The Lynch situation reflects poorly on this organization.

[HHURRICANE]

I think it's very easy to villify Lynch but there is a very troublesome aspect to the whole situation.

First off, it's fairly obvious that his teammates like him. The Bills are notorious for handling players poorly. Like or hate Peter's nobody can argue that the front office botched the entire handling of the situation.

Fred Jackson is a big Lycnh supporter and you would think he'd be happy not to have him around but it's the total opposite.

I believe that the players in general have little or no respect for the owner and the organization. Lynch essentially getting a free pass from his teammates is pretty telling. The fact that he pretty much put Chris Brown in his place at the PC tells me he's not too worried about retribution either.

The fact that among his teammates he looks like the victim is disturbing.

[hydro]

Fred Jackson is a big Lycnh supporter and you would think he'd be happy not to have him around but it's the total opposite.

This sentence doesn't not make none sense.

[OpIv37]

Whether Lynch's teammates like him or dislike him is their business.

However, if his teammates see him as a victim, they are friggin stupid. Lynch is the one who got himself suspended for acting like a thug, then performed poorly when he was able to play again. He's also one mistake away from a 1 year suspension.

This org needs to decide if they only want "high character" guys or if they are willing to sacrifice some character for performance. They sit on the fence on that issue. But people seem to forget that last year Lynch had both character issues and performance issues. If the org is fed up with him, it's his own damn fault.

[psubills62]

As usual, you've got a heck of a lot of assumptions in there, HH.

[streetkings01]

I think it's very easy to villify Lynch but there is a very troublesome aspect to the whole situation.

First off, it's fairly obvious that his teammates like him. The Bills are notorious for handling players poorly. Like or hate Peter's nobody can argue that the front office botched the entire handling of the situation.

Fred Jackson is a big Lycnh supporter and you would think he'd be happy not to have him around but it's the total opposite.

I believe that the players in general have little or no respect for the owner and the organization. Lynch essentially getting a free pass from his teammates is pretty telling. The fact that he pretty much put Chris Brown in his place at the PC tells me he's not too worried about retribution either.

The fact that among his teammates he looks like the victim is disturbing.

How did they botch it?

#1) They signed him to a long term contract in 2006 which he signed with no complaint.
#2) In 2008 after playing only 2 years of his deal, he held out of OTAs, minicamp and training camp without even speaking to anyone about a contract demand.
#3)The Bills offered him a contract that would've made him a top 5 paid LT in the NFL and he declined wanting to be the highest paid even though he clearly isn't even the best LT in the division.

The Bills didn't botch anything when it came to Peters.

[Bill Cody]

I think it's very easy to villify Lynch

I agree with this much. The rest of the post? The usual drivel.

[Pinkerton Security]

hahahahahaha wowwwwww

Lets state the facts:
- Lynch is an extremely likable personality...this has been well documented since he was in college. People gravitate towards his fun-loving nature.
- His Bills teammates like him
- His Bills teammates welcomed his return to practice.

Then from there you make the leap that the Bills players dont respect their owners.

I can see how you could make that giant stretch and can see where the thought process comes from. However, it is just that: a giggggggantic stretch.

[mightysimi]

How did they botch it?

#1) They signed him to a long term contract in 2006 which he signed with no complaint.
#2) In 2008 after playing only 2 years of his deal, he held out of OTAs, minicamp and training camp without even speaking to anyone about a contract demand.
#3)The Bills offered him a contract that would've made him a top 5 paid LT in the NFL and he declined wanting to be the highest paid even though he clearly isn't even the best LT in the division.

The Bills didn't botch anything when it came to Peters.

Agreed. The only people who did anything to screw it up was the rest of the league for voting him to the 2nd pro bowl. I mean a guy has 11.5 sacks against in 13 games and Clady has .5 in 16 games. Then they vote in Peters? Which probably upted his demands even more.

[OpIv37]

Agreed. The only people who did anything to screw it up was the rest of the league for voting him to the 2nd pro bowl. I mean a guy has 11.5 sacks against in 13 games and Clady has .5 in 16 games. Then they vote in Peters? Which probably upted his demands even more.

First, "sacks given up" is a subjective statistic. It assumes the QB didn't hold the ball too long. It assumes the person doing the evaluating knew the blocking schemes. And it's different depending on who you ask.

Second, we currently have Jamon Meredith and Demetrius Bell fighting it out to be the starter at left tackle. Even if you guys are right and there was no way the Bills could have kept Peters, they have failed miserably in terms of replacing him with someone equal or better.

[Bill Cody]

HH logic:

OJ was well liked by his teammates. Therefore, if it wasn't for Bills ownership Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman would be alive today.

[Pinkerton Security]

HH logic:

OJ was well liked by his teammates. Therefore, if it wasn't for Bills ownership Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman would be alive today.

[EricStratton]

With very few exceptions players don't bad mouth other players in terms of contracts and organizational issues because they may end up in their shoes with this or another organization someday.

The fact that players don't publicly bash a guy means very little although if they do (like Fletcher in Washington right now) that speaks volumes.

[Bill Cody]

First, "sacks given up" is a subjective statistic. It assumes the QB didn't hold the ball too long. It assumes the person doing the evaluating knew the blocking schemes. And it's different depending on who you ask.

Second, we currently have Jamon Meredith and Demetrius Bell fighting it out to be the starter at left tackle. Even if you guys are right and there was no way the Bills could have kept Peters, they have failed miserably in terms of replacing him with someone equal or better.

You do understand those are 2 separate issues right? Do us all a favor: feel free to blast away about the Bills failures to aquire players. But leave the GD Peters issue alone, ok?

[OpIv37]

You do understand those are 2 separate issues right? Do us all a favor: feel free to blast away about the Bills failures to aquire players. But leave the GD Peters issue alone, ok?

Nope.

This has been a consistent problem with this team. They have a player who's over the hill or who has become a pain in the ass or whose contract has become more than the player is worth. So they dump them. Then what happens? They attempt to replace them with their back-ups or UDFA's or practice squad players, and the team ends up being worse off than if they had just kept the guy.

We've had DT issues since Sam Adams left.

Over a 1-2 year period, the Bills dumped the entire starting LB corps of Spikes, Fletcher and Posey. We've had LB issues ever since.

Hell, just this year we let Reed and TO walk but have yet to replace them with anything equal or better.

In a situation like the Peters one, you either give the guy what he wants or you find a viable alternative. The Bills did neither.

[FlyingDutchman]

yeah the buffalo bills lit his blunt and stashed a gun in the trunk. The buffalo bills were in the back seat of the SUV tellin him to get the hell out of there after he hit someone. And the buffalo bills were the cause of his downfall into little production causing them to take another RB . Now theyre gonna set up CJ Spiller the same way. Lynch is a big boy and his cut his own path in his career...now hes being a little baby bc hes going to be replaced bc he cant do his job at the level he should. He and we have nobody to blame but Marshawn Lynch

[Bill Cody]

In a situation like the Peters one, you either give the guy what he wants or you find a viable alternative. The Bills did neither.

One more time: replace him with a good player, replace him with a bad player, replace him with a cardboard cut out, PETERS HAD TO GO. We got reasonable compensation. I never want to hear that ****ers name again. Thanks.

[jimbledsoe]

I think it's very easy to villify Lynch but there is a very troublesome aspect to the whole situation.

First off, it's fairly obvious that his teammates like him. The Bills are notorious for handling players poorly. Like or hate Peter's nobody can argue that the front office botched the entire handling of the situation.

Fred Jackson is a big Lycnh supporter and you would think he'd be happy not to have him around but it's the total opposite.

I believe that the players in general have little or no respect for the owner and the organization. Lynch essentially getting a free pass from his teammates is pretty telling. The fact that he pretty much put Chris Brown in his place at the PC tells me he's not too worried about retribution either.

The fact that among his teammates he looks like the victim is disturbing.

The only reason the Lynch situation reflects poorly on the organization is because most people outside of Buffalo (including the talking heads), do not realize that Lynch is just trying to leave the team. They think he is holding out for more money. The organization did not get him into trouble with the league, or lose his starting spot for him, and did not ask him if he wants to be traded. He did that all himself.

The organization is handling this the only way they can. Lynch needs to focus on football here in Buffalo and everthing will be fine. He will be the best third option in the league and will probably see more playing time than that.

[WeAreArthurMoates]

How are the Bills at fault. They don't want to trade him for chicken scratch and wants him on this team. Did they tell him not to report?

[Ron Burgundy]

The Bills didn't botch anything when it came to Peters.

Depends on how you feel about Peters.

If you feel he's one of the top left tackles in football, they sure as hell botched it, because we've had nothing but awfulness at LT since.

If you think he isn't one of the best tackles in the NFL, then we did fine by getting some draft compensation out of an overrated guy.

[OpIv37]

One more time: replace him with a good player, replace him with a bad player, replace him with a cardboard cut out, PETERS HAD TO GO. We got reasonable compensation. I never want to hear that ****ers name again. Thanks.

The situation is not resolved until we find someone equal or better to take his spot.