Buffalo Barbarian Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 13 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: horrible news. Thanks for everything, 70. Prayers up. You were a rock and a team leader for a long time. Very unexpected news, Sad to see him go. Groy should be solid , wouldn't mind drafting Frank Ragnow and Brian "BigButt" Allen. Let em battle it out and put the other at guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoBills Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Sad news for Wood and his family. Sad news for his teammates. Sad news for OBD. Sad news for Bills fans. Hope you future will be OK #70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 WATCH: PRO BOWLERS REACT TO ERIC WOOD NEWS (1:08) NFL veterans and Pro Bowlers Geno Atkins and Andrew Whitworth react to Eric Wood's injury news. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Murica Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 9 hours ago, PirateHookerMD said: Tough loss. Kind of a screw job that we get hit with 11 M cap hit apparently per spotrac. Yup, looked it up last night. Probably more likely Beane makes some moves to free up more cap space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4th&long Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Sad news. I wish him and his family the best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthNYfan Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 (edited) 16 hours ago, Ittakestime said: The Bills have very little cap space. Already have like 14 million in dead money from Dareus. The more reports that come the more angry I get. Someone has some explaining to do. So Wood just stole close to 5 million and left us with 10 million dead cap? Well Kim Pegula signs his paycheck, and she publicly sent her well wishes and condolences to him. You seem more upset than she is. There was a stipulation in his contract that retirement due to injury was left solely up to the team doctors, that a player couldn't choose to retire based on injury unless the doctors cleared it (as well as the player couldn't choose NOT to retire if the Dr said he had to) Unstable vertebrae or disc herniations could be fixed, but the more I think about it, he probably had some spinal cord lesions/damage from years of playing in the trenches. The doc probably said that he's one bad hit from being paralyzed or dead. You are angry? Why? So we eat 10mil in dead cap space. Who cares? This man, by all public accounts a very good man, who is a recent father of a newborn, who has given his body to the football gods, is walking away, and able to (hopefully) lead a happy life. These players, especially linemen, get their bodies destroyed. They have some of the most beaten, bruised, and smashed up bodies of any position in any pro sport. They carry damage throughout their whole lives, pain they will feel until they die. I for one am glad for him that the danger was found now and not before he ended up strapped to a body board at OBD, an entire stadium silent, hoping he will be okay. Instead he is going home, getting to hold his wife and new baby. Good for him. Shame on your for being angry about this, towards him. Reevaluate your life and priorities sir. Edited January 27, 2018 by SouthNYfan 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 People in here talking about cap space... the internet will be the death of civilization. Sad to see Eric retire under these circumstances. I'm sure it's not the way any player imagines walking away form the game. He stuck with us through some truly terrible years and is what a Buffalo Bill should be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM57 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 If he chooses to stay in the Buffalo area, I would love to see him kept around the organization in a community ambassador type role, somewhat similar to what you see Jim Kelly doing now. There doesn't need to be only one. I'm going to be 30 years old in April and I barely remember Kelly's playing days. It would be nice to have another long-time, respected former player around for stuff that the younger generation of fans have memories of as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 (edited) 21 hours ago, Ittakestime said: You know how racist it makes it look?? The guys shipped out where black and a guy like Wood was overpaid Please stop. 12 hours ago, PirateHookerMD said: Tough loss. Kind of a screw job that we get hit with 11 M cap hit apparently per spotrac. "screw job" kind of implies Wood screwing the Bills. I hope that's not what you meant. He went hard, didn't miss a snap this season, and was a team leader. If someone offers you a good deal and you accept it, you're not screwing them. I do have a beef with the Bills medical staff and the way they vet players before trades/contract extensions. It just seems we draft, sign, and extend an excessive number of players with known injury problems who then, due to injury in the same area, miss significant time or give us little benefit. Shaq Lawson, Chris Williams (OL), even Kelvin Benjamin. Edit: add Cyrus Kouandjio and Charles Clay, who play(ed) but seem limited by medical condition. Now Eric Woods - I'm going to assume he acknowledged neck pain or had restricted movement on exit physical, and was sent for an MRI which revealed the problem. But couldn't he have had an exam and been sent for an MRI before the extension? This is the reason I'm against the Bills bringing in Bradford or Bridgewater. I don't think our medical staff has a very good track record these days at predicting what injuries might be problematical, and I don't think our contract negotiators have a good track record at protecting the organization. Edit: please note, this is NOT saying Wood "stole from" the Bills or "screwed" them. If someone offers you a deal, and you take it, that's on them, not you. Wood didn't initiate retirement, he said in his statement he sought second opinions which confirmed the Bills physicians. This isn't his choice or his doing. Edited January 27, 2018 by Hapless Bills Fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Who Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Luka said: People in here talking about cap space... the internet will be the death of civilization. I rather think that the internet has simply made glaringly evident the deeply flawed nature of human beings. I agree, of course, with the umbrage taken at a superficial selfishness that is unable to acknowledge with gratitude both the achievement of Eric Wood and his safely walking away from the sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in Chicago Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Eric Wood is one of the rare draft hits who also stayed on with the team. Played hard, kept his head down and was a team player. He will be missed. Sorry to hear about the injury and hope it is fixed as he has a long life to lead. Thank you, Eric. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaCrispy Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 54 minutes ago, JM57 said: If he chooses to stay in the Buffalo area, I would love to see him kept around the organization in a community ambassador type role, somewhat similar to what you see Jim Kelly doing now. There doesn't need to be only one. I'm going to be 30 years old in April and I barely remember Kelly's playing days. It would be nice to have another long-time, respected former player around for stuff that the younger generation of fans have memories of as well. I’d love to see him take over for s departing Donald Jones on the John Murphy show.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Wood's cap hit for 2018 won't be $10.4M. He'll either get the $4.8M salary or the $4.3M in unamortized bonus, but not both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, Doc said: Wood's cap hit for 2018 won't be $10.4M. He'll either get the $4.8M salary or the $4.3M in unamortized bonus, but not both. The salary is guaranteed for injury and the bonus was paid. He'll get both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said: The salary is guaranteed for injury and the bonus was paid. He'll get both. .....any benefit to designating him as a post June 1 cut?............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Just now, OldTimeAFLGuy said: .....any benefit to designating him as a post June 1 cut?............ They can move some of the cap hit to 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM57 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 25 minutes ago, JaCrispy said: I’d love to see him take over for s departing Donald Jones on the John Murphy show.... That's state radio...no thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaCrispy Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 5 minutes ago, JM57 said: That's state radio...no thanks ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM57 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 (edited) 40 minutes ago, JaCrispy said: ? Half in jest, but Murph is employed by either the Bills or Pegula Sports & Entertainment, either way the point is the same. Expecting any type of objectivity from the show would be silly. Hockey Hotline and the John Murphy show broadcast the narratives that the ownership wants to project. That's okay, I would just rather see Eric Wood land on his feet in a way that allows him to actually keep it real. Schlubs like Andrew Peters and Craig Rivet can keep pumping the company line. Edited January 27, 2018 by JM57 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cba fan Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 On 1/26/2018 at 10:33 AM, 26CornerBlitz said: What kind of league would let Wood play in the Pro Bowl with an injury no Dr would sign off on him continuing his football career. Makes no sense. Would Bills have said nothing knowing what they knew and watched Wood risk his health in a meaningless worthless pro Bowl??? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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