Mitchy moo
06-11-2008, 09:54 PM
Is Jason isolating himself???
Left offensive tackle Jason Peters might be Buffalo's best football player. Peters isn't being paid like it and he's not going to take it anymore.
The boss was in town as the Buffalo Bills began their mandatory mini camp at Orchard Park. One player team owner Ralph Wilson didn't see was Jason Peters, who is holding out in a contract dispute. According to coach Dick Jauron, "It's a decision he made and he'll be fined."
Peters was moved from right to left tackle, the most critical position in the offensive line, and was selected for the Pro Bowl. He has three years left on a deal that makes him the third highest paid lineman on the team. Peters ranks behind last year's free agent signees Derrick Dockery and Langston Walker.
"As an offensive line, we're going out there," says Walker. "We're here. We're focusing on ourselves. Jason has to do what he has to do. I don't think anybody is upset at that." Along with the legal problems faced by running back Marshawn Lynch after his car was involved in a hit and run accident, Peters has created a distraction to a football team otherwise high on expectations.
http://www.rnews.com/Sports/Story_2004.cfm?ID=62052&rnews_story_type=39 (http://www.rnews.com/Sports/Story_2004.cfm?ID=62052&rnews_story_type=39)
Left offensive tackle Jason Peters might be Buffalo's best football player. Peters isn't being paid like it and he's not going to take it anymore.
The boss was in town as the Buffalo Bills began their mandatory mini camp at Orchard Park. One player team owner Ralph Wilson didn't see was Jason Peters, who is holding out in a contract dispute. According to coach Dick Jauron, "It's a decision he made and he'll be fined."
Peters was moved from right to left tackle, the most critical position in the offensive line, and was selected for the Pro Bowl. He has three years left on a deal that makes him the third highest paid lineman on the team. Peters ranks behind last year's free agent signees Derrick Dockery and Langston Walker.
"As an offensive line, we're going out there," says Walker. "We're here. We're focusing on ourselves. Jason has to do what he has to do. I don't think anybody is upset at that." Along with the legal problems faced by running back Marshawn Lynch after his car was involved in a hit and run accident, Peters has created a distraction to a football team otherwise high on expectations.
http://www.rnews.com/Sports/Story_2004.cfm?ID=62052&rnews_story_type=39 (http://www.rnews.com/Sports/Story_2004.cfm?ID=62052&rnews_story_type=39)