biggbrd27 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) As Albert Breer of NFL.com notes, the best teams Draft Well & retain their more important core players. They also don't approach Free Agency to rebuild their teams. Foreign concepts to our Beloved Buffalo Bills perhaps?? Especially the retaining part. The Bills are specifically mentioned as one of the "desperate" teams with a proclivity to overpay based on that desperation, probably to placate a very jaded (perhaps angry) fan-base. Established teams usually aren't involved," an AFC personnel exec said. "It's the teams struggling to make it to the next step. There's a sense of desperation there to throw money at the top guys. They don't think it'll hurt them, but then the guy doesn't produce. The Redskins, Buffalo, the Dolphins, the Browns -- teams that historically come out strong and pay, they usually haven't drafted well, so there's not as much continuity. And it's no coincidence there's been a lot of turnover in those organizations. Any thoughts? LINK: http://www.nfl.com/freeagency/story/0ap2000000332415/article/nfl-free-agency-inspires-caution-among-leagues-winning-teams As mentioned earlier, Bills seem particularly challenged in retaining their own. Hopefully Whaley does a better job of this, but for now, we may be skeptical given the Byrd situation. As the article notes, one of the reasons a player becomes a FA is that they yearn for stability, and don't see it in the team that drafted them. Perhaps the Bills are perceived in that vein?? No... Edited March 11, 2014 by biggbrd27 Quote [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible." - Deepak Chopra "There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them." - Denis Waitley: Motivational speaker and writer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B LO Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 When is the last time we "came out strong and paid" other than Mario? Aside from him all of the Bills' top paid guys were drafted or developed here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topas Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 we save the money from Levitre to sign Byrd... we save the money from Byrd to sign Spiller... we save the money from Spiller to sign ... And by the way, did I already mention that we can have 80% of the production of Byrd for half the price. That's great. Actually we plan to do this on each position... Quote Proud adopter of #54 AJ Klein and owner of Lit while sitting in the drivers seat of the bandwagon of The Buffalo Ninety-five Percents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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