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19 players who are in the last year of their contract

 

Given that he's probably making bupkis, it behooves TD to sign him to a longer-term contract for sensible $$ now, rather than letting him hit the FA market after the season is up....

 

 

"Restricted free agents are players who have completed three accrued seasons of service and whose contracts have expired. They have received qualifying offers from their old clubs and are free to negotiate with any club until April 15, at which time their rights revert to their original club.

 

If a player accepts an offer from a new club, the old club will have the right to match the offer and retain the player. If the old club elects not to match the offer, it may receive draft-choice compensation depending on the level of the qualifying offer made to the player. "

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19 players who are in the last year of their contract

 

Given that he's probably making bupkis, it behooves TD to sign him to a longer-term contract for sensible $$ now, rather than letting him hit the FA market after the season is up....

"Restricted free agents are players who have completed three accrued seasons of service and whose contracts have expired. They have received qualifying offers from their old clubs and are free to negotiate with any club until April 15, at which time their rights revert to their original club.

 

If a player accepts an offer from a new club, the old club will have the right to match the offer and retain the player. If the old club elects not to match the offer, it may receive draft-choice compensation depending on the level of the qualifying offer made to the player. "

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And if you were Jason Peters, why on Earth would you sign such a contract right now???

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Peters will be an EFA because he has just 2 years in the NFL.  He's not going anywhere.

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Thanks for the heads up. I found this, which I guess applies to Peters:

 

Exclusive-Rights Free Agents (ERFA) - Players with two or fewer years of experience who have no outside negotiating power. Their rights belong to their previous club provided they are made a minimum qualifying offer.

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19 players who are in the last year of their contract

 

Given that he's probably making bupkis, it behooves TD to sign him to a longer-term contract for sensible $$ now, rather than letting him hit the FA market after the season is up....

"Restricted free agents are players who have completed three accrued seasons of service and whose contracts have expired. They have received qualifying offers from their old clubs and are free to negotiate with any club until April 15, at which time their rights revert to their original club.

 

If a player accepts an offer from a new club, the old club will have the right to match the offer and retain the player. If the old club elects not to match the offer, it may receive draft-choice compensation depending on the level of the qualifying offer made to the player. "

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The guy is improving but right now he is barely an average NFL lineman. No worries.

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But it is more important to lock up the important fanbase of fans who think he is a god!

They are not only low in intellegence but also lack wisdom hence are easily fooled and could be lured away to another team!

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Even an extreme skeptic who atleast has an eye for the game of football should be able to see that the guy has held up pretty damn well vs. some of the better defensive edges in the league, all in a very short stint at the RT position.

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Even an extreme skeptic who atleast has an eye for the game of football should be able to see that the guy has held up pretty damn well vs. some of the better defensive edges in the league, all in a very short stint at the RT position.

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He's versatile too. He is/was a FORCE on special teams and can play TE. I think he's a must-sign.

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But it is more important to lock up the important fanbase of fans who think he is a god!

They are not only low in intellegence but also lack wisdom hence are easily fooled and could be lured away to another team!

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Gee, I hope your sarcasm button was on, Glenn. Peters (and his fans) are butt of a lot of humor around here, but the guy's done some impressive things for the brief time he's been a Bill. A competent RT making the league minimum is an attractive commodity. I'd rather not play Chicken with another team on whether he'd sign an offer sheet somewhere else.

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Gee, I hope your sarcasm button was on, Glenn.  Peters (and his fans) are butt of a lot of humor around here, but the guy's done some impressive things for the brief time he's been a Bill.  A competent RT making the league minimum is an attractive commodity.  I'd rather not play Chicken with another team on whether he'd sign an offer sheet somewhere else.

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The Bills are not playing chicken with anyone with him this off-season as an EFA by agreement between the NFL and NFLPA has no leverage and the team owns him.

 

He will gain limited leverage after next season when he becomes an RFA in the 2007 off-season, but even in this case his leverage will be greatly limited by the Bills submitting a qualifyiing offer for him which is at a level quite affordable for the Bills if he proves to be a reliable starter at tackle after 3 years in the league.

 

Only a small number of players have attracted offers from teams as RFAs and they have been both lemons or have done well but the teams who lost them were compensated heavily by the CBA.

 

Losing Peters is not worry for the Bills for a couple of years and even then the team will still have the leverage to sign him to a long--term deal should they choose to.

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The guy is improving but right now he is barely an average NFL lineman. No worries.

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Agree 100%. Yet another player getting short-changed by Mularkey's constant tinkering. Put him at one position (along with Mike Williams) and let him play. Stop overcoaching these guys MM.

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The Bills are not playing chicken with anyone with him this off-season as an EFA by agreement between the NFL and NFLPA has no leverage and the team owns him.

 

He will gain limited leverage after next season when he becomes an RFA in the 2007 off-season, but even in this case his leverage will be greatly limited by the Bills submitting a qualifyiing offer for him which is at a level quite affordable for the Bills if he proves to be a reliable starter at tackle after 3 years in the league.

 

Only a small number of players have attracted offers from teams as RFAs and they have been both lemons or have done well but the teams who lost them were compensated heavily by the CBA.

 

Losing Peters is not worry for the Bills for a couple of years and even then the team will still have the leverage to sign him to a long--term deal should they choose to.

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He wont be a RFA if we sign him for anything longer than a 1 year deal, which i hope.

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