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  1. I noticed there is no player responsibility clauses.

    You are equally covered if you decided to head butt goal posts as an example.

    No attribution to injury to NFL is needed - some players do other things which can cause injuries post career such as join wrestling or other risky endeavors, use illegal drugs. etc or have had injuries prior to joining NFL.

     

    Basically this is just a post-career extra insurance package only paid by the "partners" who are owners.

  2. Never looked into genealogy since half of my family is unknown (parents divorced when I was 3 and did not see mother or any other relatives again except once at her funeral viewing 10 years later) and my father's side is not real talkative but someday I will, probably when I retire.

  3. yeah, like half this board said da' rick would be snatched up fast if we cut him....where is he now? Cheektowaga?. Nobody will want our cast off qb's rb's, db's, lb's, te's, or ol, maybe one D-lineman gets snatched and maybe a wr, but only if its Easley. But Tenn did pick up Lindell.

    Tennessee took Wilson and Fitzpatrick.

    Tampa took Lindell.

    No surprise you did not know that.

  4. And I totally agree, if he goes that route again, tag him a third year. The three year average salary is quite reasonable under those circumstances. And once again, Byrd would have every incentive to still sign a long-term deal rather than risk a down season or serious injury for a third straight season.

     

    You can only tag a player twice in a row.

     

    I'd like to see a new nickname for Byrd - 'Tag you are it'

  5. pretty sure Parker would need the Bills permission to call around, as that would be tampering.

     

    Incorrect. Bills tagged him such that Parker could seek contracts and if Bills did not match the signing team needed to give Bills 2 picks. Bills did not think enough of Byrd to tag him with an exclusive rights contract. This is primary reason for no trade - teams dislike giving away picks except for elite players and dislike negotiating for other teams. I also think Parker's reputation hurts for teams do not want to deal with holdouts and other tactics when it is time to renew the contracts.

  6. Furthermore, this also fits into the "everyone is tradeable" argument. Some fans and writers think there are "untouchables" on every team, and others think that there is no such thing, and that if the right offer is made (however unlikely) that no one is untouchable. Tom Brady is untouchable. If the Packers offered Aaron Rogers and Clay Matthews, he's not.

     

    This is incorrect. Some players have "no trade" or restricted trade clauses in contracts.

  7. I'm pretty sure that I have heard Pettine himself, as well as the safeties, say that the two positions are mostly interchangeable, AND, that one would line up closer to the line (the SS) and one would more often play deeper (the FS).

     

    It's probably a semantic argument, IMO. That the calls, and duties, and understanding of them were very similar, and that on X number of plays it would be the FS's responsibility to do Z and on Y number of plays it would be the SS's responsibility. That sounds a little contradictory but I don't think it is.

     

    Based up Pettine's principles they need to be interchangeable so a player can do multiple things from same set of personnel. Sometimes the strong safety drops back and sometimes the strong safety moves forward and free safety does opposite.

  8. The Bills used a non-exclusive FT on Byrd, but I'm certain no team was willing to give up two #1 picks as compensation. Not sure where all of the sentiment that he'd welcome a trade is coming from unless it's back channel via Parker.

     

    Well if he was as good as some claim on this board they would but he ISN'T that good of a safety. Actually his agent could have brought to Bills other offers other than 2 picks.

  9. it would be incredibly unproductive to "punish" him by sitting him week 1. we will carry an extra player until just before the game - perhaps even a WR and hope that once practice squads around the league and rosters are set it will be easier to get him straight to ours. byrd, even if not 100% would be available to contribute in a lot of packages. sitting him would certainly put an end to any positive momentum we might be able to start building with him as well.

     

    I am not positive there is any forward momentum. Byrd exercised his option to sign at last minute and his agent showed it is all about the Byrd and the Bills are exercising their right to not have him on active roster if he is not ready to play. I'd hate for him to get "an injury" and have need to sit out most of season to protect himself for free agency next year while collecting a full paycheck. I am sure it is a strategy Parker is considering.

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