Your opinion on Icognito non tender

[patmoran2006]

I didnt see comments about this.. Are you guys surprised about Incognito basically being told we dont want you back?

Doesnt say a lot for him with Wood's status.

[clumping platelets]

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I'm very surprised and disappointed

[bigbub2352]

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to be honest its one of two things...

us being cheap

or he made it known he didnt want to play here

with our lack of depth on Oline and Wood's injury status up in the air it had to be either one

i for one wanted him on the roster and starting we need to change the makeup of our soft Oline and him wood and levitre would have been nice start

[buffalobillsfan95]

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he was acctualy one of the few players wanting to be in buffalo

[psubills62]

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Honestly, I wish they had tendered him. With Wood coming off injury, we're a little short on depth at OG, and it would be nice if they kept him on the roster at least for depth.

That being said, I don't think he was quite as good as people seemed to think, especially being a penalty magnet.

Conclusion: He's replaceable, but we have enough holes already, and should have been kept around for another year, imo.

P.S. Whether or not he wanted to stay here really shouldn't be a factor. How many RFA's out there wanted to be tendered and not test the market?

[DrGraves]

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Dumb move. This team has had a terrible line for over a decade. We need to hold on to any glimpse of talent we can get.

[SABURZFAN]

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it is surprising. i'm curious as to why they didn't.

[yomommabilly]

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Nothing I did not expect from this group of SEC throwbacks. Someday we will have owners and coaches that did not participate in WW II. Bad move on this staffs part, very bad move. I expect this weirdness to continue straight into bad decisions in F/A also.

[dannyek71]

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Decent player, but look at his history. The guy is a menace. I would like have liked to keep him around, but oh well.

If Wood's leg wasn't progressing decently, I doubt we would have let him walk.

[BillsWin]

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From what I have heard Pat, he didn't want to come back to Buffalo.

[shelby]

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i posted this in another thread:

per Chris Brown:
Quote:

In light of the fact that Eric Wood still has some time to go on his current rehabilitation from a broken leg, even I thought the club would perhaps tender Incognito, who could represent insurance in the event that Wood’s rehab took a bit longer than expected. But once head coach Chan Gailey indicated at the combine that both Demetrius Bell and Eric Wood were considered “ahead of schedule,” to me it signaled that Incognito was probably going to become a free agent. And that’s what happens when there’s a new regime in place. All bets are off with people currently on the roster. The new front office wants to shape the roster the way they like it, and that has already begun with the players they have chosen to tender and not to tender.

http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2010/0...-not-tendered/

[Buddo]

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Bearing in mind he was signed very late on in the season, I wonder if it was done on the understanding that they wouldn't make him an RFA.
There was something posted on bb.com MB about a week or so ago, where someone met him, and he told them that he wouldn't be coming back, so either he knew already he wasn't getting tendered, or it was never an option for the Bills, based on what he signed up for.

[Night Train]

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I'm surprised.. but maybe there was too many hard feelings towards him in the locker room and his past behavior is something a new coach may not wish to begin a new chapter with.

If they wish to rid themselves of any distractions, this doesn't bode well for a guy like Lynch who is carrying 2 strikes and isn't the front line guy at RB anymore.

[justasportsfan]

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HIs lack of dicipline probably didn't sit right with Gailey.

[Jan Reimers]

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I'm surprised.. but maybe there was too many hard feelings towards him in the locker room and his past behavior is something a new coach may not wish to begin a new chapter with.

If they wish to rid themselves of any distractions, this doesn't bode well for a guy like Lynch who is carrying 2 strikes and isn't the front line guy at RB anymore.

I agree. It almost has to that kind of issue, because he is a good enough football player to help this team.