Virgil Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 As stated earlier, franchising a CB is in the $9M range. If we franchise either one and can not trade him, would you be happy with Greer or Youboty at $9M? I don't think you do it unless you know you can work out a trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I don't think you do it unless you know you can work out a trade. I agree but do you think any team out there thinks either player is worth that much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentLeeLynch Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Losman-bye Hamdan stays Chambers stays Whittle-bye Preston-we can draft someone to take his spot Crowell-bye Greer-if the price is right, keep him Wilson stays Jackson-gotta keep him around Digiorgio is expendable Fowler?? hmmm i got no answer right now This is just off the top of my head, so it's almost certainly not complete: UFA's: Losman Hamdan Chambers Whittle Preston Crowell Greer Wilson RFA's: Jackson DiGiorgio Players to Extend: Peters Stroud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I agree but do you think any team out there thinks either player is worth that much? No, but i'm sure there are ways to get something for one of these guys. Even if you do a sign and trade. Doesn't have to be a franchise tag. In any case, I would re-sign Greer and trade youboty if I had to. Greer may get 5 mil a year, I doubt it would be more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 As stated earlier, franchising a CB is in the $9M range. If we franchise either one and can not trade him, would you be happy with Greer or Youboty at $9M? What about the transition tag? I forgot what that gets you-- chance to match? I don't like the idea of paying anyone $9 mill per year, incl. Greer. But worst case scenario would be if both Greer and Youboty walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Losman-byeHamdan stays Chambers stays Whittle-bye Preston-we can draft someone to take his spot Crowell-bye Greer-if the price is right, keep him Wilson stays Jackson-gotta keep him around Digiorgio is expendable Fowler?? hmmm i got no answer right now Looks to me like Trent is in a contract year. What's his salary, about $400K? If he stays healthy and continues to play well, you have to think his agent will come knocking on the Bills' door. Yes, he has 2-3 seasons to go on his rookie deal after this year, but he would be so far underpaid as a starting QB it would be right for him to get a new deal this off-season. This is a completely different situation IMO than Peters because the gap in fair compensation for Trent is even larger and Trent may have achieved a high level of performance even faster than Jason Peters. Peters at his current salary has a lot less risk of loss due to injury than does Trent. That would be a motivating factor for Trent and his agent, and if Trent's agent plays this like a gentleman he should have a good chance of getting something done. The Bills might even be wise to initiate the discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent=Answer Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Im pretty sure Keith Ellison is a free agent to if im not mistaken.. so we need to keep him or crowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady Renko Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I would not worry too much about RFAs. The Bills just need to tender them at an appropriate amount and match offers. If they decide not to, they usually are well-compensated. Keith Elison was a rookie in 2006 if I am not mistaken. Therefore, at worse, he is an RFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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