{"id":902,"date":"2010-06-13T21:07:13","date_gmt":"2010-06-14T01:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=902"},"modified":"2010-06-13T21:11:06","modified_gmt":"2010-06-14T01:11:06","slug":"moats-signs-rookie-contract-with-the-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=902","title":{"rendered":"Moats Signs Rookie Contract With the Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/moats_arthur_200.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"904\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=904\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/moats_arthur_200.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1258847554&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;300&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"moats_arthur_200\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/moats_arthur_200.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/moats_arthur_200.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-904\" title=\"moats_arthur_200\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/moats_arthur_200.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;ve been busy at JMUSB headquarters watching the World Cup and continuously toasting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OxspfInbLV8\">Robert Green<\/a>, so we&#8217;ve slept on some important and exciting news. JMUSB favorite, Arthur Moats, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whsv.com\/sports\/headlines\/96095474.html\">signed his rookie deal with the Buffalo Bills<\/a>.\u00a0The contract included a signing bonus of $112,000.<\/p>\n<p>Moat&#8217;s deal is for 4 years and has a total value of $1.9 million. It also includes an escalator clause for the fourth year that can boost the total value significantly if he triggers it. Todd is the lawyer, so maybe he knows what that means. I have no clue, other than realizing Moats is due to make a lot more than I did graduating with my good ol&#8217; CIS degree. Of course I also got stock options which the recruiters assured me would turn into a nice little nest egg. Not so much. Thank you very much internet bubble.<\/p>\n<p>And as long as we&#8217;re posting about things we missed, go check out this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsnetwork.com\/merge\/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&amp;page=cfoot2\/news\/newstest.aspx?id=4311562\">article about Moats and Armanti Edwards<\/a> on The Sports Network last month. It has the following quote from Moats about his experiences at the Bills first mini-camp:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The fact that I had to stand up, that was just a little different for me. And then on top of that, they had me at inside (linebacker) a bit, so I just changed how my eyes were as far as my keys and everything. That was a little difficult. But I definitely feel like I picked it up really well toward the end of (mini-)camp after we started watching film.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m not at all surprised to hear that Moats saw some improvement in his play over the course of mini-camp. I am a bit surprised to hear he was lining up inside however. In any case, it&#8217;s great news that he signed and can now focus on football and learning his new position.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D902&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been busy at JMUSB headquarters watching the World Cup and continuously toasting Robert Green, so we&#8217;ve slept on some important and exciting news. JMUSB favorite, Arthur Moats, signed his rookie deal with the Buffalo Bills.\u00a0The contract included a signing bonus of $112,000. Moat&#8217;s deal is for 4 years and has a total value of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[60,456,9],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1840,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1840","url_meta":{"origin":902,"position":0},"title":"Vote for Moats!","date":"December 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"JMUSB favorite Arthur Moats got his first start of the season for the Bills last Sunday. He played really well in the game against the Browns picking up a sack and forcing a fumble. So well in fact, that he's been nominated for the NFL Rookie of the Week. 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The good news didn't stop there though.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1868,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1868","url_meta":{"origin":902,"position":4},"title":"Give Arthur Moats the Rookie of the Week Award for Christmas","date":"December 24, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"As commenter JMU Rugby mentioned, Arthur Moats is up for NFL Rookie of the Week again. Vote here.\u00a0This is Moats' second week in a row that he's up for the award. Let's get out the vote and make sure Moats wins this week! The nomination is recognition of another strong\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5713,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5713","url_meta":{"origin":902,"position":5},"title":"Arthur Moats Continues to be Awesome","date":"August 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Arthur Moats, the JMU alum and Buffalo Bills linebacker, befriended a severely injured police officer and inspired him to get well. Because of course he did. He's Arthur Moats and that's just the sort of thing he does. This is just the latest action by Moats that should make us\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=902"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":909,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions\/909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}