The nine-year relationship between the Bills and defensive end Aaron Schobel has officially come to an end. Though the team announced on Monday that they were moving forward without him on their roster, the plan was to keep him on the Reserve/Did Not Report list until he made a decision about his playing future. That plan changed on Wednesday as the team outright released him. "As everyone knows by now, on Monday we had informed Aaron's agent that he was not in our plans for the 2010 season and we made a formal announcement right after that so our fans knew," said Bills GM Buddy Nix. "Aaron remained on the "Did Not Report to Camp" list so no transaction had taken place at that time. We continued to evaluate the situation and feel the best way to proceed is to release Aaron and that's what we have done." Releasing Schobel frees the Bills of the last four years of Schobel's contract. It also gives Schobel the opportunity to pursue a playing opportunity elsewhere if he chooses to play in 2010. "I don't know what I'm going to do," Schobel stated via text to Buffalobills.com. "I'm going to take a week and then maybe, I would say within a two week period I'm going to go one way or the other, that's for sure. I'm either going to try to get it going or I'm going to put my (retirement) papers in. That's what I'll do." Source: Chris Brown, BuffaloBills.com
