Buffalo Bills Release Jon Corto, Per Report

by Brian Galliford on Feb 9, 2012 7:02 AM EST in Buffalo Bills News

Per a report from Aaron Wilson at Scout.com, the Buffalo Bills have released safety Jon Corto, an Orchard Park native.

Corto, 27, has been with the Bills in one form or another since entering the league in 2007 as an undrafted free agent out of Sacred Heart. He was re-signed to a two-year contract last year to play special teams for the Bills, but he was a rare part of the team's defensive plans, having not appeared there since Dick Jauron used him as a reserve linebacker earlier in his career.

Corto missed five games in 2010 with a wrist injury, then spent the entirety of the 2011 season on Injured Reserve. In a three-year span (2008-2010) in which he received playing time, Corto appeared in 43 games for the Bills, registering 37 tackles and a forced fumble as one of the team's go-to coverage specialists on kicks and punts.

Per the folks at Rotoworld.com, the Bills will be saving about $675,000 in salary by making this move.

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I love it whenever a local guy makes the team (Roosevelt, etc.) but for some reason I could never really get behind Corto. Hate to see guys get cut, but we need to really upgrade on D. More young prospects on ST.

Let’s send that $675,000 Stevie’s way!

by Chernesky on Feb 9, 2012 8:38 AM EST reply actions

I would hate to lose $675,000. Then again I would have loved making that kind of money the year before.

by Bill Frank on Feb 9, 2012 8:54 AM EST reply actions

Corto has hung on as a fringe/special teamer for years.

And has probably raked in more cash in that time than most of us will in our lifetime.

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by The Buffalo Kid on Feb 9, 2012 9:27 AM EST up reply actions

Ho hum

The slow part of the season begins……..

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by The Buffalo Kid on Feb 9, 2012 9:24 AM EST reply actions

Though I knew it wouldnt past forever

I was really rooting for Corto to stick. I always kinda felt like Corto was me and I was him, in a way. In the way that an everyman could make the team. I played special teams for my higjh school team back in the day, so I really enjoyed it when he made plays. It had to be done eventually, but thanks Jon. You’ve been one of the easiest players ever to root for.

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by Dyl on Feb 9, 2012 9:42 AM EST via mobile reply actions

Another special teams move...

All special team moves so far this offseason (Lindell and Sanborn extentions). We must be really focusing in on that part of the game this early off-season.

by dabillsr1 on Feb 9, 2012 9:47 AM EST reply actions

classy

By placing Corto on injured reserve at cutdown day last summer (rather than releasing him outright despite his not getting more than a few days of training camp), Buffalo allowed Corto to receive an NFL pension with 2011 being his 4th NFL season…good for the local kid and classy (VERY RARE instance) by the Bills.

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by Port Royal on Feb 9, 2012 9:54 AM EST reply actions 7 recs

Rec'd

That was classy of the Bills. He might catch on someplace else.

I'd rather go out in a blaze of glory, then slowly fade away in the antiquities of time.

by suteck on Feb 9, 2012 9:57 AM EST up reply actions

I was afraid this was gonna be a sarcastic “classy.” I’m glad it wasn’t.

by kfisk214 on Feb 9, 2012 1:45 PM EST up reply actions

and classy (VERY RARE instance) by the Bills.

They kept Shawn Nelson, too. They gave Fred Jackson a contract that didn’t need to. When have the Bills been anything BUT classy?

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by MattRichWarren on Feb 9, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Re:

Team President, Ralph Wilson trying to avoid paying the rest of Wade Phillips’ contract after firing him comes to mind. Team President, Tom Donahoe ripping Bills fans on the radio and confiscating negative signs and banners before a Saturday Night game against the Broncos comes to mind. That’s off the top of my head.

I’m not sure what you’re referencing about Shawn Nelson. Buffalo released him for justifiable football/ injury reasons that had nothing to do with accruing another season like the situation above. Nelson was years away from accruing a pension, which one can read between the lines was the reason they stashed Corto on IR for 2011. Also, Fred Jackson’s contract extension was a solid business decision done to make a grossly underpaid employee happy when he was hinting at holding out. Smart move, nothing more.

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by Port Royal on Feb 9, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions

That was the end.....

Tom Donahoe ripping Bills fans on the radio and confiscating negative signs and banners before a Saturday Night game against the Broncos comes to mind.

For Donahoe, the fans were already ticked at him, that episode of confiscating the signs just kinda put it over the edge.

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by The Buffalo Kid on Feb 9, 2012 9:05 PM EST up reply actions

Wow. I super apologize for this mess-up. I meant Kevin Everett and not Shawn Nelson. Wow. They kept Everett on the roster until the end of his third year instead of waive/injure him.

Also, Fred Jackson’s contract extension was a solid business decision done to make a grossly underpaid employee happy when he was hinting at holding out. Smart move, nothing more.

Obviously we disagree.

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by MattRichWarren on Feb 10, 2012 5:51 AM EST up reply actions

Gotcha

Everett makes a ton more sense to your point.

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by Port Royal on Feb 10, 2012 8:36 AM EST up reply actions

Fred Jackson

When did Fred get a new contract? The last time I heard they were working on a new contract for him.. And Shawn Nelson is still on the team? I thought they released him last season..

by Mk209 on Feb 9, 2012 5:01 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

his current deal was an extension of his original.

a “new” deal will be a 3rd contract, and a far richer one, by most people’s expectations.

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by ThaRealTruth on Feb 9, 2012 8:15 PM EST up reply actions

They also did something with Kevin Everett to allow him to receive benefits.

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by NordicBillsfan on Feb 9, 2012 5:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Yes. This. I screwed up above.

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by MattRichWarren on Feb 10, 2012 5:51 AM EST up reply actions

I'm sad for him, but hopefully he gets a shot with another team.

Or with us again.

Anyway, its just the beginning of cutting off deadwood and contracts that do not equal their present production.

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by SERGEANT MAJOR THOR on Feb 9, 2012 7:20 PM EST up reply actions

I don’t see how anyone could blame Brad Smith. The rest of the list – sure. But Smith’s role was what the coaches allowed him to do (and then was more or less forced to do because of injuries at the WR position).

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by thefourwinds on Feb 9, 2012 7:50 PM EST up reply actions

too bad for the local guy

My husband was on the wrestling team with Jon’s older (by a year) brother Nick at Orchard Park HS and knew Jon in passing through him. When he saw him on tv during warmups he could not believe how much bigger Jon had gotten from college football and NFL training! My husband has asked me several times over the last few years if Corto was still hanging on to a roster spot, and now I’ll have to give him the bad news. I’ve noted before how he doesn’t have that much interest in the Bills, but he definitely thought the Corto connection was pretty cool.

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by k8 on Feb 9, 2012 12:38 PM EST reply actions

Good luck Jon

Best wishes going forward!

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by norcaliangelsfan on Feb 9, 2012 1:04 PM EST via mobile reply actions

My apology 716

Jon good luck…I shoild have given you more shout outs on the national boards…..you, Na’mann, Starks, the Gronks, Culcrick & the kid from the Bears give 716 players something to shoot for

by rexachss on Feb 9, 2012 4:15 PM EST via mobile reply actions