Bills sign FS Byrd, waive WR Sam
by Brian Galliford on Jul 29, 2009 6:01 PM EDT
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PrintThe Buffalo Bills have officially announced the signings of OG Eric Wood - which we've known about for nearly 24 hours now - and FS Jairus Byrd.
Wood, as we explained earlier this afternoon, agreed to a five-year, $13 million (maximum) deal. He will practice Thursday and is expected to lock down the starting right guard job sooner rather than later.
The terms of Byrd's deal are as of yet undisclosed, though it's highly likely he agreed to a four-year deal. As we mentioned roughly an hour ago (via the Buffalo News), Byrd recently underwent sports hernia surgery and is expected to miss the next two weeks while he recovers. That's the bad news - he hasn't practiced with the team since May's rookie mini-camp, and he may not see the field until after Buffalo's first pre-season game. The upside, however, is that he'll be in Pittsford, participating in meetings and picking the brains of the veterans. For someone with as little NFL experience as him, that counts for something.
With these roster moves in mind, the Bills had to free up a roster space. They did so by placing WR P.K. Sam on the waived/injured list.
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I’m just happy that Byrd is signed. He’ll be a hell of a player in the near future and I’m glad that he got the surgery out of the way rather than waiting and risking major injury. I forsee him catching up quickly.
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by NeverendingOptimism on Jul 29, 2009 6:07 PM EDT reply actions
As much as I disliked the Byrd pick it’s good to see him sign on the line and get into camp, even though he won’t be practicing. If nothing else it allows OBD to focus all of their collective attention on Aaron Maybin’s contract. Maybe the Bills can surprise everyone—particularly us—and get Maybin’s deal done before Crabtree’s is finalized.
Yikes!!!
get Maybin’s deal done before Crabtree’s is finalized.
I hope it is not that long. From the sound of it, Crabtree may not be signed until well after the season starts.
"I BET YOU IF WE PUT A 12 DOZEN GLAZE DONUTS AT THE OTHER END ON KICK RETURN JAIME DUKES WILL BE OUR NUM # 1 RETURNER …… HOW YOU LIKE THEM APPLES DUKE APPLE PIE PUNKEN EATER DWINKE SMASHER DING DONG FLABER" - abayarde
how much cap room do we have left?
I would think 5-6 years
20 million
I can do all things through he whom gives me strength. Philippians 4:13
Can you do 6 years on a #11 pick? I thought only the top 5 or so picks could get contracts longer than 5 years.
Didn't Lynch get a 6 year deal?
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
We have plenty of cap room to sign him. Here is what I said in April. I stick by it.
DE at 11: 5 years, $22-25M, $4.4M to $5M Avg.
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by MattRichWarren on Jul 29, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
hmm, maybe for the early part of the season, but once Byrd catches up, I expect to see him on the feild more often then Scott.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Jul 30, 2009 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions
It must suck to be a fringe player
Kind of lost in all of this is that WR P.K. Sam has been dumped. I’m sure he knew that his chance of making the team was approximately zilch. Still, he had to study the playbook and put in all of the hours of physical prep time in order to go out and at least try to make a case for being kept around. It has to be tough to put in all that effort on the practice field knowing that there’s virutally no chance that it will ever translate into actual playing time with an NFL team.
the experience will come back to him tenfold, if you’re really that heartbroken ;)
Later Losman!
by rockybillboa on Jul 29, 2009 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions
in the mean time,
i hear the argos have a WR roster spot opening up with arlen gone!
Later Losman!
by rockybillboa on Jul 29, 2009 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I think thats a bigger mistake on the Argos though. Arlen will be a killer with the Ti-Cats, maybe even puching them over the top of the Argos (finally).
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by CanadianBillsFan on Jul 30, 2009 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s not a matter of being heartbroken and, no, the experience is unlikely to come back to him tenfold. He’s one of those guys who is likely to never make it in the NFL. He’s also one of those guys who are indespensable for the short term of training camps. Teams get ready for the season partly on the backs of guys who know they won’t ever really get a shot. I hope camp pays well…
I'm sure it's very frustrating and disappointing for him...
….but he has participated in the ultimate fantasy camp, and gotten paid for the privilege. He’s trained with Lee Evans and TO, and caught passes Trent Edwards. Most aspiring players and fantasizing fans never get that far. He may not have had a realistic shot, but he had a wonderful opportunity.
by Gino Parilli on Jul 29, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Very true. Now the challenge is to find a bunch of fat boys to foolishly volunteer for the offensive linemen to practice cutting on. Buffalo’s linemen struggled with that all last season (some of the futile bellyflops would have been funny had they not been Bills’ players) and it’s been said by team officials (Jauron, if I remember correctly) that Buffalo doesn’t practice cutting people in camp—due mainly to the risk of injury to the defensive linemen and linebackers.
Come on, Buffalo fat boys: Take one for the team! You can say that you were crippled for life by Eric Wood…unless it’s by some guy who won’t make it through training camp without getting cut. But you can still tell people it was Eric Wood who hobbled you for life. As long as you don’t sue Wood might not mind…
by Ron From NM on Jul 29, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't feel too bad for ol' PK
The man is the proud owner of a Super Bowl ring. Spending your early 20s bouncing around the league a little, making some pretty good scratch and earning a big freaking ring isn’t the worst thing in the world.
Don’t worry too much about him, I give it two weeks before he’s back in the CFL playing for the Argos. Sure his contract will only be around 75K/year, but he’ll still be paid for playing football.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Jul 30, 2009 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions
and he gets to be a pretend-Canadian
which is worth more than any sum of money!!!
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
Wow, if i didn’t know any better I’d say that K just let out a pro canadian comment… about time K! ;-)
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by CanadianBillsFan on Jul 30, 2009 2:10 AM EDT up reply actions
I figured you’d hacked his account and posted that on his behalf.
Of course we could make things more challenging, Lisa, but then the stupider students would be in here complaining, furrowing their brows in a vain attempt to understand the situation--Seymour Skinner
Lol, while I am pretty handy with computors, my hacking abilities are nowhere near good enough to do that.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Jul 31, 2009 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Except they have to pay half their paychecks. They’re commies.
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by MattRichWarren on Jul 30, 2009 8:25 AM EDT up reply actions
And they don’t in the NFL? Combine the federal income tax, NY state income tax, and medicaid rates and see if you don’t arrive at a number suspiciously close to 50%.
Of course we could make things more challenging, Lisa, but then the stupider students would be in here complaining, furrowing their brows in a vain attempt to understand the situation--Seymour Skinner
It's not over 50%
What are you a commie, too? :-)
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by MattRichWarren on Jul 30, 2009 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
It is not communism
it is socialism. http://www.diffen.com/difference/Communism_vs_Socialism
Not saying I like either one.
"I BET YOU IF WE PUT A 12 DOZEN GLAZE DONUTS AT THE OTHER END ON KICK RETURN JAIME DUKES WILL BE OUR NUM # 1 RETURNER …… HOW YOU LIKE THEM APPLES DUKE APPLE PIE PUNKEN EATER DWINKE SMASHER DING DONG FLABER" - abayarde
Hey I’ll take Canada’s brand of socialism over America’s brand of capitalism any day!
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by CanadianBillsFan on Jul 31, 2009 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah, you guys really aren’t that far off from us in the end, theres maybe a 15% difference in it all. The big difference is that the canadian government puts the majority of that money back into the ppl instead of in it’s military and such.
Oh and BTW, it’s closer to 35% then it is to 50% on taxes up here.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Jul 31, 2009 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s the bad news – he hasn’t practiced with the team since May’s rookie mini-camp,
Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Byrd miss all of those rookie practices and OTA’s since he wasn’t allowed to participate due to the stupid finals rules for his college? I know he missed all the OTA’s coming it just afterwards to go through stuff with the defensive coaches, but I thought he wasn’t allowed at rookie camp either
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
They are allowed to attend rookie camp and that is it.
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by MattRichWarren on Jul 30, 2009 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I think I read on buffalobills.com a while back that Byrd spent time with the coaches between the rookie camp and the start of training camp trying to make up for lost time.
Of course we could make things more challenging, Lisa, but then the stupider students would be in here complaining, furrowing their brows in a vain attempt to understand the situation--Seymour Skinner
by Ron From NM on Jul 30, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
That he did as well.
Because it was after graduation. K is talking specifically about the rookie minicamp which Byrd was able to participate in.
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by MattRichWarren on Jul 30, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions
OK, wasn't sure
Thought it was both, guess it was just the OTA’s. It’s not like the Rookie Camp was huge though. It’s what, 3 days? He needs work and he needs a lot of it to be ready by the opener. I hope he can heal up in time to play in the last couple of preseason games.
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
Yeah 3 days.
It’s mostly team terminology to catch them up and show them around.
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by MattRichWarren on Jul 30, 2009 8:26 AM EDT up reply actions
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