oldmanfan

I should have worded it that he had discussions about a guy, not that he initiated it necessarily. Good call.

I swear you cannot get anything right. What Beane and McD have said about their process is they want guys that are dedicated to football. Everything read about Brown is that he was a very hard worker, at least until the nonsense he went through last season. It is clear you have no understanding of what a GM does. Beane made some inquiries about the guy, they talked about a deal, and as it went forward he and probably Brown decided it wasn't going to work. That is what GMs do, their job is to look to improve their team. If he had not made any inquiries, you and others would bash him for not doing so.

You earn points in any sporting endeavor by good play, not bad play.

Bravo

I think it got pricier than he wanted.

And by not spending the capital on Brown they have the capital to spend on linemen and a TE or two and WE. Do people around here honestly think that the Bills are not going to bring guys in on offense? Come on.

Couldn't agree more. Some folks here cannot be rational about this team. The GM does his job by inquiring about a guy and somehow that's bad.

You are being completely ridiculous. A GMs job is to look at improving his team. Brown is an excellent WR. So his job is to see what the possibilities are. Which he did. As far as being liars about character, you are the one lying. They have been very clear that what they want are guys that put football first. That is the kind of guy they want. And from all reports Brown is a very hard worker, at least until this recent blowup. I am quite sure they would have had questions about that and would have weighed that into any decision making but it never got that far. Honest to God you and other have reached the point of irrationality. Beane makes inquiries about Brown and he's wrong. If he had done nothing the. Itching would be about why he wasn't in the market for him. And if he had signed it would have been why pay so much for an over 30 WR that's a problem child. You don't want Beane to succeed. You just want to B word no matter what.

You look dumb for saying the Bills look dumb. Read Breer's column on si.com. The Bills GM just like other teams looked at the potential deal and decided the money didn't work. Are all the other team's GMs dumb, or is it just a convenient excuse for some Bills fans to take yet another shot at management?

So you didn't want him but you're holding people responsible for making the exact decision you wanted. Some Bills fans have just completely gone off the reservation. A GM does his job, people agree with the outcome, but still bash the GM.

They are going to make the best decisions they can make on players and coaches. They make the right ones they'll be successful and if not the next group will get their shot.

Because they knew he had a reputation as a hard worker and to talk to him and figure out if it worked you have to start the process. This is what GMs should do. People need to quit acting crazy about a GM doing his job.

Because it's his job

You're delusional. You insist on assuming a new owner with billions of dollars is the same owner as Ralph. And the current front office cut previous draftees because they didn't see them as a fit. They are not cutting their own guys.

Build the lines. Specific players I won't predict.

Our GM did his job. He inquired about the guy, worked on a possible trade, and it didn't work out. The reasons are immaterial. Whether it was Brown balking or the price of a new contract or both. Time to move on. Oh, and we also will sign some FAs and not sign others. If we don't sign a guy you might like the GM also won't be failing.

Very happily we're no longer involved in this circus. If I'm a GM, I ask him one question: why should I believe you won't quit on my team the way you did with the Steelers? And if I'm the Steelers he sits for three years till his contract's up or he retires.

They were in cap hell because they had big dollars tied up in guys that underperformed like Dareus. So that meant they had to dump it to get the flexibility to get guys they want to keep. So somewhat of a semantic thing. They will be active in FA but likely will not pay huge bucks to one guy. They will save some dollars to lock up and extend guys they've drafted like White and Milano. They have said many times they feel you build through the draft primarily.

CleRing cap space involves getting rid of guys you don't think are worth their contract. It's not just reducing dollars to reduce dollars.

He did not suck last season. He was average. Losing Richie next to him hurt.

He looked like a cornerstone LT last season. see how easy that was?

Quit worrying about the social media. Doesn't mean squat.

Would you please just stop with this nonsense that every move the Bills make us somehow related to mystery financial motives? The Pegulas have money; they want a winner. Beane did his due diligence to get a star guy here to help his young QB succeed. The deal didn't come together. Nor has it for any other team including the Steelers. This is on the player and not the Bills or the other teams that looked and said no.

It was not a debacle and continuing to say so just makes Bills fans look desperate and pathetic

Most likely scenario is Brown stays in Pittsburgh.