Ryan "Rick" Bates Watch Thread

[Mr. WEO]

But is Bates really 6 times more worthy than Taiwan Jones??

[Mike in Horseheads]

1 hour ago, JaCrispy said:

I think the Bills just blew their Rick Bates money on Taiwan Jones...😉

 

 

When did he become Rick Bates? I thought he was Ryan?

[YoloinOhio]

7 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

When did he become Rick Bates? I thought he was Ryan?

He’s only Rick in Buffalo. If he goes to the Bears it goes back to Ryan.

 

 

Edited March 24, 2022 by YoloinOhio

[JaCrispy]

2 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

When did he become Rick Bates? I thought he was Ryan?

I think some of the guys on the team decided he looked more like a Rick...so the nickname stuck...👍

Edited March 24, 2022 by JaCrispy

[John from Riverside]

Just now, ScottLaw said:

It was sarcasm John… and they haven’t got anything done yet. 

To think that lamenting every move simply because they have not won a super bowl is folly.

[John from Riverside]

2 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:

Except I don’t lament every move….I lamented them not doing jack ***** last offseason besides bringing it back and I was proven right…. I think they are the best team in the AFC, but have some glaring holes at the moment that need to be addressed. 

I dont necessarily think they were wrong.

 

They were 13 seconds away from the AFC Championship.....everyone wants to talk about that 13 seconds but the fact is EVERYTHING had to go right for the Chiefs to escape that game.

[Turbo44]

1 hour ago, JaCrispy said:

I think the Bills just blew their Rick Bates money on Taiwan Jones...😉

 

 

Nope - Jones will have got vet minimum and, once you knock off whatever guy is 51st $$ on the Bill's roster, Jones will cost a couple hundred thousand  the cap.  Virtually nothing

[NewEra]

13 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:

It was sarcasm John… and they haven’t won a super bowl yet.

Fixed. They definitely have done “anything”.  They haven’t accomplished the end goal. 

[John from Riverside]

5 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:

Huh? Chiefs were winning for most of the game and out playing/out coaching them as well….I’m not even talking about the 13 seconds. The Bills were lucky to be ahead at that point as I thought they were outplayed throughout most of it as Chiefs were clearly the more talented team. 

You just cant help yourself

The Cheifs were NOT winning for most of the game

When Josh Allen left the field we were winning

[Beerball]

9 hours ago, MrEpsYtown said:

 

they have a QB on a rookie contract so they can overspend. 

The good old days, eh?

[Golden]

36 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:

They out-gained us in every statistical category… even without the overtime…. They were up 9 at one point… regardless, I am not trying to hijack the thread…. Let’s hope they do a lot more to upgrade the offensive line because as it stands now it’s a gigantic work in progress.👍🏻

Perhaps because they had the ball in OT & we did not.  👍

[Simon]

Report that Bates intends to sign Bears offer sheet

 

 

 

 

[The Jokeman]

4 minutes ago, Simon said:

Report that Bates intends to sign Bears offer sheet

 

 

 

 

Do we know for how much?

[Ethan in Cleveland]

2 hours ago, The Jokeman said:

Do we know for how much?

No dollars released as far as I could find. 5 days to match. Beane has spent most of his money already so he can take the full 5 days to decide what to do.

[Locomark]

It is on Thursday’s NFL transaction list that Bates signed the Bears offer sheet. So the ball is our court to match or punt. I expect a match with a 2 year deal unless the Beats offer is silly and front loaded. 

Edited March 25, 2022 by Locomark

[BillsFanForever19]

If it's that important to them, maybe we should just let them have it. They need it more than we do and we hardly play with that toy anymore 😛

Edited March 25, 2022 by BillsFanForever19

[GunnerBill]

5 hours ago, Simon said:

Report that Bates intends to sign Bears offer sheet

 

 

 

 

 

I mean I reported this two days ago 👀

2 hours ago, Locomark said:

It is on Thursday’s NFL transaction list that Bates signed the Bears offer sheet. So the ball is our court to match or punt. I expect a match with a 2 year deal unless the Beats offer is silly and front loaded. 

 

It is poison pilled to make it very hard for Buffalo to match. 

 

He is a Bear. 

[CSBill]

2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

It is poison pilled to make it very hard for Buffalo to match. 

 

 

Not hard to imagine that being the case. If he goes, this is the one Bills Free Agent that I will be truly disappointed that we did not bring back. It just does not jive with the "protect Josh" mantra of Beane at the end of the season. .... I guess they know more than I do, but I not seeing the plan here ????

 

Edited March 25, 2022 by CSBill

[GunnerBill]

5 minutes ago, CSBill said:

 

Not hard to imagine that being the case. If he goes, this is the one Bills Free Agent that I will be truly disappointed that we did not bring back. It just does not jive with the "protect Josh" mantra of Beane at the end of the season. .... I guess they know more than I do, but I not seeing the plan here ????

 

 

The problem is we have such a small sample size to really evaluate Bates on. He is a risk to commit a serious chunk of change to. A team like the Bears, miles away from anything can afford to take that risk more than a team like the Bills loading up for a run where every penny counts. I am a bit disappointed with what they have done at guard in FA though. Got to believe we will see an interior OL in the meat and potatoes rounds of this draft (2 through 4).

[BarleyNY]

31 pages and we don’t even know the offer.  Wow