If you would like to keep the player, you should tender him at a rd that makes him unattractive to other teams. If you want to be cheap about things, then don't be surprised when players leave. If the Bills match they will now be paying 1.25M MORE than they would have with a second-rd tender. Incorrectly identifying the rd at which a player should be valued is poor work by both Whales and JO. Did I think Hogan was worth a first round tender last year? No. Would it have been a good idea to tender him at a level where we would have gotten something for him should he leave? Sure, but his original rd tender was what it was. It bit us in the butt when he was signed away but at that point in time we had Woods and Goodwin playing so I understand that one. Jonathan Williams is terrible and is not ready to be the #2 RB on our team. TD Mike is young and looks incredibly promising to anyone simply employing the eyeball test. We are a run-first team. To many here it sounds like a good idea to keep your best players at a position of strength. There is really no excuse for tendering him at original rd tender instead of paying him a bit more and tendering him at rd 2 unless you simply don't value keeping him on the team, which is a mistake in my mind. Nonetheless, we wouldn't need to be penny-pinching if JO knew how to structure contracts properly.