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To be fair- with his erratic behavior he may have not actually fired his agent (sending a nasty tweet doesn’t count)... and even if he did I believe there’s a brief window before you can hire another (cooling off period of sorts) Firing the agent, allegedly saying he’d play at the right price and then saying the bills had til Sunday... leads me to believe he threatened and the bills said “sorry to hear that, let us know if your playing but it’ll be under the contract you just signed” and Ritchie then blew up his health problems.

Meh. He seemingly gave an ultimatum and then got called on it and pushed the chips in that it was his choice. Not that it matters really...

In a league with nickel as the base defense 110th puts him just outside the top 96... not something to brag on but some perspective that he’s essentially an above average first guy off the bench based on your numbers

Does much work go into something like this??

Theres every reason to wait— what if the bills (or giants) only like one qb at that spot? What if the giants don’t want to sell early?

It’s obviously not going to happen, and there’s downside beyond the non qb asset you pass on (splitting limited practice reps for instance) but it’s not near as absurd as some are acting.

Remind me how you trade a low 1st this year for a high next year? What happens if that team is suddenly .500 or a wildcard? You go go get your qb when you can. The only way you don’t trade up this year is if you don’t like the prospects available

Jahri Evans and Carl nicks were pretty important to the saints super bowl but even then they were behind several others on the list of key contributors

I was agreeing. Ritchie walks with it and some other player can’t get that money in a contract. 31 other teams would pursue it and any guy trying to get paid should be upset if Ritchie walks out the door with that money was my point

Why is Cleveland trading 4 picks including 33, for a First next year?

Unfortunately, that grade is “good” not “great” and ignores some early troubles where he singlehandedly lost games

He was a mess for the rams decent but ended in disaster in Miami and had 3 very good seasons here Ignoring the Martin issue he’s still not even close

Yea and those players around the league deserve that money back in the free agent pool, not Ritchie’s pocket

Literally every team would do this

The social media team is drafting up the official tweet

Truly, you’ll never hear a GM say “we saw a franchise qb but we are just really weak at LG and couldn’t make the move”

Seems to make as much sense as any guess

Might be a little dramatic there

100% would be open if we think he’s the guy

Likeban hour ago was “good morning football” who knows... if he got bad news from the doc he may have gone off the deep end. And he has history of being off the deep end. Odd story all around. Hopefully all is ok with him.

No joke- he’s all over the place. Even by his standards

More than ever you need to get them in FA to contribute fast. Projects are taking longer with the low contact rules for practice. Would’ve been great to know this a month ago... but if it’s a health issue so be it. If it’s health and money it’s a bit sketchier

This didn’t need another thread Agreed

Seriously though- is he back on drugs? I know that that sounds like a joke but he’s had issues and the last couple of weeks are incredibly erratic

Has til Sunday? Or what?