And how did JP do in playing for an opportunity next year? He has played himself out of the Bills and just about out of the NFL. Every sports writer and sports commentator can recite JP's faults, faults that he's had since day 1 and has NEVER corrected. Faults that got him demoted from starter, to backup to 3rd string to "see ya". Heart means absolutely nothing without ability in this league. Why should it? Results count. Regarding your last sentence: the best of his ability, if that is what we have witnessed, is not good enough to keep his job. This is a business and players get compensated according to their performance, just like any business. And just like any business, if you work "to the best of your ability" and it does not meet acceptable standards, your employer will most likely replace you with someone who can. Players are held to a higher and more fundamental standard than just, "playing to the best of your ability". That may cut it in some areas of life, but not in the NFL.