Every offseason, the Buffalo Bills face “should they re-sign XYZ player” questions. And almost every time, the answer is the same: it depends. The binary “yes” and “no” when it comes to the player re-signing question may make for good Twitter fodder, but they rarely lend themselves to productive conversations because most of the time, the answer is variable based upon the projected contract. The guarantees, the average annual value, the contract years...all these things may have more or less weight given the player in question.
When the Bills were faced with the prospect of re-signing defensive tackle Jordan Phillips, I wrote an opinion piece that outlined my take on why the team shouldn’t re-sign Phillips.