The Bills Caved

[ghz in pittsburgh]

I was thinking more on the line of $8 per year tops.

I think Randy Moss makes $9 million a year. To me I want someone who is a complete package to get that kind of money. Evans is not a redzone threat and he knows it, too.

The good thing is that it is a 4 year deal (by which time he'll be 32). So we don't have to cut him like most of these contract runs at the end, costing signing bonuses. And I do expect the Bills, with the current core group of players, to contend seriously in the next 4 years window.

[gr8slayer]

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He got what he was worth on the market. He only got 18.7 up front, the rest he'll have to earn. If he plays well enough to earn the rest then he was worth every penny.

[Mitchy moo]

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If he helps get us to the big game is he worth it??

[Patrick76777]

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I was thinking more on the line of $8 per year tops.

I think Randy Moss makes $9 million a year. To me I want someone who is a complete package to get that kind of money. Evans is not a redzone threat and he knows it, too.

The good thing is that it is a 4 year deal (by which time he'll be 32). So we don't have to cut him like most of these contract runs at the end, costing signing bonuses. And I do expect the Bills, with the current core group of players, to contend seriously in the next 4 years window.

Fans are so funny!

[gr8slayer]

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If he helps get us to the big game is he worth it??

No, we've been there before. If he helps us win it then he's worth his weight in gold.

[circlethewagons]

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Honestly i could careless if he was "overpayed" or not. I'm just happy this got done. How much were we under the cap before this deal anyway? 20- 30 million? It's nice to see someone stay here what should be the majority of his career as well

[gr8slayer]

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Fans are so funny!

Fopa or haha?

[billser]

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We're playing well and hes our only legitimate receiving threat...Arizona paid Fitzergald more and they have the likes of Boldin on the team...I think hes worth it because hes huge part of the bills

[gr8slayer]

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Something to take into consideration:

When you are dealing with your own homegrown players there's nothing wrong with overpaying them a little. The teams nobody wants to go to are the teams who screw over their own players, especially the ones the team drafted.

Trust me, free agents take notice of teams who take care of their own. I've heard it from the mouths of several players who were former free agents.

[Mitchy moo]

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No, we've been there before. If he helps us win it then he's worth his weight in gold.

That would go along with us getting there as well, so yeah good as gold.

[yordad]

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I wonder how much counts toward this year's cap?

Oh, and I think it's a fair deal. If it didn't get done, Ralph would have kept that money.

[gr8slayer]

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I wonder how much counts toward this year's cap?

Doesn't really matter, we have enough to go around.

[yordad]

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Well, I'm hoping we can, and do, count his entire signing bonus + a year.

[MikeInRoch]

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Doesn't really matter, we have enough to go around.

I think that's what he's saying. The more of it that is this year, the better - that way we won't have as much of a burden in follow on years.

[Philagape]

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Probably a little above his pay grade in general, but it's worth what his value is to this offense. Without him, it's dead in the water.