Bills Fan in MD

Sucks for us as impatient fans, but if the Bills are indeed milking the clock to try and work it to their advantage I'm not sure that's a bad thing. Whaley and his team are paid to know how to work the system, so if that's the strategy I'm good. I'd obviously like to know the answer sooner, but I'm ultimately relieved if it is accurate that our side is dictating the timing and not being played by the Dolphins, Clay, or anyone else. And either way, Whaley has a back-up plan. That's his job and it would be GM malpractice (assuming there is such a thing) for him not to have one.

Anyone know if we signed this guy yet? Thanks.

Completely agree. I really thought it would be real news when I clicked on it.

At this point, I would take everything with a grain of salt. This is all gamesmanship now.

He should go back to GB if they would still take him (on the cheap).

Other than seeing and hearing his name during the small number of Dolphins games I watch each year (i.e., two games against the Bills and an occasional featured game), I don't think I spent even 10 seconds of my life thinking about Charles Clay prior to this offseason. Yet, I've spent the past few days checking every site I know on a routine basis trying to get an update on his status, thought process, etc. Free agency is a really weird time of year. . .

Damn, you're right. I'm back on the Clay bandwagon. Can someone please do a search of the Twitter thing and find something that says he's definitely signing with the Bills?

I say we just bring back Pete Metzelaars.

Same here. The Bills have more cap room than the Dolphins and don't have to unload anyone to make it happen. What that tells me is that either (a) he really didn't want to come to Buffalo or (b) while the Bills liked him, they didn't like him enough to want to exceed whatever limit they set for him. Either way, good riddance.

If and when this team does finally make the playoffs, there are going to be some seriously pumped up players on the field. I'm in the camp who doesn't think we should keep Freddie just for sentimental purposes, but it would be really sweet to see him play in his first playoff game. Kyle Williams hasn't been there either, nor have Mario, Wood, Dareus and a vast majority of fan favorites.

In terms of annual salary, isn't that what he supposedly turned down from the Bills? Not sure about guarantees, options, etc.

I'm sorry, but if Miami wants to have two high-paid TEs, neither of whom are named "Gronkowski" or "Graham," plus the huge cap numbers for Suh, Wallace, and Tannehil, I'm not sure that's necessarily a bad thing.

Seeing that $28.5 million cap number for Suh in 2016 is HILARIOUS. I assume that they have a plan to restructure it at some point, but that's probably not something you want hanging out there unresolved.

Wish him all the best. That said, it probably would have been cheaper (and less painful) for them if they had managed their cap better last year and just kept Sproles.

The NFL should just cancel the the season and go with a year-round FA period. This past week has been way more entertaining than 99% of the games last year!

Not saying that wasn't a terrible draft (Troup alone ensures that is the case), but I don't think we're the only team saying that five years out. I just took a quick look at that draft and sorted by team (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_NFL_draft) and note that there are a bunch of teams without anyone left from 2010 -- e.g., Indy, Detroit (now that Suh is gone).

Might want to avoid the relationship analogies when talking about DeMarco. http://deadspin.com/what-we-know-about-the-confusing-saga-of-brennan-clay-a-1674777019

Really? In the entire NFL?

This wins the internet for today.

I'm going to miss his 9th inning heroics. Dude was a heck of a closer!

This story basically encapsulates the offseason so far. Guy runs as fast as he can away from the sinking ship that is the 49ers, but quickly realizes that the Eagles are also approaching train wreck status and goes somewhere else.

Couldn't both of those "nuggets" also be characterized as common sense?

Not to brag, but called it: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/06/report-laron-landry-suspended-10-games-for-violating-ped-policy/

Aaron Rodgers - QB J.J. Watt - DE Marshall Yanda - OG Luke Kuechly - MLB Rob Gronkowski - TE Anything short of that (although I could probably live with Luck instead of Rodgers), and Doug needs to go!

Marshall and Harvin competing for passes from Geno Smith -- what could possibly go wrong with that scenario????