obie_wan

Good to see the Bills took the extra time and still overpaid. If they were going to open the checkbook, you think they could have closed the deal before camp started.

chain of command?? The OC is running a crappy offense and he reports to the head coach. Where is there a problem with Jauron directing the OC to fix certain things - like adding audibles.

Schobel had 3 years left on his deal, just like Peters. that is the relevance

because they are as ill-prepared as the Bills? The Bills used to have Price as a backup who could actually hold his own at either OT spot. I know its too much to ask to invest in someone like that instead of UDFAs and converted TEs

link?

my recollection is they signed Kelsey in Feb and Schobel stayed away from the off season activities that year. Schobel says he asked for the increase but do not know when he asked.

if any other player on the team turns into a pro bowl LT, then the Bills will have to deal with the precedent. You, sir, must not manage people. Because if you did, I assure you you'd see the dangers in giving in to Peters at this point. Essentially, Peters and his agent have backed the Bills into a corner. The FO has only one option to maintain team unity and order - don't give him a new contract. how does that management thing work when your best and most productive employee who has been nationally recognized for his achievements is paid half of the guy in the office next door who works on less important projects. and the boss wants to hang in there for another year before we talk about a raise. I can see how that would be good for morale If the Bills are in a corner, it's their own fault because they were too arrogant to deal with this situation in the off-season.

EVANS Evans may be a higher priority. but why was he not signed to a new deal before camp? was it a surprise to the front office that this was his last year? why have the Bills front office chosen to distract Evans during camp while they work on his extension? or they just stringing him along? why were Williams and Butler (with years left on their deals) deemed a higher priority than Evans (and Peters) and got extension BEFORE camp? PETERS How many UDFA's turn into pro bowl LTs? maybe Peters is unique and should be treated as such. if any other player on the team turns into a pro bowl LT, then the Bills will have to deal with the precedent. The Bills already set the precedent when they extended Schobel with 3 years left on his deal. Bills Pro Bowl DE Aaron Schobel signs contract extension with Buffalo Associated Press Updated: August 24, 2007, 11:04 PM ET ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Pro Bowl defensive end Aaron Schobel signed a contract extension with the Buffalo Bills on Friday that is potentially worth about $50.5 million over the seven-year deal. The deal includes $20 million in guaranteed money and locks Schobel up through 2013, extending his current contract for four additional years. The new deal was reached after Schobel earned his first Pro Bowl selection last season, and now makes him the team's highest-paid player. "Obviously, I had three years left on my deal so they didn't have to do anything ... so it's good: It's good for both of us," Schobel said after the Bills 28-17 preseason loss to Tennessee. "I like it here. This is my kind of style. I'm a small-town guy. I like the organization, I like the fans."

Last year, the Bills produced some of the least entertaining games I have ever seen. The Pittsburgh game was extremely frustrating.

The uniqueness of Peters is that he did not get the benefit of the big money from being a high draft pick. He will never get those early years back.

seemed to work for Butler and Williams

That would be typical of this front office. piss off the best player on the team at the 2nd most important position- where we haven;t a bona fide player for 15 years and now cut him loose because the front office is on power trip and because the front office refuses to acknowledge the importance of LT- we have absolutely no one on the roster that can take his place. playoffs - here we come

The missing info for both holdouts is that in both cases teh teams were negotiating with the player for an extension. The Rams did offer a new deal to Jackson BEFORE camp started. W Hester came to camp on the premise that progress was being made on a new deal. Why absolutely no discussions of any sort by the Bills with regard to Peters. Regardless if he has contract in place, the team should have been pro-active and opened discussions to take care of Peters far earlier in the off-season so training camp would not have been a problem. Just because they can hide behind his contract, does not mean they should. It's taken 15 years to find a bona fide LT, it is a poor choice to make Peters an example of hard lining on contracts, while extending Williams and Butler BEFORE required to report at camp. They had time left on their deals as well. When Schoebel was extended, I seem to recall that he skipped all the off-season stuff as well - but still got a new deal BEFORE camp. Why the double standard?

maybe they signed the deal in 2006 because the Bills (Marv Levy) asked them to since they did not want Peters to become a free agent the next year as a LT, with the understanding he would be taken care of if he was successful as a LT. The Bills gave them a limited $1 mil escalator for the switch to left tackle to show their good faith but also to support the re-do since the $1mil would not be enough to support real LT money. In January 2008, the Bills (Brandon) informed Peters they would not honor Marv's (he was senile at the time) Levy's commitement to redo the contract even though Peters is a pro-bowl LT who is the 3th highest paid OL on the team.

Fred Jackson actually ran better than Lynch last year. He averaged almost a full yard more and is much more advanced in the passing game than Lynch. Losing Lynch would hurt but would not be fatal - especially if Trent is able to handle a bigger passing game. Nothing works without an OL