BREAKING NEWS: Alex Van Pelt CUT!

[IHateTheDullphins]

failed physical

[Romes]

wow!!....link?

[Tatonka]

just got it on vcoach..

he failed a physical.

[Voltron]

I just saw that on V-coach too! :huh:

[Tatonka]

damn it.. you guys type ****ing fast.

[IHateTheDullphins]

just sent to my phone from Buffalobills.com

[MDFINFAN]

How the heck did he fail a physical? What injury did he have?

[Voltron]

Romes I got it on my Cell phone. VCOACH RAWKS ;)

[Tatonka]

volek just went.. hmmmmmm

i really think that if we get volek, we still may go qb early.

[IHateTheDullphins]

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/index.cfm?cont_id=235828&dsp=press

[Romes]

That means we bring in Volek, watch.

[Tatonka]

because td is not afraid to trade a guy.. if volek or the young kid or both look great.. he will trade one off.. just like the deal with feeley.

[IHateTheDullphins]

saves us 400 grand in cap space.

[justasportsfan]

Originally posted by MDFINFAN
How the heck did he fail a physical? What injury did he have? A better way to say "you're fired"

Do we free anything capwise with this move?

[Voltron]

I feel Bad for "The Pill"

I bet they were looking for any little thing just to clear a little cap room and make Buffalo more attractive to Volik.

Bye Pill :sadwalk: You may have not been the best player but you were a team player and a good person

[Pride]

Volek is a great backup... and he probably knows that if DB sucks next year, he will get a shot

I still say we draft a QB... then next year, they all duke it out for #1 and #2, if DB isnt #1, he gets cut.

[Pride]

Originally posted by Voltron
I feel Bad for "The Pill"

I bet they were looking for any little thing just to clear a little cap room and make Buffalo more attractive to Volik.

Bye Pill :sadwalk: You may have not been the best player but you were a team player and a good person

At least he made a few million in a backup role... he should have a good life. He may even pickup as a number 3 somewhere

[Tatonka]

Originally posted by Pride
At least he made a few million in a backup role... he should have a good life. He may even pickup as a number 3 somewhere

i betcha he is done.. he wont go to another team.. he thought he was done with football 2 years ago..

[Michael82]

Volek now would be guaranteed at least the #2 job...come on Billy...you know you wanna come to Buffalo. :D

[chubluv]

I heard that AVP is going to be named as color commentater for the radio booth with murph... Obviously I dont have a link its just things being said around the water cooler by people who come into the restaurant I work at & other places in the village of hamburg...

[don137]

There is an opeing at back-up..AVP was cut according to Jeff Morrison...

[Michael82]

RUMOR has it that he is getting the color analyst job, after he retires tomorrow.

http://www.twobillsdrive.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=27941

[STAMPY]

great news... i hated that piece of ****

[Devin]

Stampede yournot reffering to AVP are you?

[Michael82]

Originally posted by BuffaloBillsSTAMPEDE
great news... i hated that piece of ****

what'd he do to you? kick your grandma? He's a great guy and a good player. I'll miss him.

[Devin]

kinda why I asked was a little unsure if he meant AVP seeings how the "pill" is a pretty nice guy, not the best QB in the world but not the worst.

Show a little respect.

[Tatonka]

stampede... you have a chip on your shoulder the size of montana, man.

[Michael82]

Originally posted by Tatonka
stampede... you have a chip on your shoulder the size of montana, man.

Montana? lol Doesn't Bledsoe live in.....:gag:

[elltrain22]

Thanks for the mem's Alex....

[Dantheman1280]

Stampede = JACKASS ( Happy gilmore voice)

[The Spaz]

Awesome I think he would be a great color coomentator I think should do very well. Radio will only be my way of keeping up with the Bills at least for most games. Good luck and good job Alex!:up::beer:

[Tatonka]

Originally posted by Mikey82
Montana? lol Doesn't Bledsoe live in.....:gag:

that is why i picked it, you idjit.

:D

[NC-BILLS44]

I believe AVP just had surgery. Off coarse he'd fail a physical.

[Aero II]

He's the only Bill that I have a Birthday Card from. My folks saw that he was having an autograph session about 5 years ago while at a Mall in Rochester and had nothing with them for him to sign. They bought a birthday card and asked him to sign it. He told them that he had never been asked to sign a birthday card before. I thought that it was very cool and original. I'll miss him, but it's time for some new blood at QB.

[Voltron]

This is a cool story Aero II :up:

[ArcticWildMan]

Originally posted by Tatonka


that is why i picked it, you idjit.

:D


LOL! Mikey's parents don't call him sonny because he's bright :D

[RedEyE]

Failing the physical is a suprise, but I'm not suprised to see AVP go. I think that was the plan all along. Eliminating him now makes it easier because it's looks as if the Bills had no choice. Honestly, I don't think they do. It's time to move on. Thanks for the years AVP.

[Dantheman1280]

YES AVP we enjoyed the dedicated years and you will be missed!

[Dantheman1280]

Now only moulds in left from the team before DONABLOW took over!

[The Spaz]

Originally posted by Dantheman1280
Now only moulds in left from the team before DONABLOW took over!

How about factor the players he has brought in!

[Dozerdog]

Poor EE :abe: will not get a signed clipboard from Mikey

[Dantheman1280]

what have his players done! yes he has done some good things but IM NOT SOLD!!

[The Spaz]

Originally posted by Dantheman1280
what have his players done! yes he has done some good things but IM NOT SOLD!!


I don't know I thought Henry, Schobel, Clements, Spikes, Flethcer, Milloy, Moulds, Adams, Wire we're good players.:idunno:

[Dantheman1280]

Bledsoe ?? Flowers? Denny? Posey? Reese? Preloue?

[The Spaz]

Originally posted by Dantheman1280
Bledsoe ?? Flowers? Denny? Posey? Reese? Preloue?

Umm Donahoe didn't draft Flowers. Bledsoe isn't a good move right now. Posey starts so what's your beef there, Prioleau and Reese are depth players who we had to sign to fill the FS gap and Wire is probably the starter there now.

[cordog]

Originally posted by Dantheman1280
Bledsoe ?? Flowers? Denny? Posey? Reese? Preloue?

Flowers was drafted in the Butler era

[Dantheman1280]

UR RITE on the flowers (sorry) ! What about GW!! that was a major mistake!!

[The Spaz]

Originally posted by Dantheman1280
UR RITE on the flowers (sorry) ! What about GW!! that was a major mistake!!

This isn't a TD thread. Let's analyze if him eating Italian food last night was a good choice as well.

[MDFINFAN]

What kind of tender did the titians have on Voleck or is he totally free to go..? I can't remember..

[The Spaz]

Originally posted by MDFINFAN
What kind of tender did the titians have on Voleck or is he totally free to go..? I can't remember..

He is a FA.

[helmetguy]

Originally posted by The Spaz
This isn't a TD thread. Let's analyze if him eating Italian food last night was a good choice as well.

Italian food is NEVER a bad choice!

[saviorbledsoe]

DRINK ONE FOR AVP TONIGHT!!!!!!! CLASS ACT WHO LEARNED FROM THE BEST....JIM KELLY. I WANTED AVP TO START UNTIL WE GOT DREW AND I THINK HE DID GREAT CONSIDERING HIS LACK OF PHYSICAL GIFTS AND LETS NOT FORGET HE OWNS MOST OF THE QB RECORDS AT PITT (NOT MARINO). I LOVE YA ALEX!! HOPE THE RUMOR ABOUT THE BROADCASTING IS TRUE.

[The Spaz]

Originally posted by helmetguy


Italian food is NEVER a bad choice!

Very true.:hungry:

[Mr. Cynical]

Originally posted by saviorbledsoe
DRINK ONE FOR AVP TONIGHT!!!!!!! CLASS ACT WHO LEARNED FROM THE BEST....JIM KELLY. I WANTED AVP TO START UNTIL WE GOT DREW AND I THINK HE DID GREAT CONSIDERING HIS LACK OF PHYSICAL GIFTS AND LETS NOT FORGET HE OWNS MOST OF THE QB RECORDS AT PITT (NOT MARINO). I LOVE YA ALEX!! HOPE THE RUMOR ABOUT THE BROADCASTING IS TRUE.

:clap:

Agreed. Most will disagree with me but I don't think we ever saw his potential. If he had truly had the full support of the front office to start and not just backup (thus raising his confidence level), I think people would have been surprised.

I'd like to see him stay on in some way, maybe eventually QB coach.

Cheers AVP. :)

[TigerJ]

Failed a physical in March? My guess is the "Pill," for Pillsbury Doughboy, is just a little too doughy around the middle. Seriously, this can't be a big surprise. AVP is never going to be able to do much more than play out a game if the starter gets injured. He's not capable of helping the team win a streak of games if the starter is out for an extended period.

TD is serious about finding a QB of the future. I think he's going pretty hard after Volek, because there are only 4 QBs in the draft that have any potential of being near term starters in the NFL, and TD wants to hedge his bet that Bledsoe will pull out of his season long funk of last fall. Two of those will probably be long gone by the time Buffalo picks. The third, Rivers could be gone.

[shelby]

Wow...i was not expecting this so soon.
Good luck AVP...and thanks:wave:

[Ebenezer]

Originally posted by IHateTheDullphins
saves us 400 grand in cap space.

not that much...sorry...


Originally posted by justasportsfan
A better way to say "you're fired"

Do we free anything capwise with this move?

The Bills save $600K by cutting AVP...however, when you move the next salary ($305K) into the 51st spot the actual savings is only $295,000.

[Ebenezer]

Originally posted by Dantheman1280
Bledsoe ?? Flowers? Denny? Posey? Reese? Preloue?

Dan...you're grading TD on the basis of guys that he did not draft, were backups and have only been here 1 year...sad...

[Dozerdog]

Originally posted by Dantheman1280
UR RITE on the flowers (sorry) ! What about GW!! that was a major mistake!!



Originally posted by Dantheman1280
Now only moulds in left from the team before DONABLOW took over!


Originally posted by Dantheman1280
what have his players done! yes he has done some good things but IM NOT SOLD!!


Originally posted by Dantheman1280
Bledsoe ?? Flowers? Denny? Posey? Reese? Preloue?


DantheMan- you completely blow off the fact he took over a franchise that was in complete cap dissarray.

He made some very tough decisions o who stayed (Pat willliams, Moulds, and Ruben) and who had to go because we could not get them under the cap (Flutie, RJ, Wiley, Cowart, ....many more)

The Bills had to start from scratch. His Coaching choice didn't pan out- but at the time most people weren't up in arms.

He drafted brilliantly in 2001, had a very good 2002 draft, might have pulled a rabbit out of the hat with McGahee in 2003 (in a very bad, weak year for the draft)- we will see.

Bledsoe- a the time, looked like a solid move- unless you really wanted Jeff Blake- there were not any other choices. His poor choice of a coach compounded the issue. With Mullarkey- he should rebound

Price- Played this one Brilliantly. Got the Bledsoe pick back and then got McGahee- . There was no way this team could get spikes and Milloy by keeping Price- who wanted out anyway.

In FAcy, he's hit home runs with the big dollar FA's. Fletcher & pro Bowler Spikes, Milloy.....Posey has also been a solid contributor. For crying out loud- they went from worst to almost first in league defense. Yeah- some cappy choices there...:rolleyes:

The marginal FA's have been spotty- but for the price and compared to who was out there- he's par for the course. Guys like Eddie Robinson were stopgap measures anyway.


Teague hasn't been the dismal failure some have suggested- he's playing a position that he was not signed for.


Now that we have the coach in place- this team will take off.




If you think Tom Donahoe is so bad- please point out the bad moves he's made and give me a rational argument why he "sucks".

[The_Philster]

I have to wonder how his career would have gone had he not suffered that injury to his throwing shoulder in his second play of the 97 preseason. :sadwalk:

I still say he would've taken the starting job that year. :madcurse:

[STAMPY]

Originally posted by Devin
Stampede yournot reffering to AVP are you?
yup... i am, i've thought he's stunk in a back up capacity for a long long time, and should have been cut long ago, glad to here it.


Originally posted by Mikey82
what'd he do to you? kick your grandma? He's a great guy and a good player. I'll miss him.
well its good to be a nice guy and all, but you need to show up once in awhile when ur plugged into a game, he sure was no frank reich, or close to that


Originally posted by Tatonka
stampede... you have a chip on your shoulder the size of montana, man.
ya i do sometimes, actually the size of new yawk baby! screw montana, i'm a nice guy still, i'm just opinionated and will say wat i feel like if it pops in my head. besides theres a lot of drew bledsoe hating going on in this place, what is the ill off limits, the guy sure ain't a savior like birth control pills are.


Originally posted by Dantheman1280
Stampede = JACKASS ( Happy gilmore voice)
who in the blue hell are you... first off i didn't attack a poster, and i won't. but tough guy stop flexing your keyboard muscles dannyboy. just cause i don't like someone on the team who we got rid of ya *****... sit down lil fella

[Dozerdog]

OK People- let's not attack the poster.


Don't like the post? quote it and rip on it.



But don't start calling each other names.

[BAM]

Originally posted by Dozerdog
OK People- let's not attack the poster.


Don't like the post? quote it and rip on it.



But don't start calling each other names.

you should just put that in your Sig Dozer. save you some time anymore ;)


anyways, thanks for the years of backing up our QBs Van Pizzle!

have a happy retirement. :)

[Devin]

Well as I stated he aint the best but aint the worst. As a person hes a great guy and I wish him the best.

I certainly dont consider him a piece of ****

[helmetguy]

I'd get a kick if they made some room for AVP on the coaching staff. The guy has seen just about every offensive scheme known to man. Offensive Quality Control?

A friend of mine just signed a contract with the Myrtle Beach Stingrays of the NIFL. Four year starter at a DII school. It ain't the big time, but he's happy as hell to be playing pro football. I'm sure AVP has few regrets. I wish him well.

[SABURZFAN]

AVP had a helluva football career.was he stocking shelves at Wegman's when buffalo gave him a call?i guess Mikey will be looking for a job as soon AVP gets his job back.:snicker:

[IHateTheDullphins]

take er easy Alex. :bigwave:

[Fryin' The Fish]

is he looking for another QB job? is he going to retire? is he going to try and get some coaching job? what does you guys think? :feedback:

[STAMPY]

noone will hire him

[IHateTheDullphins]

he was ready to retire in '99. What do you think?

[BADTHINGSMAN]

I say he retires, but only after waiting to see if any team calls him..

[B-DON]

retire. good havin ya here

[B-DON]

bye alex nice havin you back up all our sh***y qb's

[shelby]

Actually, he's already found a job....nice find by zielinski (http://billszone.com/fanzone/showthread.php?threadid=41248)

[Earthquake Enyart]

They said somewhere that AVP had a wrist injury.

Someone should have told him to use his left hand...... it feels like somebody else.... :eek:

[TheGhostofJimKelly]

He is going to be the Bills color commentator for the radio.

[Ebenezer]

all I need to know is that AVP was a Flutie groin injury from retirement...when the Bills cut him before nobody wanted him...he made lots of cash holding the clip boards...

[STAMPY]

as long as he's off the bench or field that's fine