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Technicalities! Technicalities!....I suppose what the rookies receive is really a partial playbook until they sign their contract.

Because he is yet to sign the tag, meaning, he is not under contract with the Buffalo Bills.

No love for Poz ?

But his Washington Redskins have been no better than the Bills until they acquired RGIII. My point is: Would he have made a difference to the fortunes of the team in the last seven years...No.

Completely agree.. At this point Wood is the best player on that OL...Even better than the "Above Average" Cordy Glenn.

Byrd will sign the 1-year tender if they cannot come to a long-term contract agreement. And if he does sign the 1-year tender, they will simply negotiate that the Bills will not tag him again next year. There is precedence for this before in the NFL.

Which simply means that neither is a long term solution for the Bills at the QB position.

The 50M dollar deals didn't have anything to do due-diligence!! The Bengals were a horrible team in the 90s and early 2000s and often picked in the Top 5/10 and hence were forced to pay them big money due to lack of a Rookie Salary cap.

Did you get a chance to read that article about Parker. Parker is no scumbag. He just represents his clients honestly but firmly. I doubt Jarius is going to be dumping Parker.

Yup. Charlie Batch signed up with the Steelers as a backup at the starting of the 2002 season (prior to them even drafting Rothelisberger) and since then has played in about roughly 13 games (and started about 6 of them). 10 Seasons and roughly a game a season. (He was on Injured Reserve in 2004 and 2008). And I believe he did not take any snap in 2007 and 2011 seasons even though he was dressed as a 2nd or 3rd QB on the team. Even if it was Veteran minimum, he has probably made close to 11M in those 10 years. Having said all that, Batch is one of the great Hometown heros of Pittsburgh. He has spent quite a chunk of that change back in his community of Homestead in Pittsburgh. Great guy, if you get a chance to meet him. Of course, one of the interesting aspects of Batch's life is that he filed for Bankruptcy Protection (Chapter 7) in 2011, citing heavy losses in failed businesses. (http://pittsburgh.sb...atch-bankruptcy). Apparently, he was in about 8.3M in Debts. And in June 2011, the courts gave him a real deal wherein they forgave him for all his debts and he walked free (http://profootballta...-in-bankruptcy/). Apr 16 2012 Signed a 1 year $990k contract with Pittsburgh (PIT) Mar 26 2010 Signed a 2 year $1.72 million contract with Pittsburgh (PIT) Apr 19 2009 Signed a 1 year $795k contract with Pittsburgh (PIT) Mar 14 2006 Signed a 3 year $4.22 million contract with Pittsburgh (PIT) Apr 26 2005 Signed a 1 year $565k contract with Pittsburgh (PIT) Mar 14 2003 Signed a 2 year $1.8 million contract with Pittsburgh (PIT) Jun 17 2002 Signed a 1 year $525k contract with Pittsburgh (PIT) He also received a $13M signing bonus when he was drafted by the Detroit Lions.

Like Charlie Batch with the Pittsburgh Steelers ! It appears he made roughly 4M with the Vikings, and possibly another 4M with the Seahawks before getting shipped to the Bills and made the remaining 4M with the Bills as part of the trade....He made another 500K as signing bonus this year. His contract with the Seahawks this year is 840K and will be guaranteed if he is on their roster on Season opening day.....That roughly put his career earnings @ 13.3M. Of course, I am sure he has earned other money through endorsements for advertisers around the Minnesota and Seattle areas. TRANSACTIONS Jun 14 2013 Signed a 1 year $840k contract with Seattle (SEA) Jun 10 2013 Released by Buffalo (BUF) Feb 15 2013 Signed a 1 year $1.75 million contract with Buffalo (BUF) Jul 29 2011 Signed a 2 year $8 million contract with Seattle (SEA) Apr 19 2010 Signed a 1 year $1.176 million contract with Minnesota (MIN) Jul 26 2006 Signed a 4 year $2.665 million contract with Minnesota (MIN) Apr 29 2006 Drafted by Minnesota (MIN): Round 2 (#64 overall)

Did not see this posted earlier. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000212193/article/tarvaris-jackson-seattle-seahawks-sign-contract The Bills got zero out of the deal other than paying ~3M to TJ to not dress up for 16 games.

Do you think pushing the Draft by 3 weeks next year will eliminate this lull in between mini-camp and training camp ?

And for paying Merriman and for over paying Kelsay all these years!

How do you spend 6 months of your life in the Cold Tundra !!! I remember Trent Edwards arranging weekly gathering at his home with Poz, Peters etc....They wanted to build a camraderie. Also, to Losman's benefit, he had a 1-on-1 tutoring by the guy who invented the K-Gun.

His career record against the Bills is something like 4-1

+1. And why shouldn't a college give a 2nd chance to a felon to get his act together. Why punish 100s of reformed people for the sake of dealing with a few that continue to behave in their old ways. There is an old saying: I would rather free the bad person then wrongly punish the good person. That is one of the strong reasons for not having death penalty in many states in the US and in many countries across the world.

Don't underestimate the front-seven that Reed played behind. That fearsome front-7 made up of Lewis, Suggs and Ngata can allow Reed to freelance a lot more and make more plays. Troy Polamalu has similarly benefited with the front-7 in Pittsburgh.

Travis Henry ? Not sure if the # is counted if he was a former player or counts only against your current team/

Good choices. For me, it is EJ Manuel, Scott Chandler and CJ Spiller on Offense and Mario Williams on Defense. 1. EJ, because we all want him to be our Franchise QB for the next decade. We have suffered for 13 years...Enough is enough. 2. Spiller - He is the most amazing player and a game changer to wear a Bills Uniform since the Bills drafted a guy from Oklahoma about 24 years ago. 3. Chandler - A TE is the best friend and weapon for a rookie QB learning on the Fly. They are also their best friends on the sidelines....Chandler can keep EJ Upright and keep the chains moving. 3A. Mario - Mario needs to show the consistency to dominate games. If he does and provides a pass rush, I think the Bills can have more 3-outs and not give up first downs on 3-10s.

Thank god it did not get to that point.

Not to forget both teams managed to get extremely Good Running Backs to help out those rookie QBs

And then there is a guy who posts on every Monday for 17 weeks and gives 10 different opinions about players/coaches/plays/emotions and we thank him for that...While we may not agree with everyone of his comments, it is a pleasurable read and a good discussion thread even if it was a loss. Thanks Bill for doing that. Agreed...Big Ben had a big outlet in Heath Miller, Tom Brady has always had great TEs to help him out, RGIII has Fred Davis etc..

And there will be injuries in camp. WRs are prone to pulling their groins or hamstrings....

It is one think to heal faster for athletes, but another to get them in game-shape. I am sure he is likely to go on PUP (They have to make that decision on starting of training camp ?) and miss the first six games. I think the Pats are going to go back to the market and resign Brandon Lloyd to get the continuity. 12/29, last game of the season. Hopefully, we will be playing for the AFC East crown and crush them once for a change....It will also be our first win at Foxboro at the new stadium