(10-27-2017, 09:18 PM)Billsfan1212 Wrote: Bills fan here!
After reading some of this I thought I'd drop a Buff POV.
I totally get being jacked at getting a new player.
Far be it from me to rain on your parade.
However, it's kinda funny to see both message boards so happy.
Dude was a cancer, which is a shame bc Mr big stuff could be very very good. Sadly, he got paid and checked out. After that, it snowballed and he couldn't do ANYTHING right.
Need a bone head play at a big moment? Dareus is your guy.
That moment when you need a big play from your stud? Dareus is NOT that guy. Between his dumb suspensions (drag racing in a busy area down the street from the stadium, smoking fake pot, injury after injury from not being in shape etc) and his antics apparently the Bills couldn't WAIT to let him go. Add in he was healthy and only playing 22% of snaps vs Denver and it was just a big, fat, waste on the cap.
I hope he turns around. Maybe being a role player rather than 'The Guy' will be a good thing. He was reduced to a roll player most of this year and still only had 8 tackles and 1 sack.
His ability to come down with a new injury or reason not to play was uncanny and getting embarrassing.
He has been the epitome of wasted talent.
I've read a few things that concern me.
To those thinking he's just a mentor short of putting it together...
He had one of the games most respected vet players basically babysitting him in Kyle Williams.
Hes essentially the opposite of Dareus and the leader of the team. Dude does EVERYTHING right and is a class act. He took him under his wing almost acting like a father figure and it got to the point where he would make excuses for #99... until it wore thin on him too
Dareus had everything you could hope for in Williams but he didn't care even when it made KW look silly.
The other thing that pains me to read are the comments like 'eh, it's only eating up cap space'...
That's the most valuable asset to a team. I don't understand how that can just be dismissed.
That's $$ (and a lot of it) that can't be used for other resources.
And even still, dude was getting paid bank essentially NOT to play for the Bills.
The fact that ANYTHING was paid, let alone a conditional 6th to a 5th is nothing short of amazing with a contract so backasswords and crazy.
It was the worst kept secret he would eventually be cut bc no one thought they'd pay anything....anything at all.
I'm sure the Bills made the rounds as it's been rumored for a while and this was the best they could get OR the only team who was actually WILLING to take the contract ON let along give compensation.
I get being excited and if roles were reversed I'd prob let my excitement get the best of me.
But for those saying he will fit in as a role player.... that's a TON for a role player.
Once the smoke clears, I'd realize that although the potential is there - it's a VERY expensive gamble
One that could very easily land you folks in the same trouble the Bills were in but this time there won't be a team willing to take the gamble in the same way of taking on the contract....
I wish him luck,  I do... but proceed with caution. When/if things go south he can be a real embarrassment and apparently be a bit selfish.
Buffalo seems to have a good thing going in that the team is all on the same page and working as one. The fact that he was unwilling to buy into that is just odd....

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