Buffalo Barbarian Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 8 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: He specifically called out the “leak” So we weren't supposed to know about the neck injury?
K-9 Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 4 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Gotta believe he will be a rostered player until at least June 1st.
The Wiz Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 4 minutes ago, Wayne Cubed said: For those interested in finding said language.... https://nfllabor.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/collective-bargaining-agreement-2011-2020.pdf 2
Freddie's Dead Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 1 minute ago, Buffalo Barbarian said: Yep but guess not. The context was "an hour before my son was born", which he didn't date and which we were just supposed to know happened a week after the Jagoffs game. 1
Heitz Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Fitz is on WGR now. He said they are all in town to get together tonight. Also he said the leak took away from the press conference Fitz said that he's going to make Wood buy dinner - SOMETHING IS UP!!! :tinfoil hat: 1
plenzmd1 Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 Just now, K-9 said: Gotta believe he will be a rostered player until at least June 1st. you can designate guys as post-June 1 cuts once the league year starts.must be something to due with injury vs retirement ..maybe retirement means you cant designate as Post June 1?
SectionC3 Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 13 minutes ago, Doc said: I think he found out that the team wants him to either forfeit the 2018 guaranteed salary or pay back the $4.3M in unamortized bonus, which they are entitled to do and would help with the cap hit for next year. Wood is making the team retire him. He certainly won’t do it himself. Not with that kind of money at stake. 1
TaskerTough Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 Feels like 1BD rushed this for its own benefit and Wood didn't wanna get painted into a corner. I BLAME RUSS! 2
Wayne Cubed Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 Just now, plenzmd1 said: you can designate guys as post-June 1 cuts once the league year starts.must be something to due with injury vs retirement ..maybe retirement means you cant designate as Post June 1? I think if he retires now, as in puts in the paperwork, the Bills get wacked with the full money on this years salary cap.
thebandit27 Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 6 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said: Sounds like they believe that there's an avenue to gain some cap relief as long as Wood plays ball and they're transparent with the league office and NFLPA
The Wiz Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 Sportrac has him retired as of last friday. http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/eric-wood-5637/
K-9 Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 1 minute ago, plenzmd1 said: you can designate guys as post-June 1 cuts once the league year starts.must be something to due with injury vs retirement ..maybe retirement means you cant designate as Post June 1? I agree. “Waived-injured” and “physically unable to perform” carry entirely different connotations than “retired” and offer different cap relief scenarios as well. Since Friday, everyone has been discussin cap ramidfications in terms of retirement only. Bills are being smart here.
Mango Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, SectionC3 said: Wood is making the team retire him. He certainly won’t do it himself. Not with that kind of money at stake. This is my guess. I’m guessing a bit of a heated or disgruntled exchange in the moments leading to his announcement regarding the financial aspect of all of this. Wood stayed clear of commitment to anything regarding plans. Eluded to continued employment. Organization failed to comment in any meaningful way other than “this is Eric’s Day”. McDermott could have said. “Eric has been such a lynchpin on this roster. And we want to make sure we make it clear, that high character guys get high character treatment” but hey didn’t. They talked about his day, and spending his life with his family, while he talked about being an employee. These are people on very different sides of the table.
Fadingpain Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 35 minutes ago, eball said: Some of you are morons. Of course he didn't learn of the issue before the playoffs. He learned of it in his SEASON-ENDING physical that was after the game and right before his son was born. Just listened to the statement. He very clearly said he learned of this within a few days of the Playoff game (meaning after), and 1 hour BEFORE the birth of his son. His point was simply that it was tough emotionally handling the high of finally making a playoff game followed so quickly by the low of finding out your career is over. As far as I know, Eric is scheduled to speak to Schopp and Bulldog as he always does on Mondays, probably for one last time today. He was scheduled as of last week. Not sure if something has change with that b/c of all the weirdness going on today. Could be the most interesting segment he's ever done with those two.
boco357 Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Fitz is pretty good on radio Think he would be a great in game analyst. 1
ndirish1978 Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 Fitz is killing it on the radio. Says the 4 years in Buffalo are his most important as a player and when he dreams of playing football he does it in a Bills jersey. 6
YoloinOhio Posted January 29, 2018 Author Posted January 29, 2018 4 minutes ago, Fadingpain said: Just listened to the statement. He very clearly said he learned of this within a few days of the Playoff game (meaning after), and 1 hour BEFORE the birth of his son. His point was simply that it was tough emotionally handling the high of finally making a playoff game followed so quickly by the low of finding out your career is over. As far as I know, Eric is scheduled to speak to Schopp and Bulldog as he always does on Mondays, probably for one last time today. He was scheduled as of last week. Not sure if something has change with that b/c of all the weirdness going on today. Could be the most interesting segment he's ever done with those two. On Friday Schopp said he told him he would come on sometime this week... unless I misheard.
cba fan Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, K-9 said: I agree. “Waived-injured” and “physically unable to perform” carry entirely different connotations than “retired” and offer different cap relief scenarios as well. Since Friday, everyone has been discussin cap ramidfications in terms of retirement only. Bills are being smart here. Good thinking K-9 Or even IR him for 2018 may work for salary cap implications. No need for Bean to rush. It is not like he is trying to do a trade or anything.....lol. Edited January 29, 2018 by cba fan
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