Doesnt sound insane for the best all around receiver we’ve had since Moulds

That link did not work for me.

Reportedly early in the season they were 2 million a season off. So if he did ask for 7.5 million the bills are trying to get him for 5 mill a year.

However, each one of these agents, including Laboy, did point out that the Bills have been very professional and all three had a lot of praise for the organization when speaking about dealing with them and their clients’ negotiations. The two agents who have dealt with Overdorf specifically mentioned the terrific job they feel he does and his level of professionalism whenever they’ve dealt with him.

Sounds like a new contract has a good chance before the March deadline.

It has a lot of great info on Stevie for sure. But to me the best part is the insight on how the Bills’ FO works, or more precisely how important Overdorf may be to this organization.

It tells me 3 very important things: 1. Nix chooses which players to go after and Overdorf does the negotiation; 2. Nix’s forte may very well be indetifying good players in the draft and through free agency; 3. Seeing as how Overdorf was the Bills negotiator BEFORE Nix came in, it may be very possible that it’s Overdorf that Ralph Wilson Jr. trusts the most with his money.

As for the Stevie contract. What I took from this article is both Stevie’s agent and the Bills saying that this deal was going to get done AFTER the season. Stevie’s agent said it outright. So I expect the deal to get done after this Sunday’s game.

As for the asking price (7.5M/season) I think i understand why the Bills were hesitant before the season. After all 7.5M is a lot to pay for a 1 year wonder. But now that the season is about done it’s very clear that Stevie is a consistent possession receiver that plays his best when facing the league’s premier Corner Backs, having his best games against Revis, Bailey and Flowers. If for no other reason, that should bring the Bills around to the same level as Stevie’s asking price.

I fully expect to see this deal done before the end of January.

I’m prepared to be furious about this whole thing. If Johnson leaves, it’s a PR nightmare for the organization, especially considering that any FA they do sign will be very unlikely to match Johnson’s production and impact. It’d be extremely difficult for the Bills to replace Johnson in the offense, even if they draft a WR in round one or go after a big name in FA. It’d just be a straight up disaster if Johnson leaves and that’s not an opinion that I’ve had about previous recent Bills FA losses or traded players (ie: Lynch, Evans, Greer, Spikes, Poz, Whitner, Fletcher which I was wrong about, McGahee, Henry, Clements or even Winfield or the Peters trade). It’ll be the kind of blow to the lineup that only the Schobel retirement and idiotic decision to not bring Pat Williams back (especially since he wasn’t looking for a Clements type mega contract) has had on the team in the last decade. I really believe this is that important of a resign for Buffalo.

All that said, I’m feeling pretty patient about this whole situation. There’s still a long time until free agency. And if Buffalo does end up landing Johnson for a home town discount, it’ll end up being some darn good negotiating by the team. Just because WGR is reporting that Johnson is willing to take a home town discount doesn’t mean he wants to make less than he could get on the open market. I’m sure that he and his agent didn’t open their side of the negotiations at 7.5 per.

…. some crap leaked by an “insider” in on OBD, some over the season I’m sure by Steve’s agent.
Such garbage.
Both sides appear to want to get a fair deal done. It will.

Unless you are P Poz who said the same “I want to be a Bill forever” crap last year.
And then ran away for the big money.
That really pissed me off. But, I can’t blame him.
And I’m glad the Bills did not pay him what he got.

JUST SIGN STEVIE NOW BUDDY!