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I think he might literally make the pats worse and would bet us something.

 

Exactly. It's doing yourself a disservice just to get revenge that is totally unneeded

How are the Bills doing themselves a disservice.

 

You could argue Boldin did the Bills a disservice.

 

You could argue thar Boldin did himself a disservice.

 

I fail to recognize the correlation between what has happened and the Bills "doing themselves a disservice". If anything they are trying to help their cause by getting something in return, they may have lost out on another WR expecting Boldin to play, heck they may even have kept Sammy. Perhaps the Bills were counting on Boldin, and he left them holding their dicks.

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How are the Bills doing themselves a disservice.

 

You could argue Boldin did the Bills a disservice.

 

You could argue thar Boldin did himself a disservice.

 

I fail to recognize the correlation between what has happened and the Bills "doing themselves a disservice". If anything they are trying to help their cause by getting something in return, they may have lost out on another WR expecting Boldin to play, heck they may even have kept Sammy. Perhaps the Bills were counting on Boldin, and he left them holding their dicks.

And in context I was saying that if we held him just to spite him it would be dumb because we should take something, anything, that is offered

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And in context I was saying that if we held him just to spite him it would be dumb because we should take something, anything, that is offered

Fair enough.

 

I just don't think there is any way the Bills can lose from this point forward. There are only a few outcomes:

1. He shows up and plays for the Bills.

2. We get something for him in trade.

3. He stays retired.

 

Those options either help us or bear no consequence for the Bills. Each option bears consequence to Boldin, so we are holding 51 cards, and his only card is the deuce of hearts.

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True, but he's got 271 yards this far in the season and just fumbled the game away against us. Tampa is close to Boldin's family. Jacksonville could work too, but I'd prefer an NFC team.

 

Well, I hope Miami is in close proximity, because this team is going places! Cutler-Boldin. That'll bring those NFL ratings back!

Tampa would be the best option if they have any interest.

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What team wants him though? His local teams are all pretty set at the WR position and I can't imagine 'a contender' is in the market for an old man slot.

 

I'd love it if we got alil something for being spurned by him!

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HUH? He's still "officially" part of the team?

He is on the reserve/retired list so he does not take a roster spot but the team still hold his rights. Similar to the Marshawn Lynch situation from earlier this year. Seattle still held his rights which is way Oakland had to trade for him.

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Usually I am in the players corner in any situation involving money. In this case, Im in kind of the opposite place. Its probably in the Bills best interest to try to get anything for him but at the same time, Im petty. Id be tempted to just leave him sitting there through the year. He left the Bills a little high and dry, which is fine if he wasnt planning on playing. I wouldnt be too quick to accommodate him even if it will sit well with players and agents around the league.

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Usually I am in the players corner in any situation involving money. In this case, Im in kind of the opposite place. Its probably in the Bills best interest to try to get anything for him but at the same time, Im petty. Id be tempted to just leave him sitting there through the year. He left the Bills a little high and dry, which is fine if he wasnt planning on playing. I wouldnt be too quick to accommodate him even if it will sit well with players and agents around the league.

Exactly. It isn't like he was traded to the Bills, he signed here. He made a commitment to this team, and he balked at it. I'm only taking an offer that knocks my socks off or sends him to any of the 15 NFC teams we don't have to play this year. Barring that, sorry Anquan, you're always welcomed to try to win a spot in our already thin WR corps. Edited by sodbuster
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Boldin is the kind of player that the Bills need to separate themselves from. I agree about getting something in return, but if not, just flat out release him and be done with it.

 

He's played his whole career watching Buffalo stumble around, hiring and firing coaches, wasting draft picks, and being losers. It's not surprising that when things didn't go as planned (Sammy being traded), he checked out thinking 'same old Bills'.

 

We need to recreate a brand, not just a team. Let these veterans wash out, keep playing like they are, and eventually Beane and McD will earn enough trust that even the vets respect personnel decisions like the Watkins trade.

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That's fine

 

He quit on us and is dead to me, but if we can get something for him that's great.

 

More importantly we need to make sure he goes somewhere outside the division, maybe even conference, and not to any team that regularly deals with the Pats (Browns, Raiders), or any team who's draft picks we hold (specifically KC).

 

You're signature may be the best on this board. I HATED bryan cox. Probably more than I hate Tom Brady.

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Yep. I think he was just wrong about what the team could do. And I think he wasn't honest when he gave his reasons for why he retired. It's possible, however, that he was protecting the Bills by not saying what he felt, that the team was not interested in winning this season but rather trading assets for future considerations he wasn't going to be around for. That could have been legit. And he would have been just wrong in his calculation and not a jerk for lying.

 

After watching him in the preseason game I think it is the Bills who are protecting him. He didn't have it and looked incredibly slow out there. I wonder if his roster spot might not have been secure so he took "retirement."

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