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    Bills Tendered Whitner and Poz

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by MattyT

    My first reaction was “Well G Wilson must not be eligible” But I guess that’s not accurate. I cannot believe this team thinks Whitner is better than Wilson. The proof is in the pudding. Wilson makes plays (TFL, INTs, Forced Fumbles, Covers the player he is assigned to cover) while Whitner gets scored on for TD after TD after TD. If he starts for us next year I am taking Gronkowski in the 2nd round of my fantasy draft. Sure Whitner tackles a guy after no one in our front 7 did but that doesn’t make him great – that means he does his job in a slightly above average way. I don’t mind keeping him as a backup S but WTF JUST SIGN THE BEST SAFETY WE HAVE ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     

    If we let him walk GW is going to go to a much better team, with a much stronger D, and be much better than Whitner. We will then be screaming about how we let the guy go. His success wont be because “he has better players around him so obviously he looks goo” It will be because he is better than Whitner and is a good player all by himself.

    The RFA tender has little to do with the Bills thinking that Whitner >>>>>>> Wilson. This is about protecting an asset. There WILL be a market for Whitner and with this tender, plus his status as a former first round draft pick, the Bills could receive a nice bit of compensation in the form of a high draft pick or two in return. Plus it sets a market price for Whitner's services which will likely be more realistic than it sounds like he thinks it is and that could be used as a basis to sign him long term at a reasonable price or wave bye-bye to him if another team wants to overpay.

     

    Wilson was undrafted, therefore the only way the Bills could receive compensation would be if they tendered him at a very high amount and paid him a 2011 salary that is way above his talent level.

    Bills Tendered Whitner and Poz

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    So they will be Bills for the 2012 season? unless a tram trades for on of them?

    This just gives the Bills an opportunity to match any offer for these guys or be compensated when and if another team does sign them away. Not a lot of assurance that they will be back...especially w/o a CBA in place.

    Songs that Affected You on an Emotional Level

    in Off the Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by MattyT

    Never heard that song, but I like it...Johnny Cash's voice could really convey the nature of the song.

     

    Really sorry to hear about the little guy not making it :( Sounds like you have a heckuva nice family there

    Thanks bud. That whole Unearthed series of albums with Johnny Cash are really powerful. You can really get the sense that he realizes that it's the last that he's going to produce. It's one of the most honest sets of songs I know of. Kind of like the last Warren Zevon album. Keep Me In Your Heart gets to me too..

     

     

    Death is a B word.

    Songs that Affected You on an Emotional Level

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    Huge fan of the Johnny Cash/Fiona Apple version of Cat Stevens' Father and Son. I can't find a live performance...just the lame fan versions with still shots of the performers but here you go...

     

     

    To make a long story short, our first kid (a boy) didn't make it full term and this song really got to me at the time.

     

    PS - Happy to report that we've had a girl (3 yrs old) and boy (3 mos old) since.

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