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Buffalo Bills president Russ Brandon told the Associated Press on Monday that he couldn’t predict when safety Jairus Byrd, who didn’t report for the start of training camp on July 27, would join the team. Byrd is the only one of the eight players designated as a franchise player this year that remains unsigned. Since Byrd isn’t under contract, the Bills can’t fine him up to $30,000 for each day of camp he misses.
Brandon said the Bills are still interested in signing Byrd to a long-term contract. Byrd can’t sign a multi-year deal until the regular season ends (December 29) ..... The parties were reportedly $2 million per year apart in contract talks at the deadline. Byrd was looking for a deal that would place him near the top of safety market. Troy Polamalu is the NFL’s highest paid safety with the three-year, $29.6 million ($9,866,667 average per year) contract extension he signed in 2011. The average of the top five veteran safety deals is approximately $8 million per year. Brandon also indicated that lines of communication were open between senior vice president of football administration Jim Overdorf, Buffalo’s chief contract negotiator, and Eugene Parker, Byrd’s agent.
........He can only play for the Bills on a one-year deal, but is still allowed to negotiate his one-year salary and other conditions relating to his franchise player status.
The two-time All-Pro could be insisting on a clause that would prohibit the Bills from using a franchise or transition designation on him in 2014 (i.e.; a prohibition clause) or a larger one-year salary than his franchise tender in order to end the contract dispute. .....
A franchise player has never missed regular season games because of a contract dispute since the 2006 Collective Bargaining Agreement implemented the July multi-year deal deadline. Dunta Robinson came closest when he signed his tender four days before the Houston Texans’ 2009 regular season opener. The Bills have a different defensive system under new defensive coordinator Mike Pettine, so the more time Byrd has to get acclimated to the new defensive philosophy, the better it is for him and the Bills. Byrd must sign by the Tuesday following Week 10’s games (November 12) in order to play this season
Quite a lot of figures and possibilities in the full article
Buffalo Bills president Russ Brandon told the Associated Press on Monday that he couldn’t predict when safety Jairus Byrd, who didn’t report for the start of training camp on July 27, would join the team. Byrd is the only one of the eight players designated as a franchise player this year that remains unsigned. Since Byrd isn’t under contract, the Bills can’t fine him up to $30,000 for each day of camp he misses.
Brandon said the Bills are still interested in signing Byrd to a long-term contract. Byrd can’t sign a multi-year deal until the regular season ends (December 29) ..... The parties were reportedly $2 million per year apart in contract talks at the deadline. Byrd was looking for a deal that would place him near the top of safety market. Troy Polamalu is the NFL’s highest paid safety with the three-year, $29.6 million ($9,866,667 average per year) contract extension he signed in 2011. The average of the top five veteran safety deals is approximately $8 million per year. Brandon also indicated that lines of communication were open between senior vice president of football administration Jim Overdorf, Buffalo’s chief contract negotiator, and Eugene Parker, Byrd’s agent.
........He can only play for the Bills on a one-year deal, but is still allowed to negotiate his one-year salary and other conditions relating to his franchise player status.
The two-time All-Pro could be insisting on a clause that would prohibit the Bills from using a franchise or transition designation on him in 2014 (i.e.; a prohibition clause) or a larger one-year salary than his franchise tender in order to end the contract dispute. .....
A franchise player has never missed regular season games because of a contract dispute since the 2006 Collective Bargaining Agreement implemented the July multi-year deal deadline. Dunta Robinson came closest when he signed his tender four days before the Houston Texans’ 2009 regular season opener. The Bills have a different defensive system under new defensive coordinator Mike Pettine, so the more time Byrd has to get acclimated to the new defensive philosophy, the better it is for him and the Bills. Byrd must sign by the Tuesday following Week 10’s games (November 12) in order to play this season
Quite a lot of figures and possibilities in the full article
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