Bills want first rounder for McGahee, who may hold out...

[Ickybaluky]

From John Czarnecki of Fox Sports:

When Ernie Accorsi was the general manager of the New York Giants, he had a very good working relationship with agent Drew Rosenhaus. After Saturday’s revelation by new GM Jerry Reese, whose promotion was supported by Accorsi, that he would be interested in trading for Bills running back Willis McGahee, the Rosenhaus connection was raised by several competing teams. McGahee, who wants a new contract from the Bills, is represented by Rosenhaus.

Reese said that he was unwilling to trade a first-day draft choice (rounds one through three) for McGahee, but that he would be willing to part with lower picks and possibly some players. MaGahee, who doesn’t like to work out in Buffalo in the off-season, has mentioned a holdout from training camp if he doesn’t receive a new deal. The Bills have been saying it would take a first-round pick to acquire McGahee.

[RockStar36]

Re: Bills want first rounder for McGahee, who may hold out...

He's going to hold out in a contract year. That's smart.

[DraftBoy]

Re: Bills want first rounder for McGahee, who may hold out...

From John Czarnecki of Fox Sports:

If they are asking a first round pick, we not only wont get an offer, but we will have a hold out on our hands

Also KFFL.com reported Reese said pretty much the same thing about Denver RB Tatum Bell as he did about McGahee.

[DraftBoy]

Re: Bills want first rounder for McGahee, who may hold out...

He's going to hold out in a contract year. That's smart.

Nobody has ever accused him of that

[Italian Stallion]

Re: Bills want first rounder for McGahee, who may hold out...

Let's not forget that the Bills are still in control of this situation...

McGahee CANT hold out in a contract year, especially coming off of a career low season.

The Bills "demanding" a first round pick for him is just simply showing how highly they "value" him. It's likely they will settle on a 2nd rounder once more teams become interested.

Bottom line is WM is the Bills Bitc* right now. He can act sly and try to hold out, but he'd only be hurting himself in the long run....and both he and his pig agent know that.

[DraftBoy]

Re: Bills want first rounder for McGahee, who may hold out...

Let's not forget that the Bills are still in control of this situation...

McGahee CANT hold out in a contract year, especially coming off of a career low season.

The Bills "demanding" a first round pick for him is just simply showing how highly they "value" him. It's likely they will settle on a 2nd rounder once more teams become interested.

Bottom line is WM is the Bills Bitc* right now. He can act sly and try to hold out, but he'd only be hurting himself in the long run....and both he and his pig agent know that.

I disagree, he holds out, he'll simply sign a low base high incentive deal in the offseason which any team would be willing to do, because if he doesnt do squat, you dont pay him squat. The Bills hold an advantage but by no means is Willis the Bills *****.

[Ickybaluky]

Re: Bills want first rounder for McGahee, who may hold out...

Keep in mind, Rosenhaus has a history of clients threatening holdouts, but only occasionally does that holdout materialize. Rarely do his clients holdouts last into the season, in fact I'm not sure one ever has.

[TigerJ]

Re: Bills want first rounder for McGahee, who may hold out...

I could picture it getting ugly. The Bills need to be reasonably sure about their plan B in case it does

[RockStar36]

Re: Bills want first rounder for McGahee, who may hold out...

I think a trade will get worked out. Asking for a first rounder is ridiculous. Not offering a first day draft pick is ridiculous. There has to be some happy medium between the two.

[Italian Stallion]

Re: Bills want first rounder for McGahee, who may hold out...

I disagree, he holds out, he'll simply sign a low base high incentive deal in the offseason which any team would be willing to do, because if he doesnt do squat, you dont pay him squat. The Bills hold an advantage but by no means is Willis the Bills *****.

Your forgetting though that NFL contractual rules state that if you hold out in the last year of your contract, you still owe that team a year to honor that contract, unless you play 8 games, or equivilant of half the season.

2 prime examples of this are Joey Galloway with Seattle and Keyshawn Johnson with TB. Because they played 8 games (Galloway the last 8, Johnson the first 8) they qualified for free agency even though the other portion of the season they were holding out.

Someone else can back me up on this if they like, but I'm damn near positive that this is the case.

So pretty much the Bills could place him on the Reserve/Non-injury list if he decides to be a child and hold out.... like Indy just did with Cory Simon, and Willis will still owe them a year.

[BILLSROCK1212]

Re: Bills want first rounder for McGahee, who may hold out...

are there any teams other than the Giants that might be interested?

[Ickybaluky]

Re: Bills want first rounder for McGahee, who may hold out...

Your forgetting though that NFL contractual rules state that if you hold out in the last year of your contract, you still owe that team a year to honor that contract, unless you play 8 games, or equivilant of half the season.

It is 6 games. He could report for the last 6 games and still qualify for free agency. Also, they can't put him on a reserve list unless he comes to camp and then walks out. In that case they can send him a 5-day letter and he will be out for the year if he doesnt' report on time. However, if he holds out from the start, they have no option but to wait.

Believe me, I know this as fact. The Pats went through this stuff with Deion Branch last year.

[RockStar36]

Re: Bills want first rounder for McGahee, who may hold out...

I can't remember. Didn't Adewale Ogunleye hold out into the season w/ Miami before being traded to Chicago?

[Ickybaluky]

Re: Bills want first rounder for McGahee, who may hold out...

I can't remember. Didn't Adewale Ogunleye hold out into the season w/ Miami before being traded to Chicago?

No. He held out but was traded in August, before the start of the season.

[Italian Stallion]

Re: Bills want first rounder for McGahee, who may hold out...

It is 6 games. He could report for the last 6 games and still qualify for free agency. Also, they can't put him on a reserve list unless he comes to camp and then walks out. In that case they can send him a 5-day letter and he will be out for the year if he doesnt' report on time. However, if he holds out from the start, they have no option but to wait.

Believe me, I know this as fact. The Pats went through this stuff with Deion Branch last year.

Ok thanks for that clarification..... I don't think things are gonna get that far though. Whatever team steps up and wants him the most, will end up giving up a 2nd or 3rd. I'm not concerned.