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1. I'm surprised that most people here have no clue about how the salary cap works. If we sign Peters to, let's say, a 6-year deal worth $65 million, we can easily front-load the deal and still have plenty of room to work with. The Bills always have lots of unused cap room, and don't do crap with it. Whoever handles our salary cap in our front office isn't very bright.
ASK CLUMP.
2. People talk about "I don't want to overpay." Well, that's reality in today's NFL. If we have idle cap space and extra money, what's wrong with spending it on one of our elite players?? Would you rather have Ralph pocket the money??!!
3. Lee Evans got a deal averaging $9.3 million per year, and will probably see every penny. Most would argue that he's overpaid. Why wouldn't Jason Peters be worth more than that?
4. Why is it okay for the Bills to overpay for Dockery / Schobel / Kelsey, but not Peters?
5. If we won't pay Peters, someone else will. For some reason, many of you guys think that Peters is overrated. However, there are probably at least 5 NFL teams willing to overpay Peters AND give us draft picks (even the Eagles, a talented team, who just signed a RT). Doesn't that say anything?
6a. Enough about Pittsburgh. Max Starks is no slouch, and just because you don't hear his name much, doesn't mean he's not a good player. Willie Colon & Max Starks are a LOT better than Kirk Chambers & Langston Walker.
6b. Mike Gandy?? Doesn't anyone realize that if the Cardinals had a pro-bowl LT to neutralize James Harrison, they probably would have won the Super Bowl?
7. If we trade Peters, our chance of getting another equally-talented LT is about 25%. And even then, with the amount of time it takes to develop LTs, we will really be taking a few steps backwards.
In conclusion, if Peters is traded, hope you guys (whoever doesn't want to pay him) enjoy another terrible running game and seeing Trent Edwards on his back half the time.
ASK CLUMP.
2. People talk about "I don't want to overpay." Well, that's reality in today's NFL. If we have idle cap space and extra money, what's wrong with spending it on one of our elite players?? Would you rather have Ralph pocket the money??!!
3. Lee Evans got a deal averaging $9.3 million per year, and will probably see every penny. Most would argue that he's overpaid. Why wouldn't Jason Peters be worth more than that?
4. Why is it okay for the Bills to overpay for Dockery / Schobel / Kelsey, but not Peters?
5. If we won't pay Peters, someone else will. For some reason, many of you guys think that Peters is overrated. However, there are probably at least 5 NFL teams willing to overpay Peters AND give us draft picks (even the Eagles, a talented team, who just signed a RT). Doesn't that say anything?
6a. Enough about Pittsburgh. Max Starks is no slouch, and just because you don't hear his name much, doesn't mean he's not a good player. Willie Colon & Max Starks are a LOT better than Kirk Chambers & Langston Walker.
6b. Mike Gandy?? Doesn't anyone realize that if the Cardinals had a pro-bowl LT to neutralize James Harrison, they probably would have won the Super Bowl?
7. If we trade Peters, our chance of getting another equally-talented LT is about 25%. And even then, with the amount of time it takes to develop LTs, we will really be taking a few steps backwards.
In conclusion, if Peters is traded, hope you guys (whoever doesn't want to pay him) enjoy another terrible running game and seeing Trent Edwards on his back half the time.
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