Troy Vincent available soon....why not?

[paulskinsfan]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

We have about $3M of available room right now. I doubt we would want to use most of it on an over the hill and injured player.

Yeah, like Mark Brunnell. Williams defense relies on safeties and corners, without them his defense fails. We have one safety that can cover people, one.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by paulskinsfan

Yeah, like Mark Brunnell. Williams defense relies on safeties and corners, without them his defense fails. We have one safety that can cover people, one.

What does Brunell have to do with this??

He's already on the roster and his salary is accounted for.

[Mc2guy]

What I believe most of you are missing is that when he clears waivers, he is a FA, which means he can sign with anyone for the best deal he can get, not the $2.6M he will ALREADY BE GETTING from the Bills. There is only a $2.6M cap hit if someone claims him off waivers, and then it isn't $2.6, it's whatever the prorated remaining salary is at that time. He won't be picked up on waivers.

Assuming he's healthy by week 6, my bet is that he could be had for a $600k signing bonus and vet min for the remaining 10 games, which would be about $500k for the remainder of the year or $1.1M total cap hit for the skins. The guy is an experienced pro and we have a major deficit in the secondary positions currently. If he's healthy we'd be foolish not to at least consider it.

[dblanch66]

why not just play the guys that we drafted? Doughty has to learn sometime. Why not see if our investment pays off? Troy Vincent???? uhhhh....no.

[paulskinsfan]

Originally Posted by dblanch66

why not just play the guys that we drafted? Doughty has to learn sometime. Why not see if our investment pays off? Troy Vincent???? uhhhh....no.

Uhhhh, probably because we cant draft worth a crap after the third round and Douhty is what, a 6th round selection?

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by paulskinsfan

Uhhhh, probably because we cant draft worth a crap after the third round and Douhty is what, a 6th round selection?

Ade Jimoh went undrafted.

[paulskinsfan]

Originally Posted by Buster

Ade Jimoh went undrafted.

And do we really have to go through Ade's history of toastism? (nice word huh?)

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by dblanch66

why not just play the guys that we drafted? Doughty has to learn sometime. Why not see if our investment pays off? Troy Vincent???? uhhhh....no.

I agree, no more old injured players. That's one of our problems now, we're experiencing injuries all over the place and we certainly do not need to bring in any more injuries. Plus this guy would have to learn a new system at this point in the season, and by the time he learned how to play in it the season will be over. We 've got guys here now who have been trying to learn the system since TC and haven't mastered it yet. I just don't possibly see what an impact this guy could make that would be a sufficient upgrade, therefore I pass.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

I agree, no more old injured players. That's one of our problems now, we're experiencing injuries all over the place and we certainly do not need to bring in any more injuries. Plus this guy would have to learn a new system at this point in the season, and by the time he learned how to play in it the season will be over. We 've got guys here now who have been trying to learn the system since TC and haven't mastered it yet. I just don't possibly see what an impact this guy could make that would be a sufficient upgrade, therefore I pass.

I think Troy Vincent played in G.W.'s system for at least one year before G.W. left.