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Retiring to Belgium I presume?

If the Bills are asking for ANY portion of his bonus in return, regardless of their expressed legal right to do so, it is a BUSH LEAGUE MOVE of the highest order. They signed Wood and gave him that bonus with the expectation that he would play out the remaining two years; it was already an expected cost and they were happy to incur it for a player of Wood's caliber, not to mention his leadership and example of the "football character" McD banks on. Yeah, it sucks that an unforeseen medical condition will force him to retire before he the contract expires, but that's as far is it should go. I don't understand given Pegula's seeming little concern about what it takes to sign players, coaches, etc. Hard to swallow when this team was glad to pay Marrone, Schwartz, Ryan, etc. multi-millions of dollars NOT to earn their respective deals through performance. You take care of Wood, regardless. Period.

I think it would have been easier to put him on injured reserve before the public announcements that he has been medically barred from playing football.

I agree. “Waived-injured” and “physically unable to perform” carry entirely different connotations than “retired” and offer different cap relief scenarios as well. Since Friday, everyone has been discussin cap ramidfications in terms of retirement only. Bills are being smart here.

Gotta believe he will be a rostered player until at least June 1st.

What are the options to retirement if he is not cleared to play due to an irreparable medical condition that precludes him from doing so?

In public statements, he has been medically barred from playing. Literally not cleared. Hard to play games with the league given that declaration.

He sustains the first two stingers of his career in a short time span in mid season and they are content with an X-ray vs. the more detailed and revealing MRI received post season? Hmm.

It’s all plan A.

It’s not the lack of pro style offenses these college QBs run so much as it’s the lack of variety in the defenses they see on a week to week basis that makes them utterly incapable of readily being able to recognize and beat the array of pro defenses they see in the NFL. When a spread QB sees little more than quarters coverage every week, he’s just not gonna hit the ground running in the pro. And that’s before taking into considersation the sheer superiority of the athletes on the defenses they face in the NFL.

Was just going to ask if he had return ability. That added value will help his chances compared to other prospects at the position.

50% less likely to get called for defensive holding. I take a flyer on that basis alone.

If he’s healthy, he stays. It’s a no brainer to keep a quality OT and get your best five on the field.

As I alluded to in the college football forum, the best quote from that article was, “If you can see the guy open, you’re late. You have to anticipate it.” Such a simple concept and yet the hardest for QBs to understand.

I’d add Butler, who left us in cap hell, Donahoe, and Greg Williams who thought nothing of dismantling a top defense because he could “stop the run with numbers.”

Won’t move the needle much at all, especially compared to how he did in interviews during the week. The game is secondary to what occurs during the week. One reason team personnel go home after the last practices and player availability for interviews has past. I’m sure a segment of fans and media will be swayed, though. But that matters even less.

“If you see the guy open, you’re too late.” Perhaps the single most consice explanation of a QB’s challenge as a passer in the NFL.

^This. The real value for the talent evaluators is talking to prospects, observing their practices and drills, and seeing how quickly they assimilate new coaching and schemes. The game itself tells them little they don’t already know.

Is it appropriate for McD, Beane, Daboll et al to be lining up potential replacement candidates at this moment?

I agree with that entire scouting report. That’s why he’s a development project. If he can’t adapt his game and improve over the next couple years, we move on. I’ll quibble a little bit in that he has shown an ability to get the ball out on time at the top of his dropback. Whether or not Daboll’s scheme relies as much on those timing routes that take advantage of that remains to be seen. Peterman may not be a project he sees as much value in as a result.

My apologies for not having seen those other posts. Just not enough pro experience to go on. I know his earlier college years were an adventure, but his senior year was marked by major improvement. All in the eye of the beholder, I guess. But I think it’s too early to label him an abject failure.

I’m 50/50 on Peterman but I’m wondering if this observation is all based on the Chargers game and mop up duty vs. Jax? Because if you que up some of his college footage, especially his masterpiece against the eventual national champ Clemson on the road in Death Valley, there are examples of him standing in under pressure long enough to make a play and then getting creamed in the process. The very definition of composure. Not sure I can label him otherwise based on a bad half and a series of football.

Darby’s value was relative to the scheme, though. He is just not a good match for McD’s preferrences. The fact we didn’t miss him at all seems to bear that out. And the potential value of the third round pick we acquired for Darby has yet to be realized as well.

Bucky Gleason couldn’t be any more less connected to both the Bills and Sabres if he tried. He has been purposely ignored, as have several in the local media, since 2011. That is a directive from on high. As as for the piece in today’s news, Bucky covered all the bases, with the idea of Petermen being just one of them. He expertly narrowed the QB question down to a free agent, a trade, a draft pick, or someone already on the roster.