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DEL.ICIO.USThe Price is right?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Terence Moore
This Peerless Price thing is, is … well, I was going to say that it is bizarre, but I really want to say that it is hilarious.
Go ahead. Laugh with me, because this is a hoot. I mean, the wide receiver with only one standout year on his resume was cut by two different teams last year within a five-month period, and he just signed a contract with the Buffalo Bills for four years.
That’s right – FOUR years.
Oh, and the contract is worth more than $10 million.
That’s right – $10 million.
If that isn’t enough, these are the same Bills who drafted Price originally in 1999 and shipped him away (at his request) to Atlanta where he was a $37 million bust for two years through August 2005.
So Price hooked on with the Dallas Cowboys soon after he was cut by the Falcons, and then he was cut by the Cowboys, and now he is …
I’m in stitches.
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By rich
April 12, 2006 12:32 PM | Link to this
As a Season ticket Holder for the Bills. I can tell you Peerless is a great COLD weather receiver. Only a handfull of receivers could put up good numbers in Buffalo’s climate. I have no problem giving him 10 mil for 4 years, I have seen him play and Buffalo is a great fit for him. Mark my words watch his numbers this season. thanks
By Jason
April 12, 2006 01:26 PM | Link to this
I think he deserves a chance. Vick is not a great passer, and Price took the blame for that (like Vick’s system, coaching, and everything else the media has blamed for Vick’s passing failures). I like Vick as a person, but he’s not a great passer and most likely never will be.
In Dallas, Price joined a team already in a playoff race and got little opportunity.
Sure, the contract is more than I would have offered, but to be so smug is ridiculous. Also, Price will not be the number 1 receiver, and he has flourished as a #2.
He may just fail, but that’s why they play the games.
By Ryan
April 14, 2006 12:42 AM | Link to this
The only reason that Peerless put up good numbers in Buffalo was because he was the no. 2 guy. At the no. 2 position he wasn’t confronted with double teams, which he couldn’t get out of in Atlanta, thus he strived in there offense. You can’t take a no. 2 guy like Price and transform him into a no. 1 like Atlanta did.