Bills Release WR Peerless Price, Two Others
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[editor's note, by Brian Galliford] Buffalo Bills wide receiver Peerless Price, who in 2006 was signed to a four-year deal, has bee released by the club. Price, who spent most of the 2007 season on injured reserve with a neck injury, sees his second Bills stint cut short by two years.
Kurupt has it right in this diary, folks - the release of Price is a major sign that the Bills will be focusing the bulk of their early off-season efforts on upgrading the wide receiver position. This move frees up a nominal amount of cap room, and leaves the starting spot opposite Lee Evans wide open for a newcomer. Kurupt also mentioned in a diary last week that top targets include Arizona's Bryant Johnson and Jacksonville's Ernest Wilford; either receiver would diversify Buffalo's receiving corps and provide a significant upgrade over Price. Look for the team to address this position very early in the free agent signing period.
Good luck, Peerless. Your career may be in a tailspin, and you may be recovering from a serious injury, but I'll say that you were one of my favorite players to watch over the years - especially early this decade, lined up with Eric Moulds. I'll always remember your OT TD against the Vikings, and your tip-toe grab in the back of the end zone to beat the Texans. You had game. We'll miss you. End Note
Along with LB Kevin Harrison and DB EJ Underwood.
Guess it's pretty obvious that WR is a MAJOR priority this offseason. It's probably going to be the #1 goal of FA and then we'll see a draftee. Just like we all hope for...
I bet the first signing will be a WR, hopefully it's not Drew Carter.
Just another great fan opinion shared on the pages of BuffaloRumblings.com.
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WOW
Now we just opened some room for a #2 WR. I can't wait to see
#1 Evans
#2 Any impact WR
#3 Reed
#4 Parrish
Let me tell you what... try and cover all four of these guys and Lynch or Jackson out of the backfield. Our line can hold up on blitzes to give Edwards enough time to get the ball out.
I AM EXTREMELY ECXITED
by hilliarddavid on Feb 14, 2008 4:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yep I love the 1-4,
by NYTXFAN on Feb 14, 2008 5:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well
by MARVelous on Feb 14, 2008 4:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
class
by StuckInNJ on Feb 14, 2008 5:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Price was also one of my fav players
by NYTXFAN on Feb 14, 2008 5:26 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Good Luck Peerless
But he did, and he was never the same after being exposed as only a good number 2 wideout and not a #1. It was a shame his time ended due to injury, but its a business and I wish him the best.
by WABillsfan on Feb 14, 2008 10:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No surprise here
I am a little surprised about Harrison and Underwood. Are they no longer eligible for the practice squad? Or did the organization just not like them at all. I figured the Bills would bring all the players into camp that they could.
by kaisertown on Feb 14, 2008 5:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Price's impact on Salary cap???
Are we going to have a couple million more a year for the next two years since we wont have to pay him?
by hilliarddavid on Feb 14, 2008 6:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Classy move
by Kumario! on Feb 14, 2008 7:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
FA and the latest Mayock mock
Either way, if we have three receivers ahead of Josh Reed, and maybe even 4 with Parrish, then I am very happy, and so should everyone else. Throw in a TE, and this offense will have great ptential
by killascript on Feb 14, 2008 8:26 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I really like Josh Reed as a #3 reciever,
by NYTXFAN on Feb 14, 2008 8:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Based on what?
by Nick BensalemPA on Feb 14, 2008 9:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I like Reed more than Price.
I think Reed and Parrish fill the slot WR and fourth WR role perfectly. They are just not meant to be a #2. Reed had 33 first downs last year. That's not a bad number.
Dropping Price was a no brainer. Personally, I really never cared for him much, although I still do feel sympathy for any athlete whose career is cut short by injury. I thought he was/is a one trick pony, something I'm fearful Evans is turning in to.
If you ask me what my defining moment of Price is, it came during the first week of games after 9/11. Henry fumbles around the Pittsburgh twenty, they recover and take it to the house. Price has a chance to make a diving tackle at around the ten, and then he pulls up. I don't care if he had the chance or not; at least you should try. He didn't.
This move has absolutely no effect on what the Bills will do in FA or the draft. This move actualy happened the day Price was placed on IR last year, for all intents and purposes.
Just like yesterday, Buffalo still has to fill a need at the #2 WR spot. However, I still think improved QB play, as well as competent play calling will lessen the need to use significant resources on the position. Basically, I'm sticking to the game plan I've had for the team, and that is to sign a 2nd tier FA, and draft a developmental guy in the mid stages of the draft.
by krytime on Feb 14, 2008 9:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This changes nothing
Price was a solid Bill, his biggest mistake was going to Atlanta, where he had Mike Vick as his QB. If he had stayed in Buffalo, and kept that offense together, who knows how thing would have turned out.
by sireric on Feb 14, 2008 10:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Peerless and Willis
Lol if he had stayed in Buffalo, we would never have gotten Willis McGahee, and been stuck with that damn Travis Henry guy who could only run for 1400 yds on a broken leg!
by Thronsen on Feb 15, 2008 12:19 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Reed and Parrish
Reed was our most consistent threat this year. I see him as a Wayne Chrebet for us. Not flashy in any regard, but very tough, a 3rd down specialist, great hands over the middle, and a great blocker.
All we need is one, and ONLY one legitimate WR this offseason, and releasing Price made that clear.
by Kumario! on Feb 15, 2008 1:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

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