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Eagles. 5 years 61million 42m guaranteed. Eric berry signed a 6yr 60m contract. Byrd will surpass it in guaranteed money as well. no doubt.

The relative difference being night and day.

Not sure about kc's cap space but imagine byrd next to berry?

Hopefully. You think something would work in our favor eventually

Ill state my position now and forever henceforth: the right move was tagging Byrd. Eagles paid peters plenty. They made the playoffs. We havent. SF paid clements CRAPLOADS, it didnt work out for him over there, but look where the niners are now and where are we? SF paid whitner, again where are we? Someone will pay Byrd and you can book it that byrd sees playoffs before the Bills ever do. We always have "more pressing" needs and thats how we justify letting go of players. The most pressing need we have is a FO that is competent. We havent had one in decades.

I look at the team that will give me the most money AND the best chance to win something. Unfortunately, b-lo offers neither (the large majority of the time.)

When does it end, exactly? How can you build anything when the majority (not always) of the time you don't keep the talent you have. Clements wasn't worth top dollar - gone; Whitner wasn't worth top dollar - gone; Peters wasn't worth top dollar - gone; Levitre wasn't worth top dollar - gone; Poz wasn't worth top dollar - gone; Byrd wasn't worth top dollar - gone. Those players have gone on to play in 13 playoffs games and 6 pro bowls. Obviously other teams have managed to pay those players good $ and still win. We're still chasing our collective tails. Dareus will demand top 5 DT money; cordy glenn also at LT - somehow those two probably won't be worth it either. And at the end of the day, it's not even about paying Byrd top dollar - it's about not letting him go for NOTHING. And as for spending "a lot" of money on the coaching staff? You mean the entire Syracuse coaching staff? All we need is for the Dean of Students to sign as our GM to complete the transition from AFC East into the ACC.

How we let him walk is beyond me. Lets use the tag on Chris Hogan instead.

Can we get DeSean Jackson instead?

You think no one is willing to trade for Byrd b/c they know that ultimately he will be a FA or do you think that no one is willing to give the Bills what they're asking?

I would take that any day of the week as a Bills fan. Only concern, however, would probably be the way Byrd reacts to that contract and how many games he plays b/c of "injuries". I mean I understand players wanting long-term deals, but if you're Byrd and you're getting franchised 3 years in a row, you're guaranteed elite money for 3 years, and after that he can still get another 2-3yr contract elsewhere b/c he's still young enough. It's certainly not the end of the world for Byrd by any stretch.

Tag Byrd and trade him to Eagles for desean jackson. Reunite him w chip

Theres only one possible thing i can think of that even begins to be a valid concern in the potential decision to not tag Byrd: the bills feel this guy wants out of here so bad that if we franchise him he'll have a sudden bout of PF again around august and sit on the bench " injured"until november. Of course, the PF will somehow get better in november and Byrd will work his butt off and perform on the field for about 4-6 weeks to showcase to other teams that hes got this PF under control. Other than that, i see no viable reason as to why the bills should not tag Byrd. We have absolutely nothing to lose by tagging Byrd. By not tagging Byrd, everyone else wins and we lose.

He doesnt want to be here. Seems clear. Would love to have him be our FS for another 3 yrs, but when u see how our defense played without him last season and consider how much he wants, I wont lose that much sleep over it.

LOL. I personally love some of the new-wave unis. I agree that sometimes they go overboard in college, but in general, I prefer the direction that uniforms are going.

I believe it

I think they're all absolutely horrid, with the exception of the Falcons and the Raiders. I went back and saw the Bears' unis. LMAO.

I disagree with your first point and see absolutely no relevance to reality. Do you think Pettine left b/c he isn't friends with Marrone? Or do you think Pettine left b/c he had an opportunity to be a HC? Was Marrone not happy with the Defense? Are you trying to say that Marrone pushed Pettine out the door? I'm not completely following what you're trying to say. Whether or not Pettine and Marrone went out for dinner is irrelevant to anything, IMO. Pettine didn't resign, he went for a promotion. The move makes sense for Pettine. I think you're looking into it too much.

Lions released FS Louis Delmas and "On the open market, Delmas immediately becomes a top-six option in a free agent safety class led by Jairus Byrd, Donte Whitner, Antoine Bethea, and Chris Clemons." http://www.rotoworld...$6m-in-cap-room Any interest in case we lose Byrd?

Yes stevie of past years.

I wouldn't say it's completely black and white. Decker produced an OK season before Manning in 2011, but being worth 9m/yr? No. I could see him putting up numbers like Stevie without Manning - approx 1000yds and around 6-8 TD's. I just don't see him putting up 1,300+ yds and 11-13 TD's w/o Manning...unless of course he ends up with another future HOF like Brees or Rodgers. Stevie makes around 5.5/yr? Paying Decker more than 7m/yr would be way too much, IMO.

100% agreed.

ESPN New York expects free agent Eric Decker to command "No. 1" receiver-type money, or "at least" $9 million per year. LOL. Does Manning come along with Decker? If not, no thanks. http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/5819/eric-decker

The results are too good to be true? No. Did they go undefeated this season? No. Did they blow everyone out in the playoffs by +20pts every single game? No. What about Jim Harbaugh? He was in the NFC championship game this year and in the super bowl last year. Poor jimmy, he mustve gotten a bad batch of PEDs for his team this season. No personal offense but your PED advantage conspiracy theory is baseless and offends the mind. Are some players on the Hawks on PEDS? Of course they are, just as they are on every other NFL team. When seattle goes to 4 straight Super Bowls or goes undefeated, or wins every game by 20 pts maybe you can start your conspiracy theory then. Seattle did nothing this season that hasnt been done before. They are an awesome team with awesome talent with a coach that works for that franchise.

Where was the talk that hackett will be a good HC one day? We dont even know if he'll make a good OC.