No trade expected for Roscoe Parrish

[Beastie Bills]

No trade expected for Roscoe Parrish (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/20/no-trade-expected-for-roscoe-parrish/)

Posted by Mike Florio on October 20, 2009 3:26 PM ET

The Buffalo Bills, after dangling receiver/return specialist Roscoe Parrish for weeks, are now expected not to trade Parrish to a new team before Tuesday's 4:00 p.m. ET deadline.
Parrish was a healthy scratch on Sunday against the Jets due to the possibility that a deal would be struck.

The thinking is that the Bills missed their chance to move Parrish, probably by asking for too much in return. During the Week Five game against the Browns, Parrish bungled one return for a significant loss of yards and then fumbled a late-game opportunity, allowing the Browns to steal the victory with a field goal.

Parrish is under contract through 2011. His base salary for the current season is $1 million. It moves to $1.025 million in each of the final two seasons of the deal.

[Italian Stallion]

god damnit

[Beastie Bills]

god damnit

My thoughts exactly.

[trapezeus]

great. can we put him on administrative leave like when a cop shoots someone and the details haven't been figured out?

[BuffaloRanger]

I had thought I read in a post on this forum that he was making 3 mil a year. That's why they couldn't move him.

Just outright cut him.

They should have done that after the Browns game. Put the team on notice. Mistakes and mediocrity will no longer be tolerated.

[madness]

Cut him.

[Beastie Bills]

He'll be cut as soon as Hardy comes off PUP.

[bigbub2352]

i got an idea have him teach oral communications at ECC

[Beastie Bills]

I had thought I read in a post on this forum that he was making 3 mil a year. That's why they couldn't move him.


I thought the same thing. I just found this on Rotoworld though....

12/14/2007: Signed a three-year, $12.31 million contract extension through 2011. The deal included a $1.1 million signing bonus and another $3.25 million "signing bonus" in the second year. 2009: $1 million (+ $1.5 million "signing" bonus + $500,000 roster bonus), 2010-2011: $1.025 million (+ $500,000 roster bonuses), 2012: Free Agent

[trapezeus]

this reminds me of people who wanted to trade afinogenov last year. It would have been great to just not have the guy last year, but we were sure his value was higher than nothing. And in the end, nothing won out.

same holds true with parrish.

[HHURRICANE]

I thought the same thing. I just found this on Rotoworld though....

12/14/2007: Signed a three-year, $12.31 million contract extension through 2011. The deal included a $1.1 million signing bonus and another $3.25 million "signing bonus" in the second year. 2009: $1 million (+ $1.5 million "signing" bonus + $500,000 roster bonus), 2010-2011: $1.025 million (+ $500,000 roster bonuses), 2012: Free Agent

Easier to pay Parrish than Peters.

[Italian Stallion]

this reminds me of people who wanted to trade afinogenov last year. It would have been great to just not have the guy last year, but we were sure his value was higher than nothing. And in the end, nothing won out.

same holds true with parrish.

Very good comparison! Much of the same dis interest and loss of appitite every time Parrish is in the game is very similar to what it felt like seeing #61 on the ice (I don't refer to him by name)

[don137]

Yea, he is paid too much for a guy that sucks at WR and can only fumble...I mean return punts.

[HHURRICANE]

The Bills need to keep him and play him and hope that he does something that gets him traded in the off-season.

However, I'm going with "cut him now for $500 Alex." We can add him to Dockery and Clements as loser moves by the front office that netted us zero.

[paladin warrior]

stuipd Ralph or Dick.J

[patmoran2006]

Stay tuned
(and no, there wasn't a trade)

But I do not expect him to be a Bill much longer.

Hardy is coming back, they are NOT keeping 7 WR and they are not cutting Justin Jenkins.

It is a question of when the Bills elect to activate Hardy.. They actually have three weeks to do it now that he's off the PUP (Tomorrow)

[Beastie Bills]

stuipd Ralph or Dick.J

There was obviously no interest in him. We've been trying desperately to trade him for over a year now.

[patmoran2006]

There was obviously no interest in him. We've been trying desperately to trade him for over a year now.
There was no interest apparently in what the Bills were asking; which was a mid round pick.

[Griz78]

If they are going to cut him, why not take the 7th Rounder then?

[DynaPaul]

Just cut the guy now. He's been trade bait since last year.

[BillsWin]

Parrish and a fifth to KC for Dorsey. :idunno:

[Philagape]

There was no interest apparently in what the Bills were asking; which was a mid round pick.

If I inquired about Parrish and was told that would be the price, I'd be insulted. That's like charging $500 for a Windows XP computer with 1GB memory.

[Jan Reimers]

Our FO is about as sharp as a marble.

[trapezeus]

maybe the deals countered to the bills had the bills still paying part of his salary and that was a deal breaker. under that scenario its easier to just cut him and let him figure his way around the league.

I wonder if Roscoe understands that no one sees the value in him and that he should at least be grateful for the deal he got the first time. when he signs on elsewhere, it's going to be substantially less than what he made in buffalo.

[BillsWin]

cut him.

[Luisito23]

The guy is useless even as trade bait, cutting him though would be dumb right now because as bad as he's been this year I rather have him returning kicks then risk Jackson get injured.

[Beastie Bills]

The guy is useless even as trade bait, cutting him though would be dumb right now because as bad as he's been this year I rather have him returning kicks then risk Jackson get injured.


We have to cut one of our receivers, so I want it to be him. When Hardy comes back, we'll have 7 WR's on the roster. And it's obvious that we won't cut Jenkins because he's one of Bobby April's favorite special teamers. So Parrish is the odd man out.