Dopey Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Well played Pegula... Demand that Freddy stay in Buffalo... Get Season Ticket sales to an all-time high.... Dump Freddy... No Refunds. You are a class act. If you bought season tix based on Fred alone, your bad, not Terry's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I would actually be very surprised if Fred gets claimed. He is a great guy/teammate/player, can still find daylight, and can fall forward - but there just simply is no getting past his age. Not many teams paring down their rosters are going to be looking to sign a thirty four and a half year old running back. For those of you asking why... Age is a pretty obvious reason. You would respect and support Whaley more if he came out and said "fred is just too damn old"??? There are a lot of teams without dependable RBs. Plus injuries happen. Someone will pick him up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heels20X6 Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I am not even sure how this makes us more competitive. We will never give the ball to Bryce Brown in a real game situation. I think the Bills are overlooking the reliability factor of Fred. Yes, he has slowed and has had injures-- but he fights through and, when he plays, he is as reliable as they come. How is he "reliable" if he misses 5-10 games a season due to injury? I LOVE Fred Jackson, I own his jersey, I think he's arguably the best Bill since the 2000s in terms of embracing the team and never saying die on the field. But even I saw this coming some day. Running backs rarely ever finish their career with one team and they rarely stay effective once they pass 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Just stop already. Everyone knows 'why'. If Whaley said "he's 34, slow and injury prone now and costs more than the other guys" you'd be in hysterics over the lack of respect. I'm sure he won't either. But I am sure Fred Jackson will be retired in a year. I would have liked to hear why they think Bryce Brown > Fred Jackson. That's all I wanted. Some line about, we like our young guys and wanted to give Fred the best chance to catch on elsewhere. You know, the usual bull ****. We didn't even get that. Edited August 31, 2015 by Fred Jackson Jockstrap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dopey Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 If you take punts into account. but it's still a fumble, right?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Player Available Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 The time he was pissed the most was the second last contract I think he signed several years ago. The Bills had him over a barrel and they lowballed him bad. He had outperformed his last contract by a mile and was a RFA IIRC and they should have rewarded him but they gave him about the least they could, and it's not like he could have just gone somewhere in FA. He was very unhappy with what they offered and what he signed for. If I remember it correctly. The one year extension they gave him (last year?) was somewhat of a fnancial reward for his time here being paid bottom tier wages. Well, that blew up in his face. For those saying it "saves" the team $$$ BS that contract was peanuts for his contributions. yep,he,lost a step. CJ would have been stopped at the line saturday and never even had made the cut or seen that hole. bad Mojo man. Actually surprised,Pegula signed off on this. And now Rex is blabbering a few days ago that incognito is a leader WTF. Fred's blocking alone was worth keeping those old legs here for one last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Whaley doesn't owe us jack ****!! He's a general manager and we post on a message board. Exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dopey Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) WOW! Wow!! to your avatar!!! Edited August 31, 2015 by Dopey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I would have liked to hear why they think Bryce Brown > Fred Jackson. That's all I wanted. Some line about, we like our young guys and wanted to give Fred the best chance to catch on elsewhere. You know, the usual bull ****. We didn't even get that.Do we really need that when the action that they took says that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Do we really need that when the action that they took says that? I'd like to see the accountability, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I'd like to see the accountability, yes.I don't know how you aren't seeing it? Bryce Brown is still here and Fred isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Cubed Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I'd like to see the accountability, yes. Accountability for what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 bad Mojo man. Actually surprised,Pegula signed off on this. And now Rex is blabbering a few days ago that incognito is a leader WTF. Fred's blocking alone was worth keeping those old legs here for one last season. I forgot about that, the Bully a leader. That says a lot, and may explain some of the thinking behind releasing Fred. Maybe not Rex's kind of leader, if he's calling the Bully a leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I would have liked to hear why they think Bryce Brown > Fred Jackson. That's all I wanted. Some line about, we like our young guys and wanted to give Fred the best chance to catch on elsewhere. You know, the usual bull ****. We didn't even get that. ...MAYBE just MAYBE the reason why Brown is still on the roster is because they are trying to trade him for a late round pick after the next preseason game. Just for a minute consider that he is not going to be on the 53 man roster. Would you feel better if Brown was cut this week and Jackson next week, or would you still be in the corner sucking your thumb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I would have liked to hear why they think Bryce Brown > Fred Jackson. That's all I wanted. Some line about, we like our young guys and wanted to give Fred the best chance to catch on elsewhere. You know, the usual bull ****. We didn't even get that. According to you Whaley gave the usual bull ****....competitive reasons.....right? Get your head out of Fred's jock and get over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Breaking news, Whaley cuts Cierre Wood, Karlos Williams, Dixon and Lesean. Says he has no control over who starts. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Greg Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Because he is young and very good and if Shady goes down you want Karlos and Brown to be the RB not Boobie. Bryce Brown is electric. He hasn't broke out yet at this level but he has the ability to torch a defense. I hope he shows his detractors wrong. He was having a great game vs the chiefs last year until the fumble. And as much as everyone wants to point at that and define his football career with it, that was a hell of a strip. Just a great play by the defender. I'm hopeful he's got a lot to offer. Hats off to Fred. Hell of a career. One of the all time great Bills. A true D3 hero too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 ...MAYBE just MAYBE the reason why Brown is still on the roster is because they are trying to trade him for a late round pick after the next preseason game. Just for a minute consider that he is not going to be on the 53 man roster. Would you feel better if Brown was cut this week and Jackson next week, or would you still be in the corner sucking your thumb? Thanks for the personal attacks. Sorry my anger at this decision has you so riled up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Thanks for the personal attacks. Sorry my anger at this decision has you so riled up. Dude...you openly said that you'd cheer for the Patriots to beat the Bills if Fred goes there; what were you expecting the response to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Thanks for the personal attacks. Sorry my anger at this decision has you so riled up. Sucking your thumb in the corner = personal attack? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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