Beerball Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 pain in the Beerball to do all that. You're right, continue bitching rather than a bit of scrolling.
eball Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 It really is a "can't lose" contract for both parties -- an absolute rarity in professional sports. Hard to believe this organization made it happen. Go Tyrod!
Green Lightning Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 After taking in 43 pages of the thread and numerous breakdowns of the contract, I think DW did a stroke of business here. $9.5 mil is a bargain - below Fitz money - for this year. The Bills are protected with option outs and if TT excels we get a franchise QB below Brock Osweiler money. What's not to like?
YoloinOhio Posted August 13, 2016 Author Posted August 13, 2016 Cowherd is a Pat fan, not surprising. Still, I lose respect for people when they take shots at the city. They don't know the people. They don't know the history. Shut your mouth, you haven't walked in our shoes.more importantly, they don't know the contract (and don't bother to learn)
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 After taking in 43 pages of the thread and numerous breakdowns of the contract, I think DW did a stroke of business here. $9.5 mil is a bargain - below Fitz money - for this year. The Bills are protected with option outs and if TT excels we get a franchise QB below Brock Osweiler money. What's not to like? Assuming of course his agent doesn't try and blackmail the team for more.
Doc Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 more importantly, they don't know the contract (and don't bother to learn) Yep. The moron looked at the total value and nothing else.
jimmy10 Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 Yep. The moron looked at the total value and nothing else. I can't believe Cowherd took time away from sh#tting on Dominican ballplayers to actually talk about our lowly Buffalo Bills. Guys, we have arrived.
JOE IN HAMPTON ROADS Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 For all the doubters, let me translate DW's press statement: "TT is not the best QB around, he's not even the QB we really want. But he's the best QB available for what we are willing to pay and he's already here, so we're locking him in now in case he gets really good, but if not we have escape clauses that let us dump him anytime without losing our shirts." Genius. We are blessed to have DW. If only we could get rid of Rex...
NoSaint Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 It really is a "can't lose" contract for both parties -- an absolute rarity in professional sports. Hard to believe this organization made it happen. Go Tyrod! There could easily be some uncomfortableness on either side throughout it still but the downside has been minimized
plenzmd1 Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 (edited) It really is a "can't lose" contract for both parties -- an absolute rarity in professional sports. Hard to believe this organization made it happen. Go Tyrod! Yep... Tyron : Old Contract..has a great year this year at $3.5, gets tagged next year form$22.0 ...makes $25M total. Bad year and he hits the open market.Devastating injury..cooked . So top side is $25m, low side is $3.5 New contract $9.5 guaranteed , plays well gets $27 m next year. Plays bad, hits open market. So top side $37M , low side $9.5M How can people not see great deal for him. Bills : Bills pay $6.5 to avoid messy contract negotiation next year in event TT has a good year, but can still get out if he chits the bed...well worth the 6.5... And they can now control Gilmore as well. Everyone wins is right Eric! Edited August 13, 2016 by plenzmd1
Green Lightning Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 I can't believe Cowherd took time away from sh#tting on Dominican ballplayers to actually talk about our lowly Buffalo Bills. Guys, we have arrived. Now that's funny.
stony Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 I can't believe Cowherd took time away from sh#tting on Dominican ballplayers to actually talk about our lowly Buffalo Bills. Guys, we have arrived. How fat and low energy is Whitlock? Holy crap. Cowherd is a blowhard, but he's gotta say ridiculous stuff to make sure Whitlock stays engaged.
jimmy10 Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 (edited) How fat and low energy is Whitlock? Holy crap. Cowherd is a blowhard, but he's gotta say ridiculous stuff to make sure Whitlock stays engaged. That's how most of those broadcasting guys work. Doesn't matter if they're our local yokels or the national guys. As long as you have a HOT TAEK people will talk, positive or negative, and that's what pumps program directors' (and advertisers') nads. What I've never understood about Cowherd is how somebody with such a reedy voice made it so far in radio. And now he's on tv, so we get the full sensory experience of his reedy sneer. Anyway, I subscribe to the notion that if Cowherd is crapping on you, you must be doing something right. So now I like the Tyrod deal even more. Edited August 13, 2016 by jimmy10
Big Turk Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 (edited) Lower tier? It ranks him 23rd in the NFL...1 million/year less than Dalton, 3 million per year more than Fitz. It's fair, around where he should be at the moment, although you could argue that Dalton is underpaid based on his last few seasons... http://overthecap.com/position/quarterback/ Yep... Tyron : Old Contract..has a great year this year at $3.5, gets tagged next year form$22.0 ...makes $25M total. Bad year and he hits the open market.Devastating injury..cooked . So top side is $25m, low side is $3.5 New contract $9.5 guaranteed , plays well gets $27 m next year. Plays bad, hits open market. So top side $37M , low side $9.5M How can people not see great deal for him. Bills : Bills pay $6.5 to avoid messy contract negotiation next year in event TT has a good year, but can still get out if he chits the bed...well worth the 6.5... And they can now control Gilmore as well. Everyone wins is right Eric! Can almost guarentee they will spread that bonus out over the other 5 years...no way he sees 27 million next year in cap hit... Edited August 13, 2016 by matter2003
PromoTheRobot Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 Best part of this deal? It guarantees the franchise tag is available for Gilmore.
BuffaloHokie13 Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 Food for thought as far as 'winnners' and 'losers': Tyrod has a tremendous amount of respect for #12 in Boston, who has always had pretty team friendly numbers. He also witnessed firsthand what Mr. Flacco's contract did to the Ravens roster. Tyrod clearly wants to make enough to protect his future, especially considering the average NFL career, but he wants to keep his supporting cast because he knows that's best for everyone. He doesn't care about being the highest paid QB, he wants to be the highest performing QB.
EmotionallyUnstable Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 Food for thought as far as 'winnners' and 'losers': Tyrod has a tremendous amount of respect for #12 in Boston, who has always had pretty team friendly numbers. He also witnessed firsthand what Mr. Flacco's contract did to the Ravens roster. Tyrod clearly wants to make enough to protect his future, especially considering the average NFL career, but he wants to keep his supporting cast because he knows that's best for everyone. He doesn't care about being the highest paid QB, he wants to be the highest performing QB. That's a good take on it. However he also locked himself into 9 mil, substantially more money than his previous comtract. I'm sure he wasn't upset about that either.
plenzmd1 Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 It ranks him 23rd in the NFL...1 million/year less than Dalton, 3 million per year more than Fitz. It's fair, around where he should be at the moment, although you could argue that Dalton is underpaid based on his last few seasons...http://overthecap.com/position/quarterback/ Can almost guarentee they will spread that bonus out over the other 5 years...no way he sees 27 million next year in cap hit... Agreed , but he still gets $37m in first two years as opposed to $25m ( assuming $22mtag #) without this deal. Cap hit completely different than cash..as we all know! As Ross Tucker said, no brainier for him to sign it. These talking head knuckleheads conveniently leave the Tag option out of the equation when saying TT was dumb to sign this offer. I must say, thought his agent was a tool and out of his league when he made rhe comments earlier in the offseason, but I think he did a brilliant job for his client here. And, has E pointed, good for the Bills tol
Hardcore Bills Fan Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 Have they learned NOTHING from Fitz, Trent Edwards et al? Wow are you not all there. Do think before you write or just real fast type whatever you fingers let you?
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