Mike32282 Posted September 7, 2004 Posted September 7, 2004 Lawton's agent has been trying to contact other NFL teams, in hopes of finding a place for the fullback. After the Bills cut him Sunday, Lawton told 7Sports he expected to make the practice squad and was told he wasn't on the active roster because of injuries to Buffalo's QB's J.P. Losman and Travis Brown; but obviously, that wasn't the case. http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2...41&nav=0nqxQcOR
Guest Guest Posted September 7, 2004 Posted September 7, 2004 Why couldn't that be true? If Losman is not hurt, the Bills keep someone else on the PS other than Zolman.
Kelly the Dog Posted September 7, 2004 Posted September 7, 2004 Or maybe Mularkey and/or TD told Lawton, "Listen, you did everything we asked of you. We had alot of hard decisions to make, and with the injuries to the QBs and safety, we had to let go a couple players we really liked, like you Luke. We hope to get you on the practice squad." And he heard, "You were great. We let you loose because of the injuries and we'll sign you to the practice squad."
Rico Posted September 7, 2004 Posted September 7, 2004 First Travis Brown, now Luke Lawton. I'm sure a lot of high-profile free agents will think twice about coming to Buffalo after seeing the way TD treats the scrubs.
Thailog80 Posted September 7, 2004 Posted September 7, 2004 Maybe they'll add him to the PS after the first game and same some money.
PIZ Posted September 7, 2004 Posted September 7, 2004 Did anyone sign him yet? If he were so good, someone would have at least signed him to their practice squad by now.
BillnutinHouston Posted September 7, 2004 Posted September 7, 2004 Why are people so quick to see conspiracy or lack of integrity out of this front office? We take the word of disgruntled players that just got cut over our brain trust. ??? Blind loyalty is dangerous, but so also is ASSuming. You know what happens when you ASSume?
Fake-Fat Sunny Posted September 7, 2004 Posted September 7, 2004 First Travis Brown, now Luke Lawton. I'm sure a lot of high-profile free agents will think twice about coming to Buffalo after seeing the way TD treats the scrubs. 20627[/snapback] Generally the word seems to be that NFL players view TD and the Bills as pretty sqare shooters. The Brown case would seem to counter this thought, however, it does take more than one or two data points to create a trend. Weighing against shabby treatment or dishonesty with Brown is that in a number of fairly high-profile cases such as the Spikes contract, the Bledsoe renegotiation, the signing of NFLPA President Troy Vincent TD and the Bills are having positive words spoken about them by prominent players. The situation with Lawton definitely puts this issue on the watch list, but when teamed with positive talk backed up with some big $ to the aforementioned folks, it is way to ealy and to scant of info to draw any negative conclusions avout the Bills appeal to high-profile FAs. The key points here is that NFL players probably correctly view all teams as businesses who are out for their own interests rather than family or charitable insititutions so the Bills will need to burn a lot of people to suffer in comparison. In addition, the human nature of good athletes is that they also tend not to view how scrubs like Lawton or oft-injured players like Brown as setting a precedent for how they (by definition in the athlete's mind, god's gift to humanity) will be treated.
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