Bills and Tavon Austin mutually part ways

[Utah John]

1 hour ago, hemma said:

I’m guessing he’d rather be thumb twiddling at his home with family/friends, rather than at an apartment outside of Buffalo.

I think this is right.  The weather is turning colder in Buffalo, he's making a less-than-great salary but still needs to show up for practice every day, and he just wants to hang out where he's comfortable.  But not being on some team's practice squad makes him even less visible than he has been to other teams.  

[Malazan]

Robert Foster is a free agent. He's still the best WR the Bills ever had, right?

[Matt_In_NH]

Not surprised, the amount of money you make on the PS is pretty small for a guy who has made 40 million.  Assuming Hodgins is playing this week over him and that set him off.

[ColoradoBills]

47 minutes ago, JayBaller10 said:

You could tell in camp that Austin still had a lot of passion for the game and believed he could be a contributor. To have McKenzie go down, Crowder go down, Kumerow go down, and Davis running hobbled, if after all that he still couldn’t get the call up I don’t blame him for leaving.
 

If I was Hodgins and didn’t get called up this week I’d leave too… unless I was content getting PS money.
It’s odd Austin wouldn’t get activated, McD just spoke highly about him as one of the options they had earlier this week.

 

I agree with your Austin perception.  But I don't on the Hodgins take.  Austin has made $40M in his career and Hodgins $1.1M.

Hodgins will stay on the PS and if anyone picks him up, he will move.

If not, he has a chance to get to WR6 next season with the Bills.  Why would he just quit?

[HOUSE]

People are so easily offended now day

[TBBills]

He did well pretending to be Lamar forthe Bills, it paid off.

[Donuts and Doritos]

Beane & his 3D Chess. Making room on the practice squad for O'Dell. Pure Genius. 😉

 

In the meantime it's Shake Shake Shakir time!

[The Jokeman]

20 minutes ago, Malazan said:

Robert Foster is a free agent. He's still the best WR the Bills ever had, right?

I thought the Giants had him? Even so if Daboll don't want him that speaks volumes. As they have David Sills at the top of their depth chart now. 

[Donuts and Doritos]

4 minutes ago, HOUSE said:

People are so easily offended now day

 

Hey, I'm offended.

[Rat-boy]

41 minutes ago, Donuts and Doritos said:

 

Hey, I'm offended.

I find offensive the ease at which you became offended.

[LABILLBACKER]

2 hours ago, BuffaloBill said:

Guess he wants to end his Bills career after being Lamar. Maybe he thinks he should be in the MVP discussion.

 

Sad to hear this as the guy entered the league with a ton of athletic talent. He just never seemed to play up to it.

 

Sounds like Shakir is getting the start.  

It's time to kick the tires on Shakir & Hodgins. We need youth going forward at wr.

[BillsFan4]

2 hours ago, Beck Water said:

 

Translation: with Crowder on IR, Austin thought he'd be elevated to the 53, but the Bills are gonna move in a different direction?

that would be my guess as well.

 

I thought maybe he’d get promoted with Cwowder on IR, but I guess the Bills decided not to?

[SoCal Deek]

I’m honestly surprised this doesn’t happen more often. These guy’s career are so short. They don’t have a lot of time to waste if and when the writing is on the wall. You see this in college, high school, and even youth sports. 

[Warcodered]

Mutually parting ways sounds like how you describe a breakup when it's specifically not mutual.

[LabattBlue]

What is practice squad salary? 15-20k per week?  Unless his agent has another team lined up why walk away?  At least being on a practice squad keeps him somewhat relevant. 
 

We will see.  

[Bob in STL]

1 hour ago, HOUSE said:

People are so easily offended now day

No we are not.  These kinds of comments really make me mad.  

[Spiderweb]

3 hours ago, hemma said:

Can’t blame him.  He still believes in himself.

.. and he is in a group of one.

[947]

Tavon Austin was drafted with our #8 pick in the 2013 Draft. It was the old front office's ploy to save face by moving back, and at least not drafting EJ Manuel in the top-10 of the first round.

[Starr Almighty]

Austin sux but he wants to playing time 🤣🤣🤣

[QCity]

3 hours ago, Dan Darragh said:

I believe that in order to sign him they'd have to put him on the 53. Which means that the most likely destination is some other PS

 

This is correct. Another team must sign him to their 53-man active roster if they poach him from our practice squad. This does limit his options. This is a logical move for him since it has become obvious we weren't going to elevate him here even with all the injuries.