Not tendering Richie
by BobHamis on Mar 4, 2010 8:03 PM EST
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The point I saw a couple of times made by others is that he kinda sucks, seeing as how he was cut from the Rams. But as far as I know, that was for disciplinary purposes, not for lack of talent. (And other than his spat with Mitchell, did he have any problems with the Bills at all?) And what's the best option for players who have troubling personalities? Same as injury histories! Sign them for a year, a la TO!
And that's what I don't understand. Isn't this offseason the king of opportunities to sign players to one year deals? Here is a team that has the flimsiest, most pitiful line in the NFL, and could tender a proven vet (with an attitude) for what... $1.5M? $1.75M? Is it even humanly possible to sign a starting offensive lineman for that little now? And we could have had him plug up a hole for a year and not committed another day to him.
Is this the Bills' way of saying "no matter what, we are going to draft at least 3 offensive lineman this year and we want as many rookies as possible starting?" I just don't understand how they could turn their backs on a next-to-no-risk one year, cheapo deal at a position of desperate need.
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Agree, somewhat
I would have tendered him too. But you called Guard a position of desperate need and I don’t think that is the case. First, the Bills medical staff are much more in the loop with regards to Wood’s injury than any of us are. Perhaps they are confident that he will be back 100% in ’10?
Even without Wood, there are other veterans available that don’t have the disciplinary issues that Incognito has had. Hank Fraley being first to come to mind.
At any rate, I do agree. They should have tendered him, and I am eagerly awaiting a move that enlightens us as to why they didn’t see it fit to do so.
Maybe I am giving this new regime too much credit, but I’ll bite my tongue until I see more puzzle pieces coming together.
Good point
I had thought I had read rumblings a while back about potentially using Richie at guard and switching one of the other guards to tackle. But I could be way off base about that.
I suppose with all of their glaring needs, perhaps guard simply isn’t high on the list. It’s just that the idea of letting go a talented (but controversial) lineman because the Bills did not want to risk $1.5M or whatever on him just sounds absurd to me.
When I try to sign a veteran lineman at ANY position in Madden, it costs me a minimum of $6M it seems. Even for the old timers. So I’m still having trouble with this. $1.5M is BACKUP money.
You might be thinking of switching Wood to C, not a guard to Tackle.
Levitre is the only real Tackle/Guard we have, and he’s much more suited to G.
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by UZ on Mar 5, 2010 6:43 AM EST up reply actions
I’m sure Buddy & Chan had their reasons. They have a plan, just give it time to play out. I think we will see a rookie LT this year and then all other members of the O-Line will be in at least their 2nd year (Levitre & Wood if he makes it back)
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by RIP058 on Mar 4, 2010 8:11 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Completely agree. Idk why we didnt put something on him. I take it as incouraging news regarding Wood then
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by bflo on Mar 4, 2010 8:32 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Did he want to come back?
For what it is worth, a post on the Bills Message Board last week described a chance meeting with Incognito and his fiancee at a restaurant in St. Louis. The individual said he congratulated Cogs on playing for his favorite team, the Bills, at which point Cogs allegedly responded that he had hated both the city and the team and would never play for the Bills again. It’s impossible to tell about these things, but the story had a ring of truth in the way it was told (shock and dismay). It could be that Incognito had recently heard from his agent that the Bills did not want him back and that he was reacting emotionally to the news, or it could be that he had made it clear he didn’t want to play here, which was the reason Nix & Co. didn’t make an offer. Hard to tell.
I saw film of him.
Saying he likes Buffalo, it’s a blue collar city and he would like to stay here because he is a blue collar guy.
It could be that Incognito had recently heard from his agent that the Bills did not want him back and that he was reacting emotionally to the news
That seems more likely to me.
I would have like to have tendered him, just to keep him from the Dolphins, and for depth. The Dolphins put a waiver claim for him too, I bet he goes to camp with the Dolphins, and I’m sure if he sticks, if Kawika thinks he was dirty before, he will give him a few more reasons to confirm his beliefs, Incognito is that nasty Parcells kind of guy that Parcells likes, a mauling run blocker. If we had tendered him we could have made sure Parcells didn’t get him.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe
Incog isn’t in this FO plans. New FO, new plan. Maybe get O/L through F/A or draft.
by buffalobacker on Mar 4, 2010 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Great points, Mack
The personal stuff that goes on behind door is stuff we will never really know about. Similar to the Peters issues… we don’t know the personal stuff that went on behind the scenes.
I think you’re latter point is more likely: Incognito hated playing in Buffalo and wouldn’t resign.
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I think you’re latter point is more likely: Incognito hated playing in Buffalo and wouldn’t resign
I actually saw film of him say he likes Buffalo, it’s a blue collar city and he’s a blue collar guy and he would like to stay.
I have no doubt it was the FO that sent Incognito packing.
He wanted to stay.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
Do you really know that?
Plus, this guy’s nickname needs to be “Twister” because he’s so unpredictable. I wouldn’t be surprised if Incognito said that he hated and loved Buffalo in the same day.
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AS
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 10:35 PM EST up reply actions
AS I SAID.
I SAW HIM SAY IT ON FILM.
HE WANTED TO BE HERE.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 10:36 PM EST up reply actions
I once saw Nick Saban say that he wasn't going to leave the Dolphins to coach CFB
And he said it on film at a press conference…..
Who was the head coach at Alabama this year?
Be careful what you take to the bank as truth.
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What?
Not everything on TV is factual!! Run …
by buffalobacker on Mar 4, 2010 10:53 PM EST up reply actions
I saw that too.
But I really think Incognito wanted to be here, the Dolphins put in a waiver claim, we could have stopped him from going there very cheaply, now Parcells can get him for NOTHING where he is motivated to show us why we shouldn’t have let him go,
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 10:54 PM EST up reply actions
Hopefully
The FO isn’t as stupid as your implying they are in regards to releasing Incog. Your hopes and their actions are a world apart.
by buffalobacker on Mar 4, 2010 10:57 PM EST up reply actions
I agree with your logic
But your key statement:
But I really think Incognito wanted to be here
My key statement:
I think you’re latter point is more likely: Incognito hated playing in Buffalo and wouldn’t resign.
Notice that they both contain the word “think.” Neither of us can say definitively what went on behind the scenes.
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I saw him say
Buffalo is a blue collar town, and he is a blue collar guy and would like to be here.
The only reason I use the word think is because he would have to be a flat out liar if he didn’t mean it. I think he was genuine.
Did you see any video of him saying he didn;t want to be here? I haven’t.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 11:09 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed
He said he wanted to stay. Buffalo chose not to accept his services. I’m moving on, plenty of time to second quess FO. I’ll at least give them a chance.
by buffalobacker on Mar 4, 2010 11:24 PM EST up reply actions
That’s all we can do,
I’m still pissed we gave him to Parcells for NOTHING.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 11:26 PM EST up reply actions
Back to the Saban point
Plenty of coaches and players say one thing, and don’t mean it. Or change their mind. Drastically sometimes.
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The more I read, the madder I get... WTF were they thinking?
Buddy, for real bro…. why didn’t you put a 2nd on this cat for an experienced, starting, OG? Does OBD know that the CIA and FBI are about to put a hit on Cogs house and arrest him for mass murder? I think not.
Cogs could provide depth on the line or start until Wood is heathy. Either way, as injury prone as our team is, Cogs fullfills a need. A good FA OG would cost much more and a draft pick is rolling the dice.
Put a tender on him, and if someone ponies up, we get another draft pick. If not, we keep Cogs. Instead,
we stupidly let him go for nothing.
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by SERGEANT MAJOR THOR on Mar 4, 2010 9:31 PM EST reply actions
How about this as a possible explanation...?
Our new brain trust has blown one.
Now, why is that so hard to believe or accept?
Incognito is arguably better than any reserve OL we currently have. Not tendering him defies reason.
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maybe
like i said. i would have tendered him. we’ll either see a reason in the coming days, or one will become apparent (i.e. a GAFF).
I still fail to see why people think Richie is good at anything but getting penalties?
A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing!
Why?
He is nasty. He brings an attitude. And he can block. Are those factors banned in our clubhouse?
You know what my biggest disappointment in TO was last season? He didn’t bring the attitude with him. The one where he gets in the face of under-performing teammates on the sidelines, when he tries to rally the troops. He confused good behavior with remaining quiet and passive. We have the most stoic sideline in the NFL.
And as far as penalties go, we already have O-linemen that rack of plenty of them and can’t block.
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Since when is nasty the only thing that you need to play Oline?
All he has ever done is shoot off his mouth and make stupid penalties. He has never shown himself to be anything more than a below average Guard. Brian Cox had a nasty attitude to.
A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing!
I said this?
Since when is nasty the only thing that you need to play Oline?
Oh, never mind. I won’t even respond to this.
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OK.....when did he prove he is anything but a below average blocker who takes dumb penalties?
A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing!
Can’t we, you know, wait to see what the depth looks like in a week or two before rendering judgment?!?!
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by Brian Galliford on Mar 4, 2010 9:41 PM EST up reply actions
Sure.
Can’t we, you know, wait to see what the depth looks like in a week or two before rendering judgment?!?!
Let’s revisit this in a week or two. In the meantime, Brian, you are welcome to compile a list of FA OL that are clearly better than Incognito. Shouldn’t take long.
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Brian asked for a week or two.
That precludes the draft in late April.
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LOL
Got a good point there! Give’m a chance, hard to judge if you don’t have same info as FO.
by buffalobacker on Mar 4, 2010 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
I think you missed my point. We can poo poo the fact that Richie is gone, but if the Bills have acceptable depth heading into the draft, who gives a crap about Incognito?
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by Brian Galliford on Mar 4, 2010 10:05 PM EST up reply actions
Your point is well taken. But 1) that’s a big “if,” given how many holes OBD needs to fill. 2) Even if that depth is secured, it will likely come at a far greater cost than a tender offer. I haven’t really seen anyone address how impossible it is to find veteran OLs for so little money. RI’s contract would have been so damn cheap that if he ever started acting like a jerk, OBD could have cut him at any point next season without fearing enormous SC implications.
If nothing else, this seems like a missed opportunity for value.
by BobHamis on Mar 4, 2010 10:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It’s also possible that Nix and company just didn’t think he’s a very good ball player. He’s not the world-beater that most make him out to be. His talent is immense, but he’s well below the NFL average when it comes to interior offensive linemen.
Yeah, I was a little bit surprised that he wasn’t tendered. By no means do I think it was a missed opportunity or a blunder, because it’s completely understandable that they’d let him go.
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by Brian Galliford on Mar 4, 2010 10:23 PM EST up reply actions
He’s not the world-beater that most make him out to be. His talent is immense, but he’s well below the NFL average when it comes to interior offensive linemen.
It is almost as if the Bills had retained Cogs and signed Osgood the Bills would be set. I mean really why are getting all worked up over this guy?
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who gives a crap about Incognito?
I don’t, unless he ends up in Miami, with a chip on his shoulder wanting to make us pay for cutting him loose, that’s probably where he ends up, he’s a parcells kind of guy, and could be dangerous since he wanted to stay her, A jilted lover if you will, for comparison, always dangerous, I would have rather buried him on our bench. It wouldn’t have cost too much.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
Chip on Shoulder
What’s he gonna do block someone to death? We have all these holes so lets “bury” guy’s on the bench? Changes mean people are gonna leave, dang let them asseble a team before we pounce.
by buffalobacker on Mar 4, 2010 10:42 PM EST up reply actions
More like
He is motivated to prove we made a mistake letting him go.
We lit a fire under under him, and gave him away to a division rival to use against us.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 10:46 PM EST up reply actions
And we know they want him.
They put in a waiver claim too.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 10:48 PM EST up reply actions
understood
I quess we gave the phins a gift. Only time will tell.
by buffalobacker on Mar 4, 2010 10:55 PM EST up reply actions
The only way this works.
If the FO thinks he is a trojan horse that gives us mega penalty yards from a hothead, a distinct possibility of what they are thinking, I would have rather buried him on the bench and kept him for depth.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 10:59 PM EST up reply actions
Can’t we, you know, wait to see what the depth looks like in a week or two before rendering judgment?!?!
I agree, I wanted to keep him, he’s a mauling run blocker, but not so great against the pass, if the FO has someone that is a mauler but better pass blocker, I have no problem with letting him go, but we still could have tendered him anyway to keep him from the Dolphins even if he would ride the pines, now we might have to face him twice a year with a chip on his shoulder because he wanted to be here, I think it made alot of sense to tender him a 3rd rounder for depth just to keep him from the Dolphins, much like Parcells gave up a 5th for Thigpen just in case we had any ideas of getting him.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 10:20 PM EST up reply actions
Sometimes
You keep a person and sit them on the benh if you don’t want to face them in the division.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 10:33 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah
Sometimes you burn money because it grows on trees…
by buffalobacker on Mar 4, 2010 10:45 PM EST up reply actions
In the NFL
Money does grow on trees, think about it when you buy your next $80 jersey that cost $2 to make.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
Expensive
I can’t get Bill’s stuff here in Seattle. Would have to order online, and I don’t shop online. Got enough vices, so no jersy’s for me. It will be interesting to see how O/L ends up.
by buffalobacker on Mar 4, 2010 11:30 PM EST up reply actions
Our new brain trust has blown one. Now, why is that so hard to believe or accept? Incognito is arguably better than any reserve OL we currently have. Not tendering him defies reason.
Which is exactly why I think it was a conscious decision. They know Cogs has talent but they also know he takes dumb penalties and is a headcase. Is it so unrealistic to think they didn’t want to deal with him or for him to influence their young guys?
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by MattRichWarren on Mar 5, 2010 9:57 AM EST up reply actions
Which is exactly why I think it was a conscious decision.
Of course it was. You think it just happened on it’s own?
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People are talking about it as if Nix was asleep at the wheel for not tendering the guy.
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by MattRichWarren on Mar 7, 2010 8:49 AM EST up reply actions
It still makes more sense to keep Him even for 1 offseason..
Get Ritchie to move in with Marshawn and perhaps they form a “budding” relationship..Might just take the edge off that temper of His..If it don’t work out..The upside is Marshawn makes a clean getaway with a lot more 20’s with Ritchie blocking for Him in the mall..
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Funny part is I could see it happening !!! The taking $$$ and running part. But they don’t get away… ML is caught “dancing” and Incog is caught holding someone.
by buffalobacker on Mar 6, 2010 4:16 PM EST up reply actions
Good or Bad
They had a reason for not tendering Incog. We just don’t know if it was a good one. I’ll hold out my judgement till the dealings done. So to speak….Besides what is so great about Incog?
I’m not at all surprised. I have no clue why everybody was assuming that a guy who the Rams cut for getting multiple 15 yard penalties for heading butting, in two different games, was some lock to be brought back. The guy is a total headcase and he’s the type of player who will lose you games all on his own. He’s got a reputation for being one of the dirtiest players in the league, the refs know it and he gets flagged constantly as a result.
Here’s some things I’ve written in the past:
what if this team signed Incognito out of nothing more than desperation?
I want nothing to do with the guy. He’s good for a drive ending penalty at least once every other game and I just don’t want an over the top dirty player like that on the team
And I’ll stand by those comments. I’m glad he’s gone. Let him be some other team’s problem. The Bills were starting guys like Kendall Simmons and Jamon Meredith this past season. Clearly, Buffalo only grabbed him off of waivers because he was the best available option at the time and they needed somebody. Now that FA is about to start, Buffalo doesn’t think he’s that good of an option anymore and I agree.
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by kaisertown on Mar 4, 2010 9:52 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
And some more stuff:
Incognito has been injury prone his whole career.
“Cogs” faked an illness to sit out of week 17 in 2008. Jim Haslett actually slapped a candy bar out of his hands on the sideline during the game.
http://www.rotoworld.com/Content/playerpages/player_previousnews.aspx?sport=NFL&id=3291
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Precisely
That is exactly why a cheapo, one year deal was perfect for Richie. I don’t think anyone here was advocating for a long term deal for RI. Just a dirt cheap one year deal. If for no other reason than to have depth.
If I can sum up my thoughts and those of some other people’s, it just seems like the downside was small compared to a potentially enormous upside. (Potentially.)
I'm sorry
BUT THAT IS AWESOME
I can just picture Haslett doing that and fat Richie having chocolate all over his mouth. Anybody remember A League of Their Own and the little fat kid named Stillwell who always had chocolate all over his mouth? That’s what I see here.
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by MattRichWarren on Mar 5, 2010 9:59 AM EST up reply actions
Hope your right.
Because I have a feeling he is going to be a Dolphin real quick.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 10:25 PM EST up reply actions
hahaha
That would pretty much shut everyone up and simultaneously drop their jaws.
As a Bills fan, I would be mad about that, given the opportunity to spend next to nothing on a trouble guy and lock him up for just a year without any long term commitments.
by BobHamis on Mar 4, 2010 10:44 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Summation: Value, value, value
People who don’t mind this move are essentially saying, “He wasn’t that great a player.” Or “he didn’t want to be in Buffalo.” Or “he was a net negative.” Possibly all true.
But the FO messed up here, because RI was an enormous value target.
1) We could have had him at an absurdly low price.
2) The price was so low that we could have cut him whenever we wanted and not taken much of a salary cap hit.
3) The Bills just hired an entire new coaching staff that has not worked with or tried to coach RI. So there is no way to tell things wouldn’t have worked out.
4) He was sought by our arch rivals and will now possibly make their team better.
5) For a price that low, we didn’t even have to start RI.
Even if the Bills made the right decision from a game play perspective, they totally whiffed on value. This was a strong value for the money, low risk pick that an intelligent FO should have addressed differently. After reading these 50 comments, I feel more strongly about it than I did when I started this post.
by BobHamis on Mar 4, 2010 11:09 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
my thoughts exactly.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
I'm still pissed,
the last time Parcells showed up our decision makers with Hostletler.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 11:37 PM EST up reply actions
I you want to beat Parcells and Bellicheat.
You can’t give them the players they want for nothing,
We know the Dolphin want incognito, It is insane to give him for NOTHING.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 11:50 PM EST up reply actions
It is insane
Until after his 3rd personal foul the Phish are backed up to their own goal line, K. Williams bull rushes Richie back into Pennington for a safety and both Richie & Chad have to leave the game. OK, a bit of a dream there, but you get the picture.
Well
I don’t begin to understand the dollars & cents of them not tendering. But would I be wrong to say if they made a tender they’d be out some money? At least this way they lose nothing.. Really tells me they think Incog aint needed. Call it stupid after whomever they get to replace him fails..
by buffalobacker on Mar 4, 2010 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
Honestly, maybe...
Look at it this way—that roster spot will be filled by someone else now. The Bills will sign someone else to be their backup guard. And given the $1.25-1.5M or so it would have cost to keep RI—signing someone else to take RI’s place will probably cost more.
Value, value, value.
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get’s exactly what they want, for NOTHING/
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
2) The price was so low that we could have cut him whenever we wanted and not taken much of a salary cap hit.
On the non-existant salary cap?
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by MattRichWarren on Mar 5, 2010 10:00 AM EST up reply actions
They did between 1992 and 2008. In 2009 they were applied to 2009 since there was going to be no cap in 2010. In 2010 there will be no cap penalties so the Panthers can release a guy like Jake Delhomme and not incur a huge cap hit.
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by MattRichWarren on Mar 7, 2010 8:51 AM EST up reply actions
A 3rd round tender
We could have got something to help us or made sure they didn’t get what they want.
There's not a wide receiver who is fast enough, that J.P. Losman can't overthrow him on a fly pattern.
by The Buffalo Kid on Mar 4, 2010 11:53 PM EST reply actions
Meaningless Move
I may be mistaken but I think teams can even rescind the tender until a certain date so we prbly should have but, what is being overlooked is the new atmosphere that Chan and Buddy must create and is difficult to do if the coach is ever publicly questioned by his players so maybe Buddy said its only $1.5 mil and Chan said no not worth the risk. Yes I can already see him in a dolphins uniform but, I’m not worried about it at all.
Richie
All I can say is Richie was an Asset to Buffalo with a line that is pretty much non-existent. We could have used Richie, he is a hard hitting o-line man that Buffalo should have found someway to keep him. I was reading from NFL.com that several teams are interested in him so I think he will be gone because who wants to stay in Buffalo when one can go to a winning team. I am a huge fan and will stick with Buffalo till the end but we need try and keep the players that can be an asset
Yep....couldn't agree more
All I can say is Richie was an Ass
You should have just stopped there :-)
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