Bills taking stance on Peters

August 19, 2008

This is a pretty big story and 90 percent of NFL fans don’t know anything about it. Why? Because it involves an offensive tackle and the Buffalo Bills.

Stud left tackle Jason Peters continues his holdout and it doesn’t look like the Bills care very much. Peters is one of the best in the game, went to the Pro Bowl last year and dammit, he wants to be paid as such.

But, the Bills don’t seem to care much. They seem to like the way the offense is running without him. And a source has told ESPN’s Tim Graham that the Bills are more committed than ever to taking a hard-line stance on Peters.

This story isn’t getting much play from the mainstream media, mainly because Mark Schlereth doesn’t know who Peters is, but it bears watching. Will he report? Could they trade him? Will he just sit?

Chances are he’ll get his ass in there at some point and agent Eugene Parker would be wise to advise Peters of just that.

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