The Wiz Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 1 minute ago, ndirish1978 said: 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. He was talking up Daboll and McD at the presser. Think he's making his case?
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 7 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Fitz is pretty good on radio Not surpising. You may not have ever heard it mentioned here, but he has Ivy League pedigree...
ndirish1978 Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 Just now, The Wiz said: He was talking up Daboll and McD at the presser. Think he's making his case? Lol, nah he's here for the blowout retirement party they're having tonight.
YoloinOhio Posted January 29, 2018 Author Posted January 29, 2018 Just now, Over 29 years of fanhood said: Not surpising. You may not have ever heard it mentioned here, but he has Ivy League pedigree... Haha! I know you see being facetious but I know a lot of people with Ivy League degrees who have the communication skills/personality of a tree stump 2
Misterbluesky Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 9 minutes ago, Wayne Cubed said: 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. The bean counters could lighten the blow this year to 2 m for a hit,8 in 2019.Marcel will be off the books after next year.so we would be in the hole for 8 this year and in 2019 instead of 18m for both Marcel and Eric this year.
K-9 Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 1 minute ago, cba fan said: 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. I think it would have been easier to put him on injured reserve before the public announcements that he has been medically barred from playing football.
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 4 minutes ago, ndirish1978 said: 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. We all dreamed of that too.... unfortunately reality had different plans on the field. 1
The Wiz Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 1 minute ago, ndirish1978 said: Lol, nah he's here for the blowout retirement party they're having tonight. He's also in town for the FJ roast on friday.
BADOLBILZ Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, thebandit27 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 I can't really imagine a scenario where they get any cap relief unless Wood gives money back. This is hardly a unique situation. Being vague without dismissing the thought is smart of Beane though. Even bad luck is a bad look for a GM.
cba fan Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 37 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said: Sal with the tough questions, McD with the "It's Eric's day, I won't get into that". Awesome. I really like this about McDerm. If he does (not want to talk about it/cannot talk about it) he does not make up a canned non-accurate statement. A plus in my book.
plenzmd1 Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 Regarding Sal's quote and the NFLPA..Beane just said Eric had to take a call from his agent as part of the reason for the dealy..hmm
BillsShredder83 Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 12 minutes ago, Mango said: 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. That better not be it. Players talk. You don't screw over team staples like that, especially at the very end. First it's wrong, but secondly that's the Busch League s**** that keeps marquee Free agents from wanting to sign here 1
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Haha! I know you see being facetious but I know a lot of people with Ivy League degrees who have the communication skills/personality of a tree stump the Ivy’s I know (granted only 5 or 6) are rock solid in front of a podium... but there are always exceptions. Fitz though always talked to the press with the same comfort seemingly as if he were chit chatting up the ups guy on own his front lawn... Now if we were talking MIT... totally different ball game there 2
YoloinOhio Posted January 29, 2018 Author Posted January 29, 2018 From what I gather, Wood and the team didn’t want this out there before it had to be but there was a leak and something came up with the Nflpa. The press conference was scheduled weeks ago and many had already made plans to be there plus the leak provided the day of the presser. They may have wanted to postpone it given whatever transpired with the nflpa but decided to go ahead and do it, but clearly something changed. 1 minute ago, plenzmd1 said: Regarding Sal's quote and the NFLPA..Beane just said Eric had to take a call from his agent as part of the reason for the dealy..hmm Ah that makes sense
Matt_In_NH Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 Does Fitz attend press conferences with his wedding ring on? 1 1
Beast Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 There’s nothing sinister going on here. People are freaks. 1
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