Bills are more committed than ever to their hard-line stance on Peters

[justasportsfan]

Buried on the back pages of the Buffalo News was the headline, "Two men claim to have Bigfoot corpse on ice."

"Wow," I muttered to myself. "Sasquatch is easier to find than Jason Peters.".......



Thursday night in Toronto, I asked Bills chief operating officer Russ Brandon if there were any updates on Peters.

Brandon told me he's not speaking about the situation until Peters reports to the team. Then, two days later, Brandon went on Sirius Satellite Radio and claimed there had been no movement.

An NFL source tells me the Bills are more committed than ever to their hard-line stance on Peters. They're a small-market team that can't afford to let their players hold them hostage, and they're learning they might not be that bad without him.

There was a belief Peters -- upset he's the third highest-paid Bills offensive lineman -- might have gained leverage in contract negotiations when the Bills lost backup tackles Matt Murphy and Patrick Estes within minutes of each other. The injuries occurred 72 hours before Thursday night's exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Toronto.

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nflnation/0-1-262/Bills-holdout-Peters-becoming-a-myth-.html

[justasportsfan]

PFT using some other websites source.

Per Graham, the Bills have liked the way their first-string offense has looked without Peters in the preseason. And the team seems to think that, having already given Peters a raise once since signing him as an undrafted free agent in 2004, there’s no need to give him a raise again.

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/08/19/bills-taking-hard-line-on-peters/#comments

[hydro]

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