Most of these FA visiting news came from the agents - if I were an agent of a FA, I'd even pick up a phone and call reporters telling them that my client is visting this and that team. There might be some untrue statements and last minute changes, for the most part, I'll believe what they say. Mind you the Lenny, Mort, Clayton's of the world are very familiar with the agents and at least half of their information came from various agents.
That said, the silence from OBD can be attributed to
1) They want to ride out the first wave and pick bargains from what's left.
2) They don't like anybody out there.
3) Ralph has no more money left or don't want to spend for big signing bonuses.
4) TD called the agents in the first hour of March 2 and gave a few 30-minute-only offers and no one reponded - you know how TD works. See Williams and Jennings, they got offers last year and they didn't respond, no more coming their way.
5) The worst scenario, they called and none of the targeted FA even wants to come in for a visit!
I throw the last one out there because, like it or not, the Bills reputation takes a hit when they cut Bledsoe. Likewise NE does not have a very good reputation among FA-to-be because it is not looked upon as a heaven for money seeking established players. If we use NE as an example, this may not be a bad thing. But unlike NE, under TD the Bills are not a team that accumulates draft picks so that they can use them to acquire players of their choice.
That said, the silence from OBD can be attributed to
1) They want to ride out the first wave and pick bargains from what's left.
2) They don't like anybody out there.
3) Ralph has no more money left or don't want to spend for big signing bonuses.
4) TD called the agents in the first hour of March 2 and gave a few 30-minute-only offers and no one reponded - you know how TD works. See Williams and Jennings, they got offers last year and they didn't respond, no more coming their way.
5) The worst scenario, they called and none of the targeted FA even wants to come in for a visit!
I throw the last one out there because, like it or not, the Bills reputation takes a hit when they cut Bledsoe. Likewise NE does not have a very good reputation among FA-to-be because it is not looked upon as a heaven for money seeking established players. If we use NE as an example, this may not be a bad thing. But unlike NE, under TD the Bills are not a team that accumulates draft picks so that they can use them to acquire players of their choice.
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