ten times fast "Peters' pouting positioning Parker pronouncedly played previously"....lol

Jairus just said dang..... The Cincinnati Bengals and defensive tackle Geno Atkins have agreed to a long-term extension, NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported Monday, per a person who had been briefed on the deal. The Cincinnati Enquirer's Joe Reedy first reported the news. The extension is for five years and $55 million, Rapoport reported, with Atkins earning $22 million in the first six months. The fourth-round draft pick was slated to earn $1.4 million in the last year of his rookie deal. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000237310/article/geno-atkins-cincinnati-bengals-agree-to-contract-extension

I think they did the right thing.... why cut to 53, get the 51-53rd players all excited they made the team, then cut them a couple days later when you add a QB or CB.

the issue with Powell is HANG TIME.....it's not good.