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You mean if.

Peterson will be the pick I think. It's not a good sign if we haven't payed Droughns yet. I know there is more time but wouldn't you think that if they were going to do it they would have done it already and got it out of the way?

why would we pay Droughns before his payday? he gets his check in 15 days... not before then.

j/c

I hadn't seen it discussed.

Anyone expecting to see the FA signings drawn out this year until someone settles in and sets the market?

I wouldn't want to be the first agent to commit and have a lower quality guy at the same position get significantly more money.

How the heck will they know what "fair market value" is going in? Based on the re-signs?

Should be interesting to see how things pan out. I'd like about 1% of the money that's gonna be flinging around in the next 12 hours or so.

I know that.

If they sign Steinback and Clements and maybe a few other guy's Droughns won't be back i'm willing to bet.

I just think that if he was a big part of they're plans he would have been signed already. Doesn't bode well in my mind.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nfl&id=2785042

release Villarrial, Bowen; re-sign GreerAssociated Press
National Football League News Wire

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Bills released two
veterans, including guard Chris Villarrial, and re-signed reserve
cornerback Jabari Greer to a two-year contract Thursday.

The Bills also released veteran safety Matt Bowen, who failed to
make an impact a year after the team signed him as a free agent and
had one year left on his contract. Bowen appeared in only five
games last season, hampered mostly by a broken bone in his lower
right leg, which he hurt in training camp.

Villarrial's release did not come as a surprise. The 11-year
veteran, a respected team leader who spent the past three seasons
in Buffalo, had been hobbled by numerous injuries. He missed the
final seven games of last year after surgery to repair an
overextended tendon in his right ankle.

Villarrial also proved expensive, scheduled to make a base
salary of $1.45 million in the final year of his contract next
season.

"I didn't see it coming," Villarrial told The Associated
Press, adding he believed the team was scared off by his injuries
and his age -- he turns 34 in June. "I was really trying to rehab
it and get back, because Buffalo is a special place to me, and I
didn't want to end it like that."

Villarrial, however, said he accepted the team's decision, and
wished the Bills well. He called his biggest regret not being able
to help the team earn its first playoff berth since 1999.

"Unfortunately, we just didn't get the job done enough. It's
just hard to go out that way," said Villarrial, who said he
cherished his time in Buffalo. Besides owning a cabin outside of
the city, he has also become a big fan of the NHL's Buffalo Sabres.

"I'm not going to lie, I had the time of my life in Buffalo,"
he said, adding he's awaiting offers from other teams to determine
whether he'll play next season.

The Bills did bolster their depth at cornerback, signing Greer
to a contract that will pay him more than $1 million this season,
including guaranteed bonus money. The Bills could have retained
Greer's rights by offering him a one-year tender.

The signing came as the Bills stand to lose two cornerbacks,
including starter Nate Clements, when the NFL's free agency period
opens Friday.

Greer was the last of four restricted free agents the Bills
signed this offseason.

Signed by Buffalo in 2004 as an undrafted free agent out of
Tennessee, Greer was primarily used on special teams in 16 games
last season. In 44 career games, including three starts, he has
been credited with 50 tackles and two sacks.

Greer is expected to compete for a backup cornerback spot this
season.

Besides Clements, Buffalo could also lose reserve cornerback
Kiwaukee Thomas, who will become an unrestricted free agent Friday.

In another move, the Bills signed quarterback Kevin Eakin, and
assigned him to play in NFL Europe. Eakin, who spent part of last
season with Hamilton of the Canadian Football League, played
college at Fordham and set Rams' school career records with 6,112
yards passing and 45 touchdowns.

I would assume we're not supposed to post rumors here, but are you guys reading the stuff on profootballtalk.com? Says we basically have a deal in place for Steinbach and maybe Clements too.

As for Hank Fraley, thats HUGE that we got him back..now we don't have to spend a 2nd round pick on Ryan Kalil..

-MVP

ya the other thread is talking about it

welcome BACK to the board!

where are all these new people comming from? not you MVP but others...

Welcome back MVP!

We re-signed Fraley?? Sweet!!

Didn't know that. Haven't been in the Fraley thread for a while.

Welcome aboard, buddy!

LET'S GET IT ON!!

Lets go Steinbach/Dielman and Clements!!!!

i'm with ya on that

nordawg

We just signed Clements!!













Just kidding.

Don't do that to me

Couldn't resist.

I know how it is this time of year. My mouse about breaks every year from hitting the refresh button.

Welcome back man, took me too long too...

BTW, love the Fraley signing and the chatter we signed Steinbach. If we can get Nate, I'll be one happy camper in the morning. Actually with the word that Stokely got release, I wouldn't mind seeing him in Brown and Orange too if he came at an ok price.

This is one of my favorite days of the year - the others are Draft day (both actually) and every Sat and Sun from August to Feb.

Probably won't happen right away. Don't want it to be too obvious they were tampering.

There probably won't even be anybody signed by the time I got to bed. I know that but I just can't go to sleep until I absolutely have to.

Was hoping for a quick signing. Guess not!

I won't sleep till we sign someone lol.. I don't care if its Joe Nobody.. I just want to sign someone before I go to bed lol.

Does the Fraley signing count

It does with me

nordawg

Not like we need to worry about Ohara anymore but he's off the block..

Giants | O'Hara will stay
Thu, 1 Mar 2007 20:04:57 -0800

Arthur Staple, of Newsday, reports the New York Giants have reached an agreement with C Shaun O'Hara. It is believed the contract is a five-year deal worth roughly $4 million per season.

My limit is 1:00. Maybe 1:30.

They will be here in the morning if they are signed. Nothing makes a better morning than waking up and finding out we signed a great one.

Actually, I probably won't even make it till 1. I'll probably be off to bed here in the next 20 min or so.

Hell its only 9:20 here and I'm thinking I'll only stay up til 10 - rough week and a half bottle of wine is kicking my can...

Hell no. I am going to have a hard enough day tomorrow at work without being dead tired.