Two Bills Drive

'The Bills are still working on a long-term deal with Gillislee, but now other teams will be able to offer the running back a deal. Gillislee rushed for 577 yards and eight touchdowns while adding one receiving touchdown in 2016. It's not out of the realm of possibility that another team will be willing to give up the fifth-round compensation to sign Gillislee to an offer sheet. He has only 154 career carries, and his best football is likely in front of him.'

'Crawford started a career-high 10 games with the Cowboys in 2016. He finished the season with 25 total tackles and 3.5 sacks.'

'Robey-Coleman is a bit of a surprising cut. He had a modest contract and had been a reliable slot cornerback since entering the league as an undrafted free agent. He shouldn't have trouble finding other suitors on the open market. The Bills, meanwhile, will move forward with Kevon Seymour as a likely candidate to play slot cornerback.'

'Aiken spent the last three seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. He's coming off of a season in which he caught 28 passes for 328 yards and one touchdown. The wide receiver appeared in all 16 games last season, but did not see as much playing time as he had in 2015. Aiken played 595 offensive snaps in 2016 after being on the field for 937 snaps in 2015.'

'If the Bills cut Taylor loose, the 2017 NFL Draft will get interesting, as the Bills will be serious players for a quarterback at pick 10. If the Bills pick up Taylor's option and pay him more than $30 million in guaranteed money, they will likely address another need in the draft.'

'Personally, I’d take being the New York Jets right about now. However, it would get ugly, as the team would have to part ways with players like LeSean McCoy and Eric Wood. That'd be a tough move to sell to a fan base on a 17-year drought.'

'The slew of moves created approximately $6 million more in cap space for the Bills, putting the team around $24 million in room to maneuver. The $24 million in space includes the option for quarterback Tyrod Taylor; however, the Bills have yet to make a decision on whether or not to pick up Taylor’s deal.'

'Robey-Coleman's release leaves the Bills especially thin at cornerback heading into free agency. Buffalo is not expected to re-sign top cornerback Stephon Gilmore, an upcoming free agent. Former second-round pick Ronald Darby and second-year pro Kevon Seymour top the depth chart at the position following Robey-Coleman's release.'

'Christian spent a brief time on Buffalo's active roster last season, appearing in three games as he moved back and forth from the practice squad.'

'Carpenter, 31, missed five extra points last season and converted only 76 percent of his field goal attempts, ranking him 32nd among 36 NFL kickers who qualified. Carpenter, who took a pay cut last offseason after a subpar 2015, was due to count $2.937 million against the Bills' salary cap this season. He had served as the Bills' kicker since 2013.'

'Robey-Coleman’s release comes as somewhat of a surprise, considering Stephon Gilmore is set to hit free agency in just a few days. Ronald Darby will be one starter in the secondary, but it’s unclear who will assume the other two spots at cornerback.'

'For the purposes of this article, I'll assume they don't move on from Taylor and their cap number remains the same. There of course are other moves the team may make between Tuesday and Thursday, the start of the new league year. But until then, let's assume the Bills are operating with the same $24 million cap space they have as of today, or somewhere close to it.'

''Long snapper Garrision Sanborn was tied with Eric Wood as the second-longest tenured Bill on the roster behind only Kyle Williams. The 8-year starter is likely to be replaced by Reid Ferguson, who was signed in January. Ferguson went undrafted last year out of LSU, and was cut by the Bills in training camp.'

'The trouble is, the Bills have only 45 players signed currently. That gives them just about $4 million per roster spot in 2017 to stay under the cap with their Top 51, and that doesn't even include wiggle room likely needed as the bottom contracts/draft picks begin to become more expensive.'

'After the first wave of cuts by the Bills to open up some salary cap space, they have 45 players signed, with only about $24 million in cap room. So, considering only the Top 51 is what's accounted for the salary cap in the offseason, the Bills have roughly around $4 million per roster spot to deal with, but it's likely even less, considering the lowest contracts in the Top 51 will go up when the Bills go through with the draft and in undrafted free agency.'