Interesting comments from Rus Brandon on Jason Peters

[Dr. Lecter]

Read this.

In part:

“Here’s a player that we brought in as a undrafted free agent, we developed, we signed to an over-market contract,” Brandon said. “And the one misnomer in that contract was, he had an escalator clause if he would ever move to left tackle. He was not making bottom money at all. He was paid very handsomely. And we told Jason – I personally told Jason – that we would not renegotiate his contract with three years left on it, because he was not our priority. Lee Evans was our priority. I said, ‘You come back to camp, and once we get Lee done, you become a priority.’ The day that we signed Lee, I had him come to my office, and I said, ‘You are now the priority.’ We worked on that for five or six months, and we offered Jason an enormous contract – the largest contract in Bills history – and he had no interest in it. None. That was right at the conclusion of the season.

[THATHURMANATOR]

Re: Interesting comments from Rus Brandon on Jason Peters

Good riddance. I hope he sucks it up on Philly.

[ddaryl]

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pretty much the same way fans have translated the whole occurence...

[OpIv37]

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He was not making bottom money at all.

That part is COMPLETE BS. Even with the escalator, Peters was underpaid for a LT of his caliber.

[The King]

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Russ

[Dr. Lecter]

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That part is COMPLETE BS. Even with the escalator, Peters was underpaid for a LT of his caliber.

OK.

There is a big, huge, gigantic difference between "bottom money" and being underpaid. Obviously the Bills agreed he was underpaid as the offerred him more money.

So it is not COMPLETE BS. Unless you change the meanings of words in order to create reasons to ***** about the FO when there are plenty of real reasons to bash them.

What Brandon said was accurate.

[BuffaloBillsStampede]

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What a piece of **** Peters is. He goes from a nobody to a Pro Bowler and shows no loyalty or respect to the people that took him there. I hope he blows his knees out in camp.

[psubills62]

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That part is COMPLETE BS. Even with the escalator, Peters was underpaid for a LT of his caliber.

It seems to me that that statement means something slightly different than you think it means.

Brandon wasn't saying that Peters was being paid exactly what he deserved. To me, it just means that Peters wasn't being so grossly underpaid (especially considering when and under what circumstances he had signed the previous extension), that the Bills were going to go out of their way to give him a larger contract.

So he was being underpaid. But not SO MUCH that the Bills were saying "hey, it's absolutely DIRE that we give Peters a raise." The comparison I'm making in my mind is Marcus McNeill, who had a $750,000 salary his rookie year when he made the Pro Bowl.

[justasportsfan]

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SOunds like a good press conference. Enough talk however, time to prove it to the fans. You're already a year behind from an average turn around.

[Captain gameboy]

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I think Peters had a plan in the works from the beginning of last season, and the plan was to get out of Buffalo.

I think he is the consummate ass, not because he wanted out, but by the course he took.

After all, this is a team game, and he screwed his team by being out of shape and a fraction of the player he could have been last year.

[OpIv37]

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OK.

There is a big, huge, gigantic difference between "bottom money" and being underpaid. Obviously the Bills agreed he was underpaid as the offerred him more money.

So it is not COMPLETE BS. Unless you change the meanings of words in order to create reasons to ***** about the FO when there are plenty of real reasons to bash them.

What Brandon said was accurate.

To me, being underpaid and "bottom money" are the same thing. That's what "underpaid" means. Under as in "low", "low" as in "near the bottom." You can believe his BS if you want to be gullible and defend the FO for every single move if you want, but that's not the reality.

[psubills62]

Re: Interesting comments from Rus Brandon on Jason Peters

Read this.

In part:

I was just reading that article. It's a very interesting one, and not just because of the Peters comments. I loved the story about Rosenhaus wearing the tie.

[OpIv37]

Re: Interesting comments from Rus Brandon on Jason Peters

It seems to me that that statement means something slightly different than you think it means.

Brandon wasn't saying that Peters was being paid exactly what he deserved. To me, it just means that Peters wasn't being so grossly underpaid (especially considering when and under what circumstances he had signed the previous extension), that the Bills were going to go out of their way to give him a larger contract.

So he was being underpaid. But not SO MUCH that the Bills were saying "hey, it's absolutely DIRE that we give Peters a raise." The comparison I'm making in my mind is Marcus McNeill, who had a $750,000 salary his rookie year when he made the Pro Bowl.

you can't compare a rookie in his first year to a guy who's already established himself. Clearly, when McNeill was a rookie and signed that contract, no one knew he would make the Pro Bowl or become that caliber of player so soon. It's apples and oranges.

[psubills62]

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To me, being underpaid and "bottom money" are the same thing. That's what "underpaid" means. Under as in "low", "low" as in "near the bottom." You can believe his BS if you want to be gullible and defend the FO for every single move if you want, but that's not the reality.

You must be an extremist then. Sometimes, it's amazing the lengths you go to to bash the front office. Seriously?

I'm just absolutely dying laughing at this "logical" sequence of yours.

Under = Low
Low = Near the Bottom
Near the Bottom = Bottom

So in your mind, whatever Peters was making (around 3.5-4 million) is the same as $500,000? Maybe you should tell Fred Jackson that. I'm sure he'd sign an extended contract for half a million per year right away, because it's essentially the same as 3.5 million per year.

Come on man...there's an enormous difference between being "underpaid" and "bottom money." If Peyton Manning were earning 9 million per year, that would be underpaid. If he were earning Trent Edwards money (~400,000 per year), THAT would be bottom money.

[ddaryl]

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To me, being underpaid and "bottom money" are the same thing. That's what "underpaid" means. Under as in "low", "low" as in "near the bottom." You can believe his BS if you want to be gullible and defend the FO for every single move if you want, but that's not the reality.

underpaid and bottom money are 2 very different things.

The interpretation you make are quite extreme and serve to fit your desire to stretch this thread into a 3 page debate about it


bottom money would be Peters making about 1 mil a season to play LT

underpaid is what Peters was at about 4- 5 mil a season

and the fact always was Evans had a priority in 2007 and Peters had 3 year left on a recent extension in which he willingly signed and agreed to.