But he also knocked Jason Witten the hell out and I really miss watching him do that.

But that dude also plays with reckless abandon…he is a certified beast whenever he does make it on the field

the Bills are not THAT cheap. $10 mil over 4 years for starting corner??? That is just crazy talk. If we can lock up Greer for 4 years 16 million, which shouldn’t be that unimaginable, we definitely should. This team is never going to take the next step until it starts keeping talent. Greer is what 26 years old? That is very much worth the money. Plus, Trent Edwards has not yet earned a new deal, Peters can probably be had cheaper than last year, and Poz is essentially still playing his first year. We should have room.

Well technically, if the Bills resign Greer to the 4 year 20 mil contract you think he might get, he would recieve about 6 mil in signing bonus money and his salary would be a very reasonable 3 mil a season and would almost be over by the time Whitner and Lynch’s contracts are ending. I don’t think signing Greer to that kind of contract effects the Bills salary situation long term.

Poz is right ,10 mil over 4 years is a joke. The Bills should be willing to go at least as high as the 4 years, 20 mil that you mention because that might still be a bargain. I think he will get 5 or 6 years and 25-30 mil on the open market.

Clearing Losman’s salary is irrelevant. He only made 650K this year. If McCargo gets cut (am I the only one who thinks that he won’t?) that would clear a little room since he made 835K this year. He is only going to make 685K next year so I think he sticks around as a cheap 4th DT. Fowler is making 1.775 mil this year and Denney is at 2.3 mil this year.

If the Bills don’t sign Greer it will be because their salary is already pretty high and there isn’t too much money coming off the books. Trent could get a pay raise and so could Peters, but Lynch, Poz and Whitner couldn’t matter much less. you said that you doubt the Bills will let Whitner and Lynch go into the last year of their contracts, but that last season starts in over 2 and a half years. Lynch is even technically under contract through 2012, but the last year is voidable. The Bills just let Lee Evans play under rookie contract for almost all of it before resigning him.

I agree Greer is not a top CB in the league, but we are also not sure about Leo. Giving Greer 10 mil instead of 6 mil would be a waste of sorts, but it would give us one more year to find out what we have in both Greer and Leo. I would hate to let Greer go and end up short at CB. We need all three of these guys if we are going to take the next step. Besides, next year is the year, right? Our absolute necessities are C, DE, LB and this team should be able to make a run. That is not a tall order to fill. Let Greer go, and you need to draft another CB and hope Corner works out.

but if for some reason the Bills won’t or can’t sign him, it might be worth the cap hit for to keep him for one season. If he proves to be worth the money, then you will have to sign him to an even bigger contract or let him walk/trade him if Corner can play nickel. You can franchise a player 2 years, right? If the Bills are not sure Greer is worth a big contract, then wouldn’t taking the cap hit for one year be better in the long run than signing him to big long term deal? The Bills would still have the big signing bonus cap hit, right?

paying him a little more than 30 almost seems like a bargain when guys like Samuel and Gamble are making twice as much.

I totally agree with this. I think the gap in players value between Greer and Gamble is very small, while the difference in pay will not be indicative of their value. If Gamble went for that much, and we can get Greer for 30-35, I think it is that much more important to keep him.