Bills do not tender Justin Zimmer

[Billzgobowlin]

29 minutes ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

I don’t think they can sign a guy who isn’t medically clear?

So they can't sign him but what about tendering him?

[Hapless Bills Fan]

36 minutes ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

I don’t think they can sign a guy who isn’t medically clear?

 

I'm not aware of any reason against it.  I believe there's a provision for this, but I forget the term.  But that's also a reason to not tender him where the lowest tender is $2.4M or something like that - other teams may be wary of signing a guy coming back from an ACL, so if we want him, we can make him an offer and bring him into camp.

 

I *think* (not 100% sure) that if he's still rehabbing a football-related injury, he can continue to use our trainers and facility for his rehab.

[John from Riverside]

He is injured right now?

[Hapless Bills Fan]

1 minute ago, John from Riverside said:

He is injured right now?

 

Rehabbing a torn ACL. 

Tore it Oct. 18th, so if things took the typical course, he had surgery ~Nov 14 and would hit 9 months post-surgery in mid-August.

(9 months is significant because of data showing that athletes who return earlier than 9 months are 7x more likely to re-injure)

[The Jokeman]

He could be like McKenzie and come back as he's a depth and not horrible.

[GolfandBills]

They can bring him back for a lot less than the tender cost 

[LABILLBACKER]

1 hour ago, GolfandBills said:

They can bring him back for a lot less than the tender cost 

825k....see how he is in August and maybe? 

[DCofNC]

Not tendered doesn’t mean they won’t resign him, just means they aren’t committed to it right now.  If he leaves, I hope he gets a shot and does well, love his hustle.

[CSBill]

I do hope he comes back. Love his work ethic and hustle, and I think he has been very productive. .... I would love to see him in the bruiser TE role like Baltimore uses.