BOCA RATON, Fla. - The Buffalo Bills chose not to tender defensive tackle Stefan Charles as a restricted free agent this off-season, leaving the door open for the Detroit Lions to sign him to a one-year contract earlier this month.
But Bills general manager Doug Whaley said at the NFL owners meetings today that Buffalo's hands were tied when it came to letting Charles go.
"Can’t pay everybody," Whaley said. "It’s just, if you look at what we’re doing and what we got our money tied up in, we got our money tied up with a lot of good starters and backups and you got to pick and choose.