Post by Guvmintcheeze on Feb 7, 2015 23:42:19 GMT
Bills sign Richie Incognito
In Rex Ryan, new Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula trusts.
Richie Incognito, the infamously exiled guard at the center of the locker-room bullying scandal in 2013 involving Jonathan Martin, is the smash-mouth, road-grading guard Ryan believes he can harness.
Incognito was suspended indefinitely by the NFL in November 2013 for harassing Martin. He was reinstated in February 2014 and had tryouts with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos, but ultimately no team was willing to sign him and deal with the possible public-relations backlash.
That the Bills, who announced signing the free agent guard Saturday afternoon, are now the team giving Incognito a chance says everything about the personnel power Ryan yields after being hired by Pegula in Jan to replace Doug Marrone. 14. Ryan has vowed to "build a bully" in Buffalo, and his first notable addition is the most notorious bully in the NFL.
This is not a look-at-me move. Incognito is a nasty, punishing blocker who epitomizes Ryan's vision.
The question is whether Incognito has changed as a person and a teammate to justify Ryan's faith and keep the move from backfiring.
And with one of the league's most renowned player's coach's willing to put his neck on the line, Incognito surely understands he will need to remain on his best behavior and prove in this likely last NFL chance at 31, he is indeed Ryan's ideal upgrade for a Bills offensive line that had a pair of weak-link starting guards in Kraig Urbik and Erik Pears.
With new offensive coordinator Greg Roman's former San Francisco 49ers guard Mike Iupati likely available in free agency starting on March 10, it is telltale that Ryan would start his remake of the Bills offensive line by signing Incognito, who is regarded a more complete guard than Iupati, who struggled in pass protection last season.
When Pegula hired Ryan to replace Marrone following Marrone exercising his $4 million out clause, Pegula committed to a defensive-minded old-school football coach whose New York Jets rode a "ground and pound'' approach to back-to-back AFC Championship games in Ryan's first two seasons in 2009 and 2010.
In Ryan, Pegula has ultimate trust not only to lead his locker room, but to lead the Bills back to the playoffs for the first time since 1999 -- beginning a once-toxic player Ryan is convinced will be the last guy to let him down.
In Rex Ryan, new Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula trusts.
Richie Incognito, the infamously exiled guard at the center of the locker-room bullying scandal in 2013 involving Jonathan Martin, is the smash-mouth, road-grading guard Ryan believes he can harness.
Incognito was suspended indefinitely by the NFL in November 2013 for harassing Martin. He was reinstated in February 2014 and had tryouts with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos, but ultimately no team was willing to sign him and deal with the possible public-relations backlash.
That the Bills, who announced signing the free agent guard Saturday afternoon, are now the team giving Incognito a chance says everything about the personnel power Ryan yields after being hired by Pegula in Jan to replace Doug Marrone. 14. Ryan has vowed to "build a bully" in Buffalo, and his first notable addition is the most notorious bully in the NFL.
This is not a look-at-me move. Incognito is a nasty, punishing blocker who epitomizes Ryan's vision.
The question is whether Incognito has changed as a person and a teammate to justify Ryan's faith and keep the move from backfiring.
And with one of the league's most renowned player's coach's willing to put his neck on the line, Incognito surely understands he will need to remain on his best behavior and prove in this likely last NFL chance at 31, he is indeed Ryan's ideal upgrade for a Bills offensive line that had a pair of weak-link starting guards in Kraig Urbik and Erik Pears.
With new offensive coordinator Greg Roman's former San Francisco 49ers guard Mike Iupati likely available in free agency starting on March 10, it is telltale that Ryan would start his remake of the Bills offensive line by signing Incognito, who is regarded a more complete guard than Iupati, who struggled in pass protection last season.
When Pegula hired Ryan to replace Marrone following Marrone exercising his $4 million out clause, Pegula committed to a defensive-minded old-school football coach whose New York Jets rode a "ground and pound'' approach to back-to-back AFC Championship games in Ryan's first two seasons in 2009 and 2010.
In Ryan, Pegula has ultimate trust not only to lead his locker room, but to lead the Bills back to the playoffs for the first time since 1999 -- beginning a once-toxic player Ryan is convinced will be the last guy to let him down.