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Guys I'm at work and I'm BOOOORED. So here is my positive spin on the whole Peters situation.
I say we give him the Anquan Boldin treatment. No extension. No trade. Shutup and play.
The positive could be, maybe it motivates him to be as dominant as ever. I'm sure that the bond Boldin has with his teammates is just as strong as Peters has. Peters won't flake out on his teammates, just the management.
I say we just forget about renegotiating. We have him for two years. I say we just tell him we aren't trading you. We aren't cutting you. We aren't extending you.
A contract is a contract. Put up or shut up.
This way, no matter what happens, it helps us.
If he blows, his value goes down and we just let him go after 2 years. That route he eventually signs a lousy contract with some other team.
If he kicks butt, its good for us! We can ride out having a dominant LT and the price of a backup, and after his 2 years are up, we can franchise and trade him.
Does Julius Peppers or Anquan Boldin have any leverage? No.
Does Peters? No.
In all 3 cases if the teams just stand strong, all three players will be in uniform for their team week 1.
The other option could be that eventually a contending team becomes extremely desperate for a LT. At that point we can probably rip them off for Peters.
My only point is this: I feel the Bills will come out on top in this story. Just like with Clements. He wanted a new deal, we said no. We rode him out for a solid contract year and let him get rich (and underperform) elsewhere.
We HOLD THE CARDS FELLAS!!!
I say we give him the Anquan Boldin treatment. No extension. No trade. Shutup and play.
The positive could be, maybe it motivates him to be as dominant as ever. I'm sure that the bond Boldin has with his teammates is just as strong as Peters has. Peters won't flake out on his teammates, just the management.
I say we just forget about renegotiating. We have him for two years. I say we just tell him we aren't trading you. We aren't cutting you. We aren't extending you.
A contract is a contract. Put up or shut up.
This way, no matter what happens, it helps us.
If he blows, his value goes down and we just let him go after 2 years. That route he eventually signs a lousy contract with some other team.
If he kicks butt, its good for us! We can ride out having a dominant LT and the price of a backup, and after his 2 years are up, we can franchise and trade him.
Does Julius Peppers or Anquan Boldin have any leverage? No.
Does Peters? No.
In all 3 cases if the teams just stand strong, all three players will be in uniform for their team week 1.
The other option could be that eventually a contending team becomes extremely desperate for a LT. At that point we can probably rip them off for Peters.
My only point is this: I feel the Bills will come out on top in this story. Just like with Clements. He wanted a new deal, we said no. We rode him out for a solid contract year and let him get rich (and underperform) elsewhere.
We HOLD THE CARDS FELLAS!!!
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