CBD Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) Per Bills text http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-2/RT-Pears-signs-contract-extension/2d6c7088-35f1-4878-9a17-5d35a20e646b Video interview: http://www.buffalobills.com/media-center/videos/Bills-Focus-Erik-Pears-1-on-1-on-New-Contract/b8dbb5f3-4310-475b-817a-89790cdd4a73 Edited December 13, 2011 by Carey Bender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got_Wood Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Although I like this signing, I think our front office priorities are jacked up. We need to re-sign Stevie Johnson NOW. All other signings mean very little unless we lock up our best players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cocktosten Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I don't mind it but Stevie is WAY overdue. The longer Nix waits, the more expensive he gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max997 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 i hope this is an extension for depth and not an extension because they see him as the long term starter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Championship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog69 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I love the move. he has been a surprise. He is a good player and I am always in favor of keeping good players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I have doubts if Stevie will resign here. I don't even think it's money as much as getting homesick and being on what looks like a sinking ship. Read his tweets about missing San Fran and you get the feeling if he could sign closer to home he might. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I don't mind it but Stevie is WAY overdue. The longer Nix waits, the more expensive he gets. Isn't this what we said about Fitz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog69 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I have doubts if Stevie will resign here. I don't even think it's money as much as getting homesick and being on what looks like a sinking ship. Read his tweets about missing San Fran and you get the feeling if he could sign closer to home he might. PTR That's fine. He is going to sign somewhere for big money and then flop like Bernard Berrian, TJ Houshmandzadeh, Alvin Harper, etc. He drops too many important passes and does not seem to be someone who you can just throw it up to like Andre Johnson, Calvin Johnson, Fitzherald, etc. If we keep him, great. If not, oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan960 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 STEVIE overdue? LOL!!! What about FRED JACKSON!!!!!! They need to sign his a@@ yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonborn10 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 STEVIE overdue? LOL!!! What about FRED JACKSON!!!!!! They need to sign his a@@ yesterday! As has been pointed out many times, FJ is already under contract for next year. No doubt he holds out at the time of training camp if a deal isn't done. The funny thing is the longer CJ starts and sucks the more FJ will want. nix should have extended him at mid-season. Pears signing was wise. There are only so many holes that can be addressed. If they re-up Bell then there are three starters(I didn't say great)signed to play OT next year. I would sign FJ and Bell. Franchise Stevie and make him prove it one more year. Sign a veteran WR in FA and draft another in the second round. Then draft OLB first round and third round. Add a true center, another TE, a DE, and a CB in the rest of the draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Although I like this signing, I think our front office priorities are jacked up. We need to re-sign Stevie Johnson NOW. All other signings mean very little unless we lock up our best players. I don't mind it but Stevie is WAY overdue. The longer Nix waits, the more expensive he gets. STEVIE overdue? LOL!!! What about FRED JACKSON!!!!!! They need to sign his a@@ yesterday! Ok, one more time... The Bills have approached Stevie and Freddie. It is Stevie's camp and Freddie's camp that decided to wait until after the season. It takes two to tango. The Bills approached Jackson in preseason during the "starter controversy". He chose to wait. The Bills were in talks with Johnson, but when talks stalled, Johnson's camp pulled out. He chose to wait. This was all widely reported and Buddy talked about it in his post-Fitz signing interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got_Wood Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) As has been pointed out many times, FJ is already under contract for next year. No doubt he holds out at the time of training camp if a deal isn't done. The funny thing is the longer CJ starts and sucks the more FJ will want. nix should have extended him at mid-season. Pears signing was wise. There are only so many holes that can be addressed. If they re-up Bell then there are three starters(I didn't say great)signed to play OT next year. I would sign FJ and Bell. Franchise Stevie and make him prove it one more year. Sign a veteran WR in FA and draft another in the second round. Then draft OLB first round and third round. Add a true center, another TE, a DE, and a CB in the rest of the draft. Yeah, you pretty much nailed it. Although, I would like to see us show some commitment for once to one of our better players. Of course Stevie's agent is demanding more than we want to pay him, that's his job. But if we can't negotiate with his agent, our front office (Overdorf, Littman) need to be fired. In my opinion, they should have been fired long ago when we cleared out the rest of the staff. These guys have done nothing but hold us back. Edited December 13, 2011 by Got_Wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Great - now Pears is gonna start to suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in STL Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I don't mind it but Stevie is WAY overdue. The longer Nix waits, the more expensive he gets. Did you ever think that maybe, just maybe, Stevie and his agent are the ones waiting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Another average player re-signed by the Bills. They'll play it up like they just signed Wood and Levitre long term though. And then when Steve is gone they'll point to all the "other" "high quality" (haha) players they were able to resign. Don't get me wrong, he's a good player and it's nice to "fill in the holes" for depth, but we need to get the all-stars signed. Hopefully they still draft an OL. Still need more depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsVet Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Can't help but remember the Bills went after Tyson Clabo so hard when UFA opened up in February, only to be left waiting at the altar when he re-signed with Atlanta. Pears is definitely a step up from Cornell Green and the other retreads they've had in here like Mansfield Wrotto and Cordaro Howard they tried last year. At the same time, I would hope the plan is not to be content with a Hairston/Pears LT/RT combination for 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 He probably agreed to less money. Ralph is cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I think it was a good move to sign Pears. Consistency on the offensive line is certainly an advantage if you can keep it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Great - now Pears is gonna start to suck. Maybe he won't suck. Maybe he'll get a boo boo on his foot and go home like Kyle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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