Bills grab Brohm off the practice squad

[Scott Campbell]

I didn't know that PS guys were only getting like $80K. Guess I'd leave if I were going to get a chance at playing and $300K more.

Tell me you would leave your current job to get a massive pay increase and a chance at a need-based promotion.

He got offered the same roster spot and pay here. As a free agent, he decided the Bills offered him a better opportunity.

[Smidgeon]

I didn't know that PS guys were only getting like $80K. Guess I'd leave if I were going to get a chance at playing and $300K more.

Tell me you would leave your current job to get a massive pay increase and a chance at a need-based promotion.

I totally understand your point, and would be hardpressed to ignore it, but you also have to weigh long term career instead of just immediate career. Yeah, the short term opportunity in Buffalo is way, way better than GB. But Buffalo is in a state of flux and isn't exactly known for building up good QBs (since Kelly). GB seems to have had more success at that over the years. I don't blame him at all to take the promotion, but personally I'd at least hesitate to take a promotion if it meant that I'd be downgrading my organizational surroundings.

[sharpe1027]

I totally understand your point, and would be hardpressed to ignore it, but you also have to weigh long term career instead of just immediate career. Yeah, the short term opportunity in Buffalo is way, way better than GB. But Buffalo is in a state of flux and isn't exactly known for building up good QBs (since Kelly). GB seems to have had more success at that over the years. I don't blame him at all to take the promotion, but personally I'd at least hesitate to take a promotion if it meant that I'd be downgrading my organizational surroundings.

The Packers have had good luck with QBs, but they would have been be looking for his replacement after this year. Brohm cleared waivers (no other team was interested) and was stuck on the PS all year.

Hesitate when given an opportunity to go somewhere with a better chance of sticking? Maybe only for a minute or two...

[Smidgeon]

I totally understand your point, and would be hardpressed to ignore it, but you also have to weigh long term career instead of just immediate career. Yeah, the short term opportunity in Buffalo is way, way better than GB. But Buffalo is in a state of flux and isn't exactly known for building up good QBs (since Kelly). GB seems to have had more success at that over the years. I don't blame him at all to take the promotion, but personally I'd at least hesitate to take a promotion if it meant that I'd be downgrading my organizational surroundings.

The Packers have had good luck with QBs, but they would have been be looking for his replacement after this year. Brohm cleared waivers (no other team was interested) and was stuck on the PS all year.

Hesitate when given an opportunity to go somewhere with a better chance of sticking? Maybe only for a minute or two...

Yeah, it'd probably only be a minute or two, but I'd still hesitate. And who knows, maybe this offseason he would have put it all together and become the rising star everyone predicted...

[get louder at lambeau]

I didn't know that PS guys were only getting like $80K. Guess I'd leave if I were going to get a chance at playing and $300K more.

Tell me you would leave your current job to get a massive pay increase and a chance at a need-based promotion.

He got offered the same roster spot and pay here. As a free agent, he decided the Bills offered him a better opportunity.

I read that the Packers offered to bring him up into the roster, but they didn't match Buffalo's offer, which included a bonus. I saw Brohm throw in Training Camp, and I don't blame them for not wanting to give him a bonus.

[Freak Out]

Time to wander off to the recesses of my memory.

It was 1988. No one knew what a cell phone was, but we had car phones just like in the Shazam! (not Kazam!) live action cartoon on Saturday morning. But ours came in a bag like your were an infantry radio operator. You paid $400 to have the antenna mounted to your car so the window could then leak. Computers weren't in every house and those that had them were communicating with bulletin boards at 300 baud. Oddly enough, the only things discussed were porn, football and insults. Somethings never change. The only reason to get cable was HBO and ESPN and satellite antennas were larger than a picnic table.

And the Cleveland Browns had a playoff team and a great situation at QB. A young star in Bernie Kosar with a veteran backup in Gary Danielson. Sure Kosar looked more like your tax attorney than an NFL QB, but he was smart and somehow he made it work while moving around the pocket like he was running in sand. This team was coached by Marty Schottenheimer which meant it was snake bit. And in 1988, that meant QB injuries.

Week 1 Kosar gets hurt and Danielson comes in, gets a win versus the Chiefs. Danielson starts one week later and is nearly killed when Mark Gastineau and Brigitte Nielsen trample him doing the sack dance. This injury, which must have been more horrific than I remember, ends Danielson's career. Of course, he is 204 years old. Mike Pagel, former below average starting QB for the Colts goes in and takes the loss to the Jets. Browns have no one else at QB so they lure Don Strock out of Miami retirement by promising to play him only in away or dome games. Pagel goes 2-2 in four starts after the Jets game and then is hurt himself, I believe.

Kosar is getting healthier, but Strock gets a start first and ingratiates himself with the faithful by beating the Eagles. Bernie returns for a 5-3 stretch at which time he must take a training class at H&R Block. Strock starts 2 more games and goes 1-1. He is 38 and 2-1 as a starter. Unfortunately for Browns fans, that last start came on Dec 24, 1988. Which in those days of no byes and no issue with Labor Day, was the first week of the playoffs.

Errol Morrall of the story? Follow KYPack's advice and hire Don Strock. He is only 59 years old.

P.S. The Browns played the Bears in the 1986 opener, the year after the Super Bowl shuffle and were taking the stuffing out of the Bears. You could pass on them if you had a Hall of Fame TE named Ozzie Newsome and your QB did not mind being horizontal. The Browns lost in Chicago, but not before demonstrating the worst trait of Instant Replay (new that year). On a kickoff or punt, the ball was batted into the endzone and two refs watched it roll out of bounds. AND THEY MADE NO CALL! They looked at one another and then went to find the Head Ref. He had to use the radio (no peep show booth then) to call upstairs to find out what should have been called on the field. Browns got the better of the call, but Replay was changed that week to avoid refs and umpires waiting for a decision from upstairs.

Good stuff Max.

[sharpe1027]

Yeah, it'd probably only be a minute or two, but I'd still hesitate. And who knows, maybe this offseason he would have put it all together and become the rising star everyone predicted...

Maybe he does put it together, stranger things have happened. However, not much points in that direction and hopes and best wishes don't win games. Good luck to him.

[Smidgeon]

Yeah, it'd probably only be a minute or two, but I'd still hesitate. And who knows, maybe this offseason he would have put it all together and become the rising star everyone predicted...

Maybe he does put it together, stranger things have happened. However, not much points in that direction and hopes and best wishes don't win games. Good luck to him.

Agreed.

[KYPack]

OK, we offered him a spot on the roster and money. But that money was nowhere near what he would have gotten if we kept his rookie deal intact.

The only choice was for him to leave, espec with Buffalo offering more dough.

[Smidgeon]

OK, we offered him a spot on the roster and money. But that money was nowhere near what he would have gotten if we kept his rookie deal intact.

The only choice was for him to leave, espec with Buffalo offering more dough.

Sure the money was "nowhere near what he would have gotten if we kept his rookie deal intact". But his skill level was nowhere near what we would have gotten if he performed like everyone expected. He didn't get gipped. He failed to perform and got a pay cut because of it.

[Fosco33]

I didn't know that PS guys were only getting like $80K. Guess I'd leave if I were going to get a chance at playing and $300K more.

Tell me you would leave your current job to get a massive pay increase and a chance at a need-based promotion.

He got offered the same roster spot and pay here. As a free agent, he decided the Bills offered him a better opportunity.

I read that the Packers offered to bring him up into the roster, but they didn't match Buffalo's offer, which included a bonus. I saw Brohm throw in Training Camp, and I don't blame them for not wanting to give him a bonus.

I thought I read somewhere that the bonus was $10K. Really? I'm getting a bonus in February that Brohm may be jealous of...

Good luck to him.

[MichiganPackerFan]

I kid you not. We still need to find a back-up QB. Flynn is totally unproven. We need a guy who can come in and play QB. Flynn could be a total disaster.

I don't care how well he knows the O, can he play?

Nobody knows.

The Shadow knows.

[sharpe1027]

I kid you not. We still need to find a back-up QB. Flynn is totally unproven. We need a guy who can come in and play QB. Flynn could be a total disaster.

I don't care how well he knows the O, can he play?

Nobody knows.

The Shadow knows.

That just sent shiver down my spine.

[MJZiggy]

I kid you not. We still need to find a back-up QB. Flynn is totally unproven. We need a guy who can come in and play QB. Flynn could be a total disaster.

I don't care how well he knows the O, can he play?

Nobody knows.

The Shadow knows.

That just sent shiver down my spine.

Really? It gave me a cramp in my foot.

I think we'll learn about Flynn how you're supposed to: in the fourth quarter of a blowout win.