The Bills just re-signed QB Tarvaris Jackson.
Head Coach Doug Marrone:
“I spoke with Ryan (Fitzpatrick) and Tarvaris (Jackson) and told them we will have an open competition at the quarterback position – similar to what we will do at all positions on our team heading into our offseason work. I believe that our players will embrace this challenge. We are looking forward to working with our players as we prepare for the 2013 season.”
OUR INITIAL THOUGHTS:
These “Bills sign Jackson to compete with Fitz” tweets were all hung up in cyberspace since September and just hit now, right? RIGHT?
— Trending Buffalo (@TrendingBuffalo) February 15, 2013
HOW LONG? HOW MUCH?
QB Tarvaris Jackson signed a one-year deal with Buffalo that could be worth up to $4.5 million. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 15, 2013
PROGNOSTICATORS SCRAMBLE TO RE-ASSESS 2013 SEASON…
Buffalo tweeps: Here’s @andrewperloff with an offseason Bills preview: sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130… — Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) February 15, 2013
…AND DRAFT PREDICTIONS.
The biggest takeaway here is that the Bills just gave away Matt Barkley’s #7 to TJax. So rework your mock draft boards accordingly.
— The Kick Is Good (@TheKickIsGood) February 15, 2013
THIS MOVE SEEMS UNPOPULAR.
looks like @trendingbuffalo & @thedefensemen need to roll out an updated 5 dumbest thing in #Buffalo this week #Bills
— Jay Hyzy (@hyzy) February 15, 2013
IN CONCLUSION:
Feedback on Tarvaris Jackson re-signing: Consensus was Gailey a buffoon for not giving Jackson a shot. Now Nix a buffoon for re-signing.
— Tim Graham (@ByTimGraham) February 15, 2013
Jackson held a Vikings helmet all year and nobody even noticed.
As you were.
@TrendingBuffalo I hope this is sarcasm.
The Bills as a whole were stupid to “healthy scratch” him all last year. Not a superstar by any means, but at least he seems to have SOME athletic skill, as opposed to Fitz who has NONE.
@TrendingBuffalo Hopefully this tweet is #sarcasim