Poll: Fred Jackson Or Stevie Johnson First?

Every day that goes by that Stevie hasn’t been signed makes me nervous.

Freddy is still under contract, and sure, it would be nice to see him get paid. Locking up our UFA’s is the #1 priority.

…this is a no-brainer to me

We should be signing Stevie first. He’s younger, and his contract is up. We have a year to get a deal worked out with Freddie. I agree with you, Brian, I think it’s baffling to prioritize Freddie over Johnson.

Why? Because if we don’t resign Stevie – he’s gone….

We can always resign Jackson during training camp or worst case scenario, during the season.

Stevie – obviously.

Then we should look to trade Jackson – even package him to move up to say the Rams spot (if their sold on Bradford) and grab a QB.

Spiller did pretty well in relief of Jackson and while he is awesome I think we could use him to grab our QB of the future. I know it won’t happen – but it should or it should be looked into.

To show people, (much like the Kelsay signing was intended to do) that we pay and keep good/veteran players.

Stevie is a must sign. You cant trade Lee and then let the new #1 walk the next season. They have so many hills still to fill, you cannot bring in 2 WR’s that will essentually be your #1 and #2

Neither.

Johnson, of course. Im actually okay with lettibg jackson walk just to let spiller be out featured back

Fred is still under contract. Get the soon to be UFA under contract, then worry about extensions.

Voted Jackson thinking it would be much simpler and quicker, thus easier to get out of the way. Either way, if they did Johnson first I’d imagine it wouldn’t be difficult to get Freddy out of the way before TC. This is a bit of a non-issue for me but still an interesting topic.

Freddie should not even be the second or third or fourth priority. Freddie should be extended after all the UFA’s that they decide to keep.

Fred flat out deserves to be the No. 1 priority based on his play for not only last season, but recent memory. He’s toed the company line and done all that can be asked of him. That may not be “business ethics” but it’s a display of earned loyalty, something that used to be very important in the NFL and sadly isn’t anymore. It’s not just about the time table, for me at least. I’m with Fred here. Sometimes you have to make a gesture to show a player that you respect what he’s done, and this presents the perfect opportunity to do it.

It doesn’t mean Johnson can’t still be signed in time. Heck, there’s already a reasonable offer from Stevie on the table.

Buffalo has very few players that are step above simply being spare parts and one of them is about to be a free agent. That’s priority one right now. I could care less about Jackson’s feelings and the money he feels he deserves; he’s under contract and has no leverage. I expect an extension to get done, but not at the expense of business at hand and the business at hand is Johnson.

Either way, if Buffalo lets either player walk, they are a joke. They can pay lip service about building through the draft, keeping their own, etc, but if they keep letting vets walk away or worse, trading vets for 4th round picks, they are simply a farm team for teams that care about winning. The Pirates have stayed open for business for more than two decades operating within this model and Buffalo is certainly aware of it.

Stevie is an unrestricted FA at the end of march. Freddie still has 1 year left on his contract and they can get him done between after signing Stevie and camp. While i believe Freddie needs a new contract..his is a less immediate need than Stevie.C’mon peopel who think signing fred first is the thing to do…Use your brain

I’m one of Fred’s biggest supporters here, but even I understand the importance of locking up the guy who’s headed towards the exit sign first.

Fred needs a better deal, but there’s still time. I just hope that his age doesn’t give them cause to short-change how impactful he has been to the team over the last few years.

As with most of the other posts above say, timing dictates you need to talk with our UFA’s first.

I’d prefer Freddie get an extension before mini-camps, but the only real deadline will be training camp.

It’d be smarter to lock up Stevie first, but Freddy deserves a new contract at least as much.

Voted #22 as I believe he is the MVP of the team & can(did) put the team on his back to get the W.

However its pretty prudent to make your moves in conjunction w/the contract time line factor, which would mean Stevie, who should certainly be resigned 1st, especially considering #14 will be under center.

But whoever see’s the picture the way Buddy does prob will sign 1st. Freddy needs a 3 or 4 yr contract with heavy incentives built in, or if he produces like last yr pay him big. Stevie needs a solid base, but Id throw the incentives @ him too; as well as a good behavior clause.

Because Fred Jackson is AWESOME and a bag of chips.

And because he didn’t get into the all star game, now I’m voting him for everything.

But now that CJ has become a commidity wouldn’t he be worth more than Freddie in the trade market? First off let me say that I hope they keep both of them but what about trading CJ to a team looking for that home run back like Sproles in NO. A couple that come to mind would be the Steelers, Skins, SF, Philly (I believe McCoy is free agent)…. I think with the right team you could get either a decent #2 wr or a good passing rushing DE/OLB. Obviously this is all speculation and would probably have to have some picks thrown in on both sides to even things out, but it would seem to me that CJ is much more valuable on the trade market than Freddie.

With all the Stevie is an “immature diva, who hurts his team with penalties, and loses games for us with all of his drops” talk that had been floating around. Glad to see folks thinking with their heads more than their hearts.

Fred can wait. Take care of the UFAs 1st. I think that speaks just as loudly to other players and the fan base as the “atta boy Fred!” contract he deserves.

Stevie without question. Guy is proven now, so let’s also at least make a play to get him some help on the other side in FA market. I love Nelson and maybe Easley actually takes a regular season snap again, but going after talent like V. Jackson should be high on their list. CJ is no Fred Ex, but if we loose Stevie, the tumbleweeds start blowing at the WR slot in a hurry.

Get Steve done…. Then Pay Fred – give him a nice sweet 3 yr deal that management can live with and he can be very happy with. More importantly – Full-fill the promise you made to the man who has busted his a—, remained loyal and flat out deserves it. Trade him or screw him and it IMO will go down as the single most disgusting back stabbing incident in Bills business history. If nothing else suffices have Ralph slip him a envelope with 10 mil tax free in it – then trade him. Clowns have paid so many epic fails – to not reward Fred would be criminal.

If for no other reason than you re-sign the guy who’s contract expires first.

I boldly predict FO will lowball SJ and not re-sign FJ at all. Go youth with cj and some body. As well as draft 1st wr to start immed. replacing SJ. Yes I want a qb but don’t predict FO will pick one in first rd. Bold but I think thats how FO will operate.:(