Malazan

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com says they are looking at him as competition for Doug Free at Right Tackle.

You'd have to be ridiculous sensitive for that to even register a glimmer of annoyance, rage, or whatever

I have found myself to disagree with John Wawrow a lot on here, but I give him tremendous respect for realizing that the way sports reporting works has changed and for being on here and engaging with people. There is a lot of Buffalo media that I won't read or listen to, but I will read John's articles because he is here. It's likely better to message the mod, but I can understand his disdain for a having a moderator make the comment.

Are you really advocating that if they didn't intend to sign him to the contract at the number he wanted that they should have just let him walk? That is...an...'interesting' point of view.

I'd really rather the Bills weren't party to Best's death.

Players should be paid and allowed to take endorsement deals (imagine how the pros would scream!). The NCAA needs changes, but I'm not sure it being outright eliminated would be the best option.

It was more of...well, we could have traded down to get more picks and taken best instead of spiller later on.

Some of you people are not bright. All NFL teams already employ analytics. Maybe they should just put 'ANALYTICS' on somebody's office door so the dum dums can understand and stop with the....but....but he said there would be an analytics DEPARTMENT. Anyways, how about we encourage and laud the original poster instead of continuing to hijack his thread into yet another B word session. ------------------------------- Unfortunately, I can't help, but I offer you my kudos, Rockee96 and wish you well.

If the Bills would cut everyone then we wouldn't have to complain about these suck players!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's some nice stuff to hear.

They're quite cozy. It would be nice to eat with a fork again though.

You have a much higher opinion of the average TSW poster than I do. I figured it was closer to:

DOES NOT MATTER! IF BILLS REALLY WANTED TO GET IT DONE THEY WOULD BE WORKING ON IT NOW! This is the Byrd situation all over again! This team will never learn because ralph is cheap and russ will just sign a big free agent to sell tickets.

The bills aren't talking he starts at 5-10 though...unless you have other information beyond what's been reported.

Where has reported that? The only thing I've seen is Bills talking top 5 and Byrd talking top overall from schefter.

There's probably a lot of factors taken into account such as lease deals and teams that have other holdings. The Bills might be lower, but they have almost no debt.

Should be longer imo. Which they have every right to do and should do. Players need to be accountable to the team and league for their image. These execs should have been fired. They were too high up the food chain for that though so it should have been much longer.

He uses one tactic. Scorched Earth. He hopes the other team blinks. I'm ok with the Bills not blinking and tagging him two years in a row at which point Byrd wouldn't get anywhere near what he wants. You give in and he'll be back.

If you don't set the tone with Parker, he will keep coming back. If he knows you won't cave, he's got nothing. He's not better than any other agent, he's just willing to scorch the earth since he doesn't lose one dime. Byrd isn't some innocent angel who doesn't know what is happening. You hire Parker for a reason.

It will be interesting how long they are actually out.

Can she play Quarterback?

Here's a tip for how you tell if you have a unique idea and whether it should be a new thread.. You don't. It's not unique and likely is about the original topic.

The rumors say it's 'above' Goldson/Weddle which could still be 'around', but the rumors about being the highest paid safety (not: one of the) don't seem far off. Parker's tactic is usually to not 'negotiate'. There was an excellent point that if Byrd doesn't end up with a huge contract that it opens up Parker to other agents saying, "He made Byrd sit out and lose money then didn't even get him the best deal". His reputation could be a huge wall to get through on getting a deal done.

If Brady and Belichick leave...would you consider the Pats history as strongly?

There's a thread discussing Byrd if you missed it.