Orton is getting $5 Million this year, yeah he's a back-up QB

[Skooby]

$5 Million this season, LOL. EJ will be watching this guy start sooner than later.

[Dr. Lecter]

Re: Orton is getting $5 Million this year, yeah he's a back-up QB

Why? 5 million is not starter money

[jills]

Re: Orton is getting $5 Million this year, yeah he's a back-up QB

Bad news for Manuel, Orton will start sooner rather than later.

[kingJofNYC]

Re: Orton is getting $5 Million this year, yeah he's a back-up QB

Why? 5 million is not starter money

That's how much the Bucs are paying their starter.

As I mentioned in a couple of other threads, another haste decision. All off season we discussed the backup, or lack there of, QB situation, they did nothing to address it. EJ continued to play like ****, and then a week before the season starts they get desperate. Too funny.

No plan, no idea on how to build a winner, just try and desperately patch a sinking ship. Like rats they seek refuge, but it's inevitable, they'll be dead by early November at the latest. This front office will be blown up once again, and 2015 will be worse than 2014 because these fools went all in on 2014, even though they had no ****ing QB capable of leading a team on the roster.

[Mace]

Re: Orton is getting $5 Million this year, yeah he's a back-up QB

As well he should be for agreeing to come here.

[GingerP]

Re: Orton is getting $5 Million this year, yeah he's a back-up QB

Why? 5 million is not starter money

It means they wanted him really bad. It means EJ is on the shortest of leashes, because the current front office and staff need to win some games or the new owner is going to power-wash the entire operation and start over.

Basically, the pressure is on EJ to show some progress, something he hasn't done at all, or he will be on the bench and they will hope Orton can save their behinds. I give it to the start of October at the latest.

[YardRat]

Re: Orton is getting $5 Million this year, yeah he's a back-up QB

I heard somewhere that the Rams were also pursuing Orton, so maybe the Bills had to sweeten the pot to get him to come here, and not miss out.

#1-Orton has only been on the market for six weeks, so it's not like Buffalo had an opportunity to sign him prior to mid-July.
#2-If there was competition for his services, how about for once giving the front office props for stepping up and getting him in here, instead of pissing and moaning over 'what took so long?'.

[Dr. Lecter]

Re: Orton is getting $5 Million this year, yeah he's a back-up QB

As I posted twice now, the Bills had been trying to sign him for a few months according to Tim Graham

[Mr. Pink]

Re: Orton is getting $5 Million this year, yeah he's a back-up QB

As I posted twice now, the Bills had been trying to sign him for a few months according to Tim Graham

How do you try to sign a guy for a few months when he was under contract elsewhere still a little over a month ago?

[YardRat]

Re: Orton is getting $5 Million this year, yeah he's a back-up QB

As I posted twice now, the Bills had been trying to sign him for a few months according to Tim Graham

I saw one of the posts, but don't know how it could be a few months when he was a Cowboy until July 15th.

[black N yellow]

Re: Orton is getting $5 Million this year, yeah he's a back-up QB

As I posted twice now, the Bills had been trying to sign him for a few months according to Tim Graham

The Tim Graham part explains everything.

[Skooby]

Re: Orton is getting $5 Million this year, yeah he's a back-up QB

Sure Tim is right, even though he's only been available for a little over a month.

[OpIv37]

Re: Orton is getting $5 Million this year, yeah he's a back-up QB

We are so far under the cap that this is completely irrelevant.

I'm more concerned with the fact that he doesn't know the play book yet, especially given EJ's injury history.

[Skooby]

Re: Orton is getting $5 Million this year, yeah he's a back-up QB

We are so far under the cap that this is completely irrelevant.

I'm more concerned with the fact that he doesn't know the play book yet, especially given EJ's injury history.

Would you like him to just pull a Matrix and it's all Piped into his brain ?

[The Jokeman]

Re: Orton is getting $5 Million this year, yeah he's a back-up QB

We are so far under the cap that this is completely irrelevant.

I'm more concerned with the fact that he doesn't know the play book yet, especially given EJ's injury history.

That's why you protect yourself and sign Tuel or Thad Lewis to the PS tomorrow. The truth is backup QBs are nothing more than insurance policies and most teams would struggle if they were asked to start their backup QB no matter how long they've been on the roster.