YoloinOhio Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 @mikerodak: If healthy, Bills could use depth at OT. https://t.co/LoPmbguMew 1st rd pick in 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 @mikerodak: If healthy, Bills could use depth at OT. https://t.co/LoPmbguMew 1st rd pick in 2008 Does he have to pass through waivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 Does he have to pass through waivers?I think that's only for guys on their 1st contracts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Does he have to pass through waivers? nope. hes a vet and its the offseason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris heff Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I don't know anything about this guy, but from that link it doesn't seem Falcon fans are going to miss him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codyny13 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Dude was def solid before injuries. I would def take a flier on him for depth, if not challenge for the rt tackle spot. He would probably come cheap, and be competition for our other tackles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Wow! The Falcons took it In the shorts big time with Baker. The release means they paid him $18.25M to be their LT for two seasons. Only $4.5M in salary for 2015 so apparently he's worth less than half of what they were paying him. Damn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Wow! The Falcons took it In the shorts big time with Baker. The release means they paid him $18.25M to be their LT for two seasons. Only $4.5M in salary for 2015 so apparently he's worth less than half of what they were paying him. Damn! $9 mill per year for a good LT is not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) Dude was def solid before injuries. I would def take a flier on him for depth, if not challenge for the rt tackle spot. He would probably come cheap, and be competition for our other tackles.Yup. He apparently hasn't healed well from the patellar injury in 2013. The Falcons were going to try him at guard, hoping that he'd be in good enough shape for that. I guess he isn't. Expect a retirement or a lengthy layoff for him. If he really wants a ring maybe he gets his body right and signs on later in the season after some tackle for a playoff team gets injured, but I doubt it. He's almost certainly done. He just made a lot of money so why would he further put his health on the line to make close to vet minimum somewhere? $9 mill per year for a good LT is not bad. True, but Baker only played 4 games in 2013 before he tore his patellar and then he sat out all of 2014. They paid over $4.5M per GAME for him. Edited June 15, 2015 by BarleyNY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 On a minimum contract....why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 On a minimum contract....why not?If cheap, he would be really good depth even if he still needs a little time to rehab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I think as has been said the Falcons must think his health really is a big question mark.... unless they are trying to clear the way for Mathis maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Linen Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Whaley has definitely shown a propensity to like former first round picks too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Baker is not physical enough to play in the zone scheme the Bills want. He is a finesse guy. He also can not stay healthy. No thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 On a minimum contract....why not? Why would a guy who just pocketed $18.25M over the last two years sign a one year deal for for $870k? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 (edited) Why would a guy who just pocketed $18.25M over the last two years sign a one year deal for for $870k?Loves the game? Scared of life after football? Owes throatzilla more than la'el does? Not that I think he's a fit Edited June 16, 2015 by NoSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Loves the game? Scared of life after football? Owes throatzilla more than la'el does? Not that I think he's a fit If he's scared of anything I'm thinking it'd be of walking with a limp for rest of his life. He's had a difficult recovery already. As for what he can offer - the Falcons let him go. There are few teams more in need of OL help than them and they didn't want him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 If he's scared of anything I'm thinking it'd be of walking with a limp for rest of his life. He's had a difficult recovery already. As for what he can offer - the Falcons let him go. There are few teams more in need of OL help than them and they didn't want him. Show me a player not facing that as a potential reality? Welcome to the nfl. Though I'll agree, again, that I don't want him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KollegeStudnet Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Sam Baker on the cheap, FTW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 I've heard of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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