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Bosa contract came in. $5.32M cap hit this year and $7.2M in dead next year. It is set up that if the Bills re-sign him it's already spread out over the next 4 years. This is how Beane is getting under the cap right now. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/18951/joey-bosa

He no doubt will. Allen is getting $50M+ in new cash every year going forward. I actually think he will be OK until he needs an extension in the spring of 2029. I expect Beane to start pushing out chunks of Josh's cap starting next year and keep pushing it out through his next extension. I should say the Mahomes thing is the outside date. He could reset next year.

The Chiefs have paid Mahomes $218M in cash so far. AAV is not a good way of reflecting how much a player is paid in cash and when the cap hits will be assessed. Mahomes is scheduled to get $50M in cash this year and only has a $28M cap hit. As to when Mahomes' contract gets redone. He gets $56M in cash next year and $53M in 2027. After that the cash drops to $27M. That's when I think his contract gets redone.

There are routinely posters on this board praising other teams (especially the Bills competition) who ignore things like the Bengals OL. If Beane was fielding an OL like the Bengals, they would be calling for his head. It's pretty rough when Cody Ford is considered an anchor for your group. I'm sure they will do more in the draft and probably pick up another one or two in the remainder of FA, but that's pretty dangerous with a QB with an injury history like Burrow.

I know. I'm talking about what we can see in Spotrac. Also, not all of these signing may be officially submitted to the league.

I was disappointed in his 2024 season but not anywhere near that. Let's see how 2025 goes.

Oh, I see your point. I looked at the contract before the new one came online but can't remember what the original cap hit was if cut today. I'm thinking it would have been a few million less than it is now, but I'm not certain.

Good. Dalton can use a little mean in his game. I like it!

I tried searching and got nothing. They gave Milano little more guaranteed cash. They are not cutting him so his dead cap for 2025 is meaningless. Bills saved $3M on his contract. It's $11M dead next year just like it would of been if the Bills cut him next spring. Note: Not $6M in cap savings this year like some tweet said.

By the end of summer, they will need to open enough cap for those needs. I'm not sure what you are asking/saying. My points are, Beane has to restructure current players just to get under the cap NOW. I am not expecting any more splash signings.

When it comes to "cap space", draft picks only add about $2.5M in cap. There could be more than one more restructure. Then again, at the end of summer a DQ Jones cut would clear enough for the other stuff. Lots of options.

Bills on Spotrac are $9.7M under the cap with Bosa, Gilliam, Green Jackson, Johnson, Ogunjobi and Shenault still not accounted for. I still see at least one more restructure needed to get under the cap. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/cap/_/year/2025

I kind of agree. I don't think the Bills told Milano he would be released. I think him and his agent suspected that and talks opened up about the 2nd scenario. It's a good deal for both parties. I don't think Milano wants to retire, so now he's free to sign.

His dead cap is from his previous contract's signing and option bonus. No way out of that. I just never seen this Vesting Status before. He will ultimately be a FA next year, not "released".

Spotrac now has $3M more in cap space with the new contract. Here is Matt's new deal. I know a lot about NFL contracts, but someone has to explain "Vesting" to me. LOL. Looks like an $11M dead cap next year, like I expected. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/21905/matt-milano

That I'm not sure of. Milano had signing bonus and option bonus with $10M still in dead cap. He has already been paid that money. I don't believe Matt is giving any of that money back. I'll wait and see when the new terms come out.

In theory, that would be the best for the Bills. A rework of the Knox contract would be something. I know, I'm greedy. LOL.

For this much of a change he would have to agree with it.

I'm wondering what kind of dead cap hit the Bills take next year. Right now it's $11M with Milano's current contract. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/21905/matt-milano

LOL. I tried earlier. Lots of these threads get a little tangential to the original topic but this one took a "Thelma and Louise" right off the cliff.

Good grief. Your hatred of all thing Buffalo Bills has worn me out to reading any more. All you do is dis this team.

I'll add one more. It seems Josh and Dalton don't have things in sync. Josh has been that way with others. Some he has built a better repour with, some he hasn't.

It seems to me you can't even look only on this year's situation. This has been the Bengals MO for a few years. Bengals and Bills have very different plans for building their respective teams.

Every team's management has to work with what they have AND then adjust to their current PLAN going forward. With regards to their offense: Bengals have some great WRs. They have decided this year to pay them. They have a weak OL. They will have to hope they get through the year fielding that unit. If Bengals think 1-2 rookies will immediately fix this..............well, we will see. Anyone wanting to see their situation concerning the OL should click the link to Spotrac and see what they have. Scroll down until you get to the OL to see their multi-year outlook going forward. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/yearly 11 players currently (5 - ERFAs). 7th rounder Matt Lee, 32-year-old Ted Karras (last year of contract), JAG Cordel Volson (last year of contract), Cody Ford, Orland Brown and Amarius Mims (only guy with true potential). This is the Bengals plan. Burrow got what he wanted. Let's see how it works out.