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1. tgetman says:

   September 5, 2008 at 6:35 pm

   1. Yes
   2. Bitter, bitter man.
   3. Yes.
2. Kevin2 says:

   September 5, 2008 at 6:47 pm

   I wonder what kind of shape he is in. I’m guessing not much.
3. John Bigenwald says:

   September 5, 2008 at 7:25 pm

   damn you — I thought you were talking about Andrew Peters! I thought that meant there was a chance he wouldn’t be back.
4. Johnny Hardrock says:

   September 5, 2008 at 7:31 pm

   I think they should negotiate a new, fair contract for Peters, and quickly at that. I think it would send a positive message for the future that it’s much better to report if you want a new deal than it is to hold out…
5. deanpete says:

   September 5, 2008 at 8:07 pm

   right now the over/under on peters is 400lbs.
6. Jaquandor says:

   September 5, 2008 at 9:25 pm

   He may be bitter at first, but I think he’ll calm down if the team does the right thing and negotiates the new contract as quickly as possible. Doing so would make him happy and may take away some of the bad taste in the locker room’s mouths (and fans’ as well) for the Crowell-on-IR thing.
7. twoeightnine says:

   September 5, 2008 at 9:27 pm

   1) Yes
   2) See 3
   3) Yes and in doing so Peters will be re-motivated. It won’t pay him more this year except maybe incentive based stuff for Pro Bowl, etc. (I’m not sure what else a OL can get.) Big guaranteed money next year and 3-4 years added to the current 3.
8. Chris Smith says:

   September 6, 2008 at 12:50 pm

   They’ll negotiate with him and get something done in the next few weeks would be my assumption. They’ll probably also waive a substantial portion of the $600K in fines he accrued while holding out. Nice that he reported just in time to get his game check for this week.

   I’m on the side of the players in almost every instance like this. Even if he had three years left on his deal, you get what you can, when you can get it in the NFL. No contracts are guaranteed and the NFL treats you like dirt when you’re retired. There is no loyalty on either side and due to Gene Upshaw’s complete mismanagement of the NFLPA, the players only leverage is withholding their services.

   I hope Peters gets paid.
9. Kevin J. says:

   September 6, 2008 at 12:57 pm

   I never put any credence in the “NFL contracts aren’t guaranteed” argument. Hell, except for some athletes, whose paycheck next week is guaranteed? I work for Erie County, and mine sure as hell isn’t.
10. twoeightnine says:

    September 6, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    Did Erie County bring in millions of dollars in profit this week?
11. Kevin J. says:

    September 6, 2008 at 6:08 pm

    Did the Bills? And that has what to do with guaranteed salaries?
12. GregK says:

    September 6, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    But hey, we’re finally the champion of something. Being the drunkest fans in the NFL.

    http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2008/09/nfl_season_preview_2008_which.php
13. bk says:

    September 6, 2008 at 6:29 pm

    kevin, if you slip down some stairs at the office and shatter your leg, odds are pretty good your earning potential won’t be affected too greatly. if jason peters gets turned funny and shatters his leg, his earning potential is nil. the bills won’t feel any obligation to pay out his contract, no matter what size it is, and he’ll be cut. game over. everything he’s worked for in his entire life is gone.

    i don’t like what he’s doing, but no way do i blame him. everyone has to make a personal decision about their career, and he decided to force the issue. it doesn’t make him a bad person.
14. bk says:

    September 6, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    let’s go bulls! what a friggin drive!
15. bk says:

    September 6, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    …and of course they miss the pat.
16. Johnny Hardrock says:

    September 6, 2008 at 6:51 pm

    Wow. 6-0 after one…
17. bk says:

    September 6, 2008 at 7:05 pm

    wtf was that call ref?
18. Kevin J. says:

    September 6, 2008 at 8:39 pm

    BK, if I slip down some stairs at the office and shatter my leg, I will be deafened by the applause of my coworkers.

    Seriously, that is why Peters and other professional athletes are compensated the way they are, and receive health insurance. Yes, they take the chance of injury and being cut, but that s why they receive such high salaries and other perks (food, health insurance, meal money). They also know going in the chances.

    Athletes can legally try to get as much money as the market will bear, but I don’t have to like it or sympathize with them. In fact, when one of them is cut, another of them makes that salary, and the one hired certainly isn’t complaining about the system when it happens.
19. Becky says:

    September 6, 2008 at 8:48 pm

    Aren’t some athletes insured otherwise, loss of future earnings or sort of a worker’s comp thing, by Lloyd’s of London (or whoever offers that coverage)?