Remind me again why we haven't had Jason Peters for the last 15 years?

[SoTier]

4 hours ago, Idandria said:

Looking back on this.. some of the worse moves in the drought era is really irritating me.

 

move on. We broke the curse last year. We have Pegula and McBeane. The team is still in Buffalo.

 

Let’s leave the ghosts of Ralph and Russ where they belong. In the past. 

 

Except that the current regime seems to be emulating the old regime.  The shedding of the best players rather than paying them,  replacing good young veterans with bottom feeder FAs and rookies, drafting for need at the top of the draft while passing on better prospects because the incumbents at those positions were traded or allowed to walk in FA, ignoring the offense -- especially the OL -- has continued, so the ghosts of Ralph and Russ continue to haunt the Bills in the present.   Only the names have changed.

 

 

3 hours ago, aceman_16 said:

Lol nice try but lazy (PS look up ad hominem) .  Your Bills history is a bit cloudy. The team wanted to keep Peters and were willing to renegotiate his contract, which had two years left on it, but after he held out and then threatened to hold out again the next season it was clear that keeping Peters in Buffalo was going to be monumentally difficult. Thus the trade. Jason has been quoted MANY times with he wanted out of Buffalo.  Finally,  don't let facts get in the way of your "good" story.

 

Jason Peters wanted to stay with the Bills until he found out that they tried to cheat him by low-balling him on his new contract and then they refused to renegotiate until he forced their hands with a hold out.  Plain and simple, the Bills signed Peters to a contract that was modest even for a JAG RT rather than the Pro Bowl LT he had developed into.  By the time they even offered him a new contract, Peters was done with the organization and announced that he would play out his contract but not re-sign.  He was traded within days of the Bills finally offering him a new contract.  "He didn't want to be here" was the line that the Bills fed to their sycophants in the media to try to save face with the fan base.  Obviously they did their work pretty well since their propaganda continues to be defended by Bills apologists all these years later.

 

[reddogblitz]

7 hours ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

Tell that to Khalil Mack and Aaron Donald. 

 

Von Miller?

[McNubbins]

Ralph is cheap. 

[aceman_16]

48 minutes ago, SoTier said:

He was traded within days of the Bills finally offering him a new contract......

..... because he didn't want to be here.  The money was what he wanted and he still left.  Thank you for proving my point.

[Nick the Greek]

1 hour ago, SoTier said:

 

Except that the current regime seems to be emulating the old regime.  The shedding of the best players rather than paying them,  replacing good young veterans with bottom feeder FAs and rookies, drafting for need at the top of the draft while passing on better prospects because the incumbents at those positions were traded or allowed to walk in FA, ignoring the offense -- especially the OL -- has continued, so the ghosts of Ralph and Russ continue to haunt the Bills in the present.   Only the names have changed.

 

 

 

Jason Peters wanted to stay with the Bills until he found out that they tried to cheat him by low-balling him on his new contract and then they refused to renegotiate until he forced their hands with a hold out.  Plain and simple, the Bills signed Peters to a contract that was modest even for a JAG RT rather than the Pro Bowl LT he had developed into.  By the time they even offered him a new contract, Peters was done with the organization and announced that he would play out his contract but not re-sign.  He was traded within days of the Bills finally offering him a new contract.  "He didn't want to be here" was the line that the Bills fed to their sycophants in the media to try to save face with the fan base.  Obviously they did their work pretty well since their propaganda continues to be defended by Bills apologists all these years later.

 

The current regime emulates the old? 

 

With one word, I can tell you how they aren’t the same, and that word is “playoffs”. 

 

The old missed 17 years in a row. McBeane needed 1. But yea, who’s counting, right? 

Edited September 7, 2018 by Idandria

[BillsPride12]

9 hours ago, Seasons1992 said:

 

He sure did, virtually every season between 89 and 94. Can you imagine what he'd be worth in today's NFL??

Bruce would legitimately be worth Khalil Mack money...he was that good