Drew Bledsoe’s likely out by month’s end

By Hugo Guzman  |   Monday, February 14, 2005  |  Comments( 0 )

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The Buffalo Bills are likely to part ways with quarterback Drew Bledsoe by the end of the month, the Buffalo News reported. The move has been speculated since the team's disappointing season-ending loss to Pittsburgh on Jan. 2.

The Bills want to give first-round draft choice J.P. Losman a full shot at winning the starting quarterback job, league sources told the newspaper. That appears certain to spell the end of Bledsoe's tenure in Buffalo because there is no way he is going to be interested in being the Bills' backup, according to two sources close to the veteran quarterback.

Bledsoe turns 33 today and ranks 10th in passing yards in NFL history. The Bills drafted Losman with the 22nd overall pick in last April's draft. They gave up first, second and fifth-round picks to acquire Dallas' first-round pick to make the selection.

The release of Bledsoe would come before March 2, when the NFL's salary cap for 2005 takes effect, the Buffalo News said. Bledsoe is scheduled to make $3.3 million base salary this year. He also is scheduled to get a $1.05 million bonus if he is on the roster in March. His total salary cap charge is $6.5 million. The Bills would save $2.2 million in salary cap space by releasing Bledsoe, but he still would take up $4.3 million in space.
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