section122 Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 many of us brought it up in the discussions that it probably wasnt made up for leverage but a legitimate injury that he was worried may get worse. additionally theres the hip(?) question mark that he came into the league with. i still think he gets a pretty nice deal, and things are just being kept hush hush. i dont think they push as hard as they do to get to FA without an offer or two in their pockets already (though that can always fall apart) While I don't believe it was completely made up I do think that it was exaggerated. I think if this year it were to flair up he may be willing to play at less than 100% so he didn't get labeled injury prone. This is all pure conjecture on my part but just my thoughts on this. I think the push to FA was indeed made without a deal in hand. I think that Parker overplayed his hand here. Whether or not that bites he and Byrd in the butt remains to be seen but the lack of any news or information in the twitter age speaks very loudly. I think their thought was that someone would be willing to overpay him to the tune of 10+ million, then 9 was floated, then 8. Teams have been mentioned and then removed from contention. Most of the talking heads are saying he isn't worth what he is asking. This doesn't appear to be the dream he expected it to be. He may still get paid handsomely but I will now be surprised if it ends up being 10+ a year.
BADOLBILZ Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Brandonomoics? And then there's the Fitz charge split between '13 and '14 which gets them to 12M in dead money. My suspicion was that they rolled that dead money forward as a precaution against accidentally tapping into rolled over funds from 2012....which wouldn't have counted against the 2013-2016 period where each team must spend a minimum of 89% of the available cap room for that period. We were told last week by The Buffalo News that the Bills had rolled over all of their available cap room but there has been no confirmation. Something definitely isn't right.
RealityCheck Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Perhaps the Bills will be in position to sign him for less than their offer last weekend. Testing the market goes both ways.
qblax16 Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Perhaps the Bills will be in position to sign him for less than their offer last weekend. Testing the market goes both ways. HA Love that! No way that happens though, 1 penny less and that loser agent of his would tell him to walk.
Mark Vader Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Eagles release S Patrick Chung... Sign of things to come?
FluffHead Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Eagles release S Patrick Chung... Eagles sign S Malcolm Jenkins....lots of Byrd players have signed safeties
Justice Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) Sign of things to come? Yes it was. Malcolm Jenkins just signed there. Musical chairs and seats are running out, Byrd! Edited March 11, 2014 by NoJustice
Bills of Boston Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 I am in the camp of hoping Byrd comes back.. I'm most worried about Oakland, Washington, St. Louis after the Tj Ward to Denver signing
Kelly the Dog Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 We may just pull this off. I would LOVE to say I was wrong about tagging him. I think we could offer him 8m right now with incentives like first team all pro and playoffs as 1m incentives and we could have him, as well as happily pay the incentives if he reaches them.
HamSandwhich Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) HA Love that! No way that happens though, 1 penny less and that loser agent of his would tell him to walk. At that point, I dont think it would matter what his agent said. He would have just screwed Byrd out of millions, if the Bills brought the offer down! Edited March 11, 2014 by HamSandwhich
GG Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 We may just pull this off. I would LOVE to say I was wrong about tagging him. I think we could offer him 8m right now with incentives like first team all pro and playoffs as 1m incentives and we could have him, as well as happily pay the incentives if he reaches them. Hope so. Good thing that playoff caliber teams are out of the running, because those incentives would be easier to reach with them. I'd say now it's an even bet with Wash, StL and Bills.
Reed83HOF Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 How do the Skins have Cap room to pay him again?
KD in CA Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 How do the Skins have Cap room to pay him again? I believe the REDSKINS and Cowboys come out from under the NFL salary cap penalty this year.
Justice Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 How do the Skins have Cap room to pay him again? They're were penalized $18 mil each of the last two seasons. That's finally over with.
FluffHead Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Byrd visiting New Orleans Byrd visiting New Orleans
Justice Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Byrd visiting N.O. Wait? What? How in the world is that possible? They have no cap space.
NoSaint Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Byrd visiting New Orleans Byrd visiting New Orleans i didnt think theyd be players in the byrd deal, but i told y'all they had money to spend. having lost both harper and jenkins i figured theyd be a player for one of the cheaper safeties
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