Wraith584
02-16-2005, 11:29 AM
From ESPN:
After deliberating over the weekend, Bledsoe told the Bills he preferred to be released. The team, which is very sensitive to Bledsoe, respects him greatly, and certainly wants to do right by him, will honor his wishes. It is believed that Bills owner Ralph Wilson will attend the press conference.
Technically, Bledsoe cannot officially be released until next Tuesday, when the NFL's offseason moratorium on roster moves lapses.
ESPN.com has learned that there were discussions between the Bills and Dallas Cowboys officials in recent days about a potential trade. It is not known if the Cowboys opted not to pursue those talks or if Bledsoe advised the Bills he did not wanted to be traded. Such a deal would have reunited Bledsoe with Bill Parcells, the coach who brought him into the league as the first overall prospect selected in the 1993 draft.
Bledsoe played nine seasons for the Patriots until he was traded to the Bills in 2002 for a first-round draft choice. Bledsoe had suffered a serious chest injury in his final season with the Pats and lost his starting job to Tom Brady at that point.
There is still the possibility, of course, that Bledsoe could sign with the Cowboys as an unrestricted free agent. If he were to wind up in Dallas, there would be some irony to such a relocation. It was the Cowboys who dealt Buffalo a first-round pick in the '04 draft, and the extra selection was used by the Bills to grab Losman.
After deliberating over the weekend, Bledsoe told the Bills he preferred to be released. The team, which is very sensitive to Bledsoe, respects him greatly, and certainly wants to do right by him, will honor his wishes. It is believed that Bills owner Ralph Wilson will attend the press conference.
Technically, Bledsoe cannot officially be released until next Tuesday, when the NFL's offseason moratorium on roster moves lapses.
ESPN.com has learned that there were discussions between the Bills and Dallas Cowboys officials in recent days about a potential trade. It is not known if the Cowboys opted not to pursue those talks or if Bledsoe advised the Bills he did not wanted to be traded. Such a deal would have reunited Bledsoe with Bill Parcells, the coach who brought him into the league as the first overall prospect selected in the 1993 draft.
Bledsoe played nine seasons for the Patriots until he was traded to the Bills in 2002 for a first-round draft choice. Bledsoe had suffered a serious chest injury in his final season with the Pats and lost his starting job to Tom Brady at that point.
There is still the possibility, of course, that Bledsoe could sign with the Cowboys as an unrestricted free agent. If he were to wind up in Dallas, there would be some irony to such a relocation. It was the Cowboys who dealt Buffalo a first-round pick in the '04 draft, and the extra selection was used by the Bills to grab Losman.