DanInUticaTampa

They didn't explore trade because they were waiting for schobel to make a decision. Of course, now they are going to explore a trade. But they didn't go behind schobel's back to trade him without giving him a heads up.

context might help and explain.

come oooon spillar!

Yeah, all these people that think that we can't at least get a 7th rounder for him are idiots. There will be a team that will be willing to part with at least a low round pick to make sure they get him, rather than fight for him in FA.

Even a late round pick would be better than nothing.

If he decides to not retire, then there will be multiple teams going after him. It would be smarter for most of those teams to just trade for him instead of losing a bidding war with him. So I doubt they will "wait him out." But I am thinking he is just going to retire and stay retired.

Even if that happens, they aren't going to just cut whitner because he isn't starting. At most, they would trade him for a low pick. But he doesn't have to start to be on the team.

Agreed. Schobel had some good things to say in the AP story, I am not sure how much of it was just for show though: http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/...obel-599366.php

agreed. Too much wiggle room for both sides to haggle

So by your logic, all of the threads created the past month about Revis, Kindle, Bradford, Pat White, Eric Berry, Buluga, Jack Tatum, Haynesworth, Tebow, and EVEN a Lebron james thread all imply that these players should be signed by the bills? When a person creates a thread about a news story, they usually create it to discuss the said topic. that is how message boards work usually.

No, that isn't what he is saying. He is saying the agent is making the decisions and spillar is going along with what the agent is saying. Usually, the player goes along with what the agent says, because the agent would know better than the player what is a good deal and what isn't. What do you think the agents do to make their money? What you are saying would be like hiring a lawyer and telling the lawyer what to do, which is a complete waste. You are paying for profesional advice and you aren't even getting it because you want to just "take the offer!" If that is all spillar wanted to do, he could just fire his agent and "take the offer" himself. When a financial advisor, a lawyer, and agent, etc, gives you advice, you take it 90% of the time. Sure, they work for you and you can override it, but they usually know more than you about their field, so it is best to take their advice, which is what people do in the real world.

We are overdo for a good offense.

bout time he was signed.

kinda surprised someone in the top 10 signed without the 1st overall pick signing. Hopefully talks pick up steam, still only 3 first rounders signed. But I think it was more important Troup be at training camp on time than Spillar

He wasn't comparing troup to Ratliff, derrrrr. He was counterarguing that an NT doesn't have to be 350+.

I guess they are selling the naming rights since they can't sell tickets.

def. Andra is supposed to be a stud vs the run, we suck at the run, Andra should make a huge difference.

Troup will be there by training camp. A lot of the 2nd round picks are starting to sign now with more training camps getting closer. And once bradford finally signs, the rest of the 1st round will fall into place. Bradford needs to sign though.

Since orakpo was taken the pick after us and claused was taken after our 2nd pick, I say it is crazy to feel the same way about the two, unless clausen turns into a superstar overnight and spillar is a nothing. A ton of teams passed on quinn who was taken ahead of clausen and look how THAT turned out

I think people here were at least half expecting it when nevergiveup leaked the info.

If you can't tell, then you must be the last to laugh at jokes. This isn't meant to be that funny (or even clever), it is meant to be obvious. "nfl rankings: Female addition" hmmmmmmm. AKA: This is nfl rankings, with addtion to..... female rankings! . Is it really that are to figure out the "addition" part? And I assume that you already got that addition was substituted for "edition" like the other poster mentioned. Newspapers and magazines use these sappy and cheap puns in their headlines all the time. The fact that this is a shock to you must mean you never pick up a newspaper. I mean, seriously, you really didn't expect it to be both rankings of football teams and of women? Because that was obviously what the article was going to be to me. And I am surely not the brightest person in the world.

Yeah, and charges were dropped. So adding it in there is misleading. Yeah, the statement was "arrest" but it was implied that we are talking about thugs, criminals, and players who get into trouble. So if you missed what people were really talking about.... then I dunno what to tell ya. Maybe there is a class that can teach you to read in between the lines.

retire?

Spillar seems to resemble Ray Rice the most, or at least that is how I expect them to use him mostly. Especially in this system with 3 good RBs. Rice is mostly used to throw screens to, which is where he does his most damage. I am thinking spillar is going to be our Ray Rice in our 3 headed monster. But that is all premature, because we have no idea how he will look or be used and how much until gameday.

Inside scoop: Nix and Co are trying to sign rookies and patting themselves on the back for the draft. I don't think there really could be much else going on there except for the stuff that has been happening in practice, and I don't think he will or would reveal that kind of stuff.