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Not from OBD, from PSE. If it were a case where Wood just up and retired, I’m sure they would have sought arbitration to recoup some bonus and then add it back to their cap. And Overdorf certainly looked at the possibilities. But because the retirement was forced due to injury and arbitration would most likely favor the player in that situation, it wasn’t worth pursuing. It’s not like a “Barry Sanders” rule scenario here. So the best the team could hope for in terms of the cap was to wait, waive him injured, and reach a favorable injury settlement with Wood. It’s my understanding that’s what they are doing.

Didn’t mean to imply that you did. Others have though. The Bills aren’t looking to take back any bonus, so I’m not sure what the NFLPA is looking at.

I’m grateful to RI for doing that but I wonder if these guys refusing pay cuts are going to end up signing for much more than they refused in the first place.

Lots of these situations happening lately.

Rodak alludes to nothing about the Bills wanting money back from Wood. At that time there was a misunderstanding about the impact on the cap if he announced his retirement in January and Beane and Co. wanted to dot their Is and cross their Ts with the league and NFLPA to ensure proper compliance. It comes down to cap management and designating him a post June 1 cut when the time is right because that benefits the cap situation best. There has been nothing to indicate a squabble over bonus money or a legal issue as has been implied.

Levitre?

Bills aren’t asking for any amount back. They are simply minimizing their cap exposure by having him wait to be designated a post June 1st cut. There is no acrimony as has been implied by some. They will go through the formality of an injury settlement that keeps him whole and then have the celebratory retirement announcement that was delayed previously.

Correct. He will be a post June 1 designation and waived injured with a settlement that keeps his bonus intact.

But it’s not about how they looked in March; it’s about the resume established over the course of their college careers. As to how this this class compares pre-draft? I thinks it is in the Winston/Mariota and Wentz/Goff range.

I don’t want to get into it and won’t belabor the point. I’ll just say Fletcher and Brown couldn’t be more disparate MLBs. And the number of tackles an LB makes is perhaps the most dubious stat in the game. I will also predict that no matter who they replace him with, whether it’s a rookie or free agent, there won’t be any drop off in performance.

Remains to be seen. Should have a better idea in a couple years.

I think he needs to be a full time, hand on the ground DE.

Exactly like London Fletcher?

Oh no, we lost our bridge linebacker!

Preston won’t take that standing offer sitting down.

Sorry, but I only read your OP and the conflation of rookie wages with future wages at particular positions didn’t make sense to me. If you have gone on to better explain and clarify your point in subsequent posts, great. But, like your unwillingness to further explain, I have the same nondesire to read it at this point.

I think it means lack of understanding of the rookie wage scale.

This has been predicted. Not sure it’s gonna be Hughes though.

Brooks, having been in the scouting trenches before, has very good contacts around the league and he’s never been a shill for agents as far as I know, so I wonder how much his mocks reflect what he’s hearing around the community.

Rosen sources? Lol.

Can’t be a surprise to anyone that Brown hasn’t been signed yet. Gaines’ situation is a little surprising but understandable given his availability issues.

We are gonna love this guy.

Yep. It’s also all fun and games until his wideouts start getting frustrated with his reluctance to throw the ball. I can’t see Haley using a lot of timing concepts as a result.

People also forget he's 21. I don't care how smart you are, at 21 you simply don't have the life experiences that act as informed filters and he's not afraid to voice his opinion. If that threatens some in the establishment, more power to him. I can see him using a successful football career as a platform to support his positions and, again, I say more power to him.

Billy Kilmer?