thunderingsquid Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Leave Eric's wood issues out of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 1 minute ago, thunderingsquid said: Leave Eric's wood issues out of it. There's a pill for that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 1 minute ago, kdiggz said: There's a pill for that Levitre? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterbluesky Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 34 minutes ago, Ittakestime said: Just trust me on this. It's a pending legal case so it's hush, hush. That's obvious since his retirement press conference was...well...a complete waste of 2 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoBills Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 11 minutes ago, K-9 said: Bills aren’t asking for any amount back. They are simply minimizing their cap exposure by having him wait to be designated a post June 1st cut. There is no acrimony as has been implied by some. They will go through the formality of an injury settlement that keeps him whole and then have the celebratory retirement announcement that was delayed previously. Bill's do want some movement on wood's side. Here's a link. http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22256945/eric-wood-remains-buffalo-bills-roster-puts-retirement-hold-due-salary-cap-issue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadLandsMeanie Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 19 minutes ago, Gugny said: That would take more licks than it does to get to the tootsie roll. Oops I meant kick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy KGB Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 51 minutes ago, ndirish1978 said: And you know what? Cause I've actually gotten information from Massare's twitter account. Such as ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 13 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said: Bill's do want some movement on wood's side. Here's a link. http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22256945/eric-wood-remains-buffalo-bills-roster-puts-retirement-hold-due-salary-cap-issue Rodak alludes to nothing about the Bills wanting money back from Wood. At that time there was a misunderstanding about the impact on the cap if he announced his retirement in January and Beane and Co. wanted to dot their Is and cross their Ts with the league and NFLPA to ensure proper compliance. It comes down to cap management and designating him a post June 1 cut when the time is right because that benefits the cap situation best. There has been nothing to indicate a squabble over bonus money or a legal issue as has been implied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddo Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 1 minute ago, K-9 said: Rodak alludes to nothing about the Bills wanting money back from Wood. At that time there was a misunderstanding about the impact on the cap if he announced his retirement in January and Beane and Co. wanted to dot their Is and cross their Ts with the league and NFLPA to ensure proper compliance. It comes down to cap management and designating him a post June 1 cut when the time is right because that benefits the cap situation best. There has been nothing to indicate a squabble over bonus money or a legal issue as has been implied. This would be my assessment of what's happened so far. Tbh, what the Bills should be doing, is simply arranging the timing of the announcement to their best advantage, something I doubt Wood actually has a problem with. After that, they should be paying the man , and letting him ride off into the sunset. Imho, anything else displays a total lack of class, when a player has played games in the last season, where he could have ended up in a wheeelchair, unknowingly, when the teams' medical staff or physical trainers, should have been ensuring his safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyBills Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Steve O said: Eric has been a class act ever since arriving in Buffalo. Hope something can be worked out. Yea really. He will do the best thing for the team,if it doesn't involve huge money out his pockets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoBills Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 20 minutes ago, K-9 said: Rodak alludes to nothing about the Bills wanting money back from Wood. At that time there was a misunderstanding about the impact on the cap if he announced his retirement in January and Beane and Co. wanted to dot their Is and cross their Ts with the league and NFLPA to ensure proper compliance. It comes down to cap management and designating him a post June 1 cut when the time is right because that benefits the cap situation best. There has been nothing to indicate a squabble over bonus money or a legal issue as has been implied. I never said there is a "squabble" over it. The NFLPA is looking into his contract and seeing about "some" of his Bonus $'s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 1 hour ago, BadLandsMeanie said: Wow you understand this well! Thank you. I wonder do you know if Woods could refuse to retire? (Like he kind of did) And then make them lick him off the team, so he gets his bonus? That might be something he could try. 56 minutes ago, K-9 said: Bills aren’t asking for any amount back. They are simply minimizing their cap exposure by having him wait to be designated a post June 1st cut. There is no acrimony as has been implied by some. They will go through the formality of an injury settlement that keeps him whole and then have the celebratory retirement announcement that was delayed previously. Do you know for sure (from a source) that they aren't asking for money back? If so then that would settle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said: I never said there is a "squabble" over it. The NFLPA is looking into his contract and seeing about "some" of his Bonus $'s. Didn’t mean to imply that you did. Others have though. The Bills aren’t looking to take back any bonus, so I’m not sure what the NFLPA is looking at. Edited March 16, 2018 by K-9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 17 minutes ago, Doc said: That might be something he could try. Do you know for sure (from a source) that they aren't asking for money back? If so then that would settle it. Not from OBD, from PSE. If it were a case where Wood just up and retired, I’m sure they would have sought arbitration to recoup some bonus and then add it back to their cap. And Overdorf certainly looked at the possibilities. But because the retirement was forced due to injury and arbitration would most likely favor the player in that situation, it wasn’t worth pursuing. It’s not like a “Barry Sanders” rule scenario here. So the best the team could hope for in terms of the cap was to wait, waive him injured, and reach a favorable injury settlement with Wood. It’s my understanding that’s what they are doing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk71 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 (edited) Edited March 16, 2018 by Turk71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheBeane Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 41 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Very Very odd.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baskingridgebillsfan Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 with the cap situation being better moving forward I hope there is away to delay the pain if it results in some dead money in the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 56 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Why? What was he supposed to do within the organization? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 10 minutes ago, Doc said: Why? What was he supposed to do within the organization? He didn’t say. Just that he was still going to be part of the organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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