Bronxbomber21 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 So is it a 5th in this draft or next year's draft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Maybe Gilislee wants a chance to start as opposed to backup here wants playoffs, chance at a ring, instant stardom in key games like the ex-Bill last year in the playoffs.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Doing it sooner or later doesn't matter. The Bills have the cap space to keep him (about $2MM this year.) You ever been at an auction and thought you had something after outbidding that one guy back and forth for a few minutes..........then it's going once, twice.......and some other bidder confidently puts a bid in? That always pisses off a fool and makes them re-think how much they want that item. That's the strategy here. Pats didn't want to overpay for MG so they waited for best time to make the decision emotional. If the Bills match, so be it. But they wanted MG and didn't want to overpay to get him and this close to the draft......this will have the Bills thinking a lot harder than they would have a month ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) You ever been at an auction and thought you had something after outbidding that one guy back and forth for a few minutes..........then it's going once, twice.......and some other bidder confidently puts a bid in? That always pisses off a fool and makes them re-think how much they want that item. That's the strategy here. Pats didn't want to overpay for MG so they waited for best time to make the decision emotional. If the Bills match, so be it. But they wanted MG and didn't want to overpay to get him and this close to the draft......this will have the Bills thinking a lot harder than they would have a month ago. What the f### are you talking about?? The scenario you describe is a given. Do you think they though no one would sign Gillislee? Edited April 18, 2017 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) So is it a 5th in this draft or next year's draft?its this year. If they don't match they are trading their backup RB for a 5th rd pick Edited April 18, 2017 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 its this year. If they don't match they are trading their backup RB for a 5th rd pick And freeing up $1.79 in cap space this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 The pick is next year or this? This year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristocrat Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Sign ap and let's ball Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bray Wyatt Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 wants playoffs, chance at a ring, instant stardom in key games like the ex-Bill last year in the playoffs.... Right now, he wants more money and stability at this point. I am not saying he doesn't want those other things, but right now they are lower on the priority list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 @corryjoel LeGarrette Blount can't be happy about Pats' offer sheet on Mike Gillislee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metzelaars_lives Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 That's right. Even when that clown GM stumbles onto talent, he lacks a coherent strategy for retaining or valuing it. But you go ahead and follow your pied piper franchise. You don't follow the Bills? You've been posting on an all-Bills website for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwight in philly Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 this is just the Pats making fools of the Bills. and they(Bills) deserve it. no pro-active thinking.. very frustrating watching this play out again.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Nails Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Let him walk. Take the pick and the cap savings and let's move along. We turned a street free agent into a pick in 1.5 years. Not too bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Tuesday Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 You don't follow the Bills? You've been posting on an all-Bills website for years. Follow them yes. Defend every move they make like PTR and blame the fans for any failures? Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsfanAZ Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I hope the Bills match it but if they dont then I wont lose any sleep over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodman19 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) You are all nuts if you think the Pats are making moves to spite a team they can reliably count on a win against every year. Edited April 18, 2017 by Woodman19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyToughII Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Too much for a backup RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 If they've signed MG to an offer sheet then you can bet they wouldn't care what happens with Blount if it means the Bills wouldn't be matching. I'd love it if Whaley waits until the last possible day to match the offer and in the interim Blount signs somewhere like Tampa or Green Bay for less money than the Patriots offered him.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GETTOTHE50 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 the bills will sign him. remember how many full backs they signed? they are probably going to do tandems with mccoy/fb and td mike/fb. they will be running 80% of the time i bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I'd love it if Whaley waits until the last possible day to match the offer and in the interim Blount signs somewhere like Tampa or Green Bay for less money than the Patriots offered him.. Belichick will just go out in a pickup truck on a Tuesday and find some itinerant laborers standing around waiting for work, then train them to beat the Bills on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 My initial plan of offering him 2 years and $4.5M fully gtd doesn't look so bad right now. Yeah that seemed very reasonable. Either way.....can they really let a 3rd very effective player go to the Pats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Follow them yes. Defend every move they make like PTR and blame the fans for any failures? Nope. What fun would that be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Too much for a backup RB Considering we're paying Tyrod one of the lowest salaries for a starting QB we can afford to over pay our backup RB. Match it Whaley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjv001 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Good for Gillislee. With the average employment span of an NFL running back under 4 years in the league, I'm glad to see him cash in. Now let's see if the Bills think he's worth paying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 What the f### are you talking about?? The scenario you describe is a given. Do you think they though no one would sign Gillislee? This late in the game? Hell yeah I do. Like I said then.......that's how you work a fool. If you want it that bad come out with a higher than expected bid very early...........but if you want to get it at the lowest price......let them start to assign their "optimistic value" as the "actual value" and then take it from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsfanAZ Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 You'd think Whaley would've learned his lesson with Hogan, but Whaley seems to be a thick-headed amateur with a professional death wish. I dont see what is so thick headed about this. I am sure the Bills offered MG a multi year deal and he wanted to see what he was worth on the market. If you tender him at a 2nd round you are locked into paying him 2.8 mil a season because nobody is going to give up a 2nd for him. If you tender him at originial round then you pay him 1.8 mil a season unless someone signs him to an offer sheet. Then you either match it or say good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bomb Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Take the draft pick, no brainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Muellers Ghost Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Joel Cory of CBS just said on the Murphy Show there is a real problem with the Bills here as this generally does not happen to other teams. They could of put 2nd round tender for about $1M more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Yeah that seemed very reasonable. Either way.....can they really let a 3rd very effective player go to the Pats? I think he'd have taken it...but then again, it was my idea, so that's obvious Not sure, but if I were brought on as GM today I would probably match it. For a team that's going to rely on the run as much as they are, they need a proven 2nd option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Boo Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Meh. I don't trip off of 2nd string RBs. We can find another in the draft for much less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ittakestime Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Joel Cory of CBS just said on the Murphy Show there is a real problem with the Bills here as this generally does not happen to other teams. They could of put 2nd round tender for about $1M more. He wasn't worth close to 3 million which is what it would have cost for a 2nd round tender. Why give him something he isn't worth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemp2Warlick Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Andrew BrandtVerified account @AndrewBrandt 6m6 minutes ago More Andrew Brandt Retweeted Ian Rapoport My take: the Patriots just negotiated a reasonable deal for the Bills to sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY315 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I'd let him go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bomb Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Joel Cory of CBS just said on the Murphy Show there is a real problem with the Bills here as this generally does not happen to other teams. They could of put 2nd round tender for about $1M more. I don't see what the big deal is. Hogan was not going to take the Bills anywhere last season, Gillislee is not taking the Bills anywhere this season... These are not players we need to worry about IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbflaBill Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Horrible management of the cap. 2nd round tender protects him and if he gets an offer they get a 2nd. Now itll cost twice as much to keep him, but the fifth isnt worth losing him. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 He wasn't worth close to 3 million which is what it would have cost for a 2nd round tender. Why give him something he isn't worth? He isn't? That's backup RB money right there. Theo Riddick, Bilal Powell, Rex Burkhead, Danny Woodhead--all of them are getting more than the 2nd round tender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
par73 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 McCoy is 29 (in July) and has had hamstring issues the last couple years. The Bills need a backup who can come in and start if/when he goes down. Small sample size, but I don't see J. Williams as that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NDBoston Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Jeff Howe @jeffphowe The Bills haven't informed Gillislee of their final decision yet, but the first indication is they don't believe they'll match, per source. 2:10 PM - 18 Apr 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 We should match this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsfanAZ Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 He wasn't worth close to 3 million which is what it would have cost for a 2nd round tender. Why give him something he isn't worth? Because it feeds the people who say the Bills always make bad decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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