DC Tom

Brown gave up and stopped giving effort, and "was excused" from the last game of the season for "personal reasons," and released after the season. I understand Rico's anger at it. But it's not the same thing as retiring in the middle of a game.

Meaning today a title of "Taiwan Jones" should cause most people to ask first before anything "How's his skull?" Ergo, the name should be enough of a title in this case.

You're 3.5 idiots.

A veritable binder full of 'em... Anyone want to know why the Democrats scare me more than Republicans? Democrats will do anything to get their way. That is not an attitude I want in power.

Depends on when they can get the arbitration done, I guess. But what I read was pretty clear: retired = cut, with the difference being the "Barry Sanders rule" that allows arbitration to recoup guaranteed money already paid out. I should add that it's not clear whether or not he gets to keep the money. "Cash" and "cap hit" aren't even remotely the same thing. Trust a league that can't even define "catch" to come up with accounting rules so byzantine.

I think, in today's context of the hit he took, this may be an excusable exception to the rule.

I finally found how it works: retiring mid-season works the same as being cut mid-season, for cap purposes. The difference is that, if a player retires the team can go to arbitration to request the remaining cap hit be "refunded" - pro-rated salary and signing bonus, roster and workout bonus remain with the player, I believe. So Davis would still have a $4M cap hit being retired...but the Bills could claim relief for 7/8 or 29/32 (not sure if you can request a half-game refund) of his signing bonus plus guaranteed salary - call it three and a quarter million. Can't see the Bills losing that arbitration against a guy that walks out mid-game...so ultimately, his cap hit becomes just shy of a million.

Good for you. Have another cookie, you special guy.

That's not right. His signing bonus, roster bonus, and workout bonus are paid out. His salary is guaranteed...but I can't find out if that guarantee holds if a player retires 1.5 games in to the season. And even if it does, that doesn't add up to all $5M. More like $4M and change.

And they'll put him on the "reserve/left squad" list and not pay him anyway.

Yes, you're very special. Go have a cookie. You've earned it.

I'm honestly a little surprised Kelvin Benjamin didn't join him, as Benjamin pretty clearly doesn't want to be out there.

Retired? In the middle of a game? I've gotta say...I came into the season with the expectation that this team would be laughable. Literally, so bad they'd be comedic. So I'm not exactly disappointed. But this? This is more hilarious than I ever could have anticipated.

Cleveland scored a TD, and misses the XP...now tied at 18 with 1:16 left. Cleveland is doing their level best to tie every game.

It didn't "pop off," it was pulled off by the facemask.

I'm surprised Jones is conscious. Or even alive. I haven't been that nauseated by a hit since Everett.

The difference is that the players around him are playing.

Why the hell would he trust his guys? Have you seen these jackasses play? That's probably his biggest problem right now...his reads include seeing which receiver is choosing to run his routes that play, and which linemen are bothering to block. This is why you don't put rookies in train-wreck offices - you teach them bad habits.

Not true. It protects your QB from the risk of getting dismembered behind this line.

Most unproductive offense in the league... WE'RE NUMBER ONE! WE'RE NUMBER ONE!

He had to adjust to the pass being on target. He's not used to the ball hitting him in the hands.

If there's one thing I've learned over the past 15 years of reading this board, it's that ONLY the quarterback position matters... Good lord, that was shot to Jones.

And the bye week.

I think this game's really going to be determined by the halftime adjustments each team makes...

I'm watching NFL Red Zone...I can't help feeling that they really regret having to cut to the Bills-Chargers game at all. And I don't blame them at all.