Sisyphean Bills Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 im not an apologist. Peters was good, but it looks like he may have been overrated. He has not performed well since being traded. As for pissing off best players.... do Evans, Jackson, Moorman, and any other best player seem pissed off? No. For the record every FO has disputes with players. GB/Favre, NE/Moss, SD/Jackson merriman, we can go on. There are many credible points against the FO, but the one you are putting forth on Peters isnt one of them. Of course there are disputes and lots of players are royal pains. So what? Welcome to the real world of the modern NFL player. If Peters was a complete dick, then the FO still !@#$ed up royally because they didn't bother to address the situation like professionals that had a clue about building a winning team and draft his replacement, even though they could have taken Ryan Clady. The facts are that the Bills went out and spent millions on garbage veterans like Dockery, Walker, and Fowler. Dockery in particular was rewarded with the highest contract in team history -- for a guy that was below average! Peters was a vastly better talent (although apparently brought more baggage) than those players and paid less. He had a legit beef. He went to the man controlling the purse strings and Brandon by his own admission told Jason to get the !@#$ out of his office, that it was Lee Evans turn to get paid. Anybody that has followed this team for any length of time realizes that they do not value OL play. Again, people in their front office have said things like "He's just a lineman. We can find 5 fat guys and line them up." Even after the trade, Brandon came out and said that Jason had earned some bonus or whatever to try and paint a picture that Peters was manufacturing his own dissatisfaction without cause. Again, if you've followed this team any length of time, there are many stories of where Ralph himself has intervened for the player to give the player more money than Ralph's hired help would like. Again: dysfunction is as dysfunction does. It's all part of the gestalt of a FO that is the class clown of the NFL and pouring glue in their shorts for cheap laughs. In the final analysis, sure it's looking like Peters' doesn't have any motivation any longer and getting something for him wasn't a bad thing at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Have you ever played sports before ? You are clueless. For example, Randy moss moved because he was an bad presence. Huh, and here the viewpoint I've heard is that he was no longer productive enough when single covered, and no longer enough of a threat to draw double c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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