OnTheRocks Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Based on the information below, what options do the Bills have with Kolb? Can they restructure that $3.6M over three or four years and then release him and pay him 1 million per year until the obligation is complete? Or do the rules prohibit that? Or however they restructure, would they have to take the full cap hit at the time of a release? http://espn.go.com/b...ighest-cap-hits DE Mario Williams -- $18,400,000WR Stevie Johnson -- $8,500,000 DT Marcell Dareus -- $6,493,232 DT Kyle Williams -- $5,800,000 C Eric Wood -- $5,300,000 RB C.J. Spiller -- $4,166,666 CB Leodis McKelvin -- $4,150,000 RB Fred Jackson -- $3,643,750 QB Kevin Kolb -- $3,600,000 OT Erik Pears -- $3,450,000 Where do the Bills rank against the NFL average? Their top 10 cap hits total $63,503,648, which is 61.8 percent of their team cap hit. That is 5.6 percent less than the NFL average, meaning the Bills are less top-heavy than the norm. Meanwhile, their top 25 cap hits total $89,487,978, which is 87.1 percent of their team cap hit. That is 2.6 percent less than the NFL average. Of the most expensive players under contract for next season, the player that is least likely to play with that cap hit is Kolb. After suffering a season-ending concussion last August, Kolb's playing future was in jeopardy. With EJ Manuel already named the starter for next season, it's likely that the Bills will either restructure Kolb's contract or release him by March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 What if he retires? What does that do to his cap hit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Based on the information below, what options do the Bills have with Kolb? Can they restructure that $3.6M over three or four years and then release him and pay him 1 million per year until the obligation is complete? Or do the rules prohibit that? Or however they restructure, would they have to take the full cap hit at the time of a release? http://espn.go.com/b...ighest-cap-hits without looking, im guessing the actual hit of cutting him is much lower (ie half his signing bonus as he was a 2 year deal so it would be spread over 2 years for accounting purposes). the number you posted is the cost of carrying him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Guessing they'll reach an injury settlement and release him. Not sure of cap implications on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLynchTrain Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 without looking, im guessing the actual hit of cutting him is much lower (ie half his signing bonus as he was a 2 year deal so it would be spread over 2 years for accounting purposes). the number you posted is the cost of carrying him. I don't think the Bills are sweating this one at all. He only had 1 mil guaranteed through a signing bonus. I don't think any of his 3.6 mil salary this year is guaranteed, so I think they can cut him without any reservations - the only hit is his 1 mil signing bonus spread over last year and this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Front Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Might as well keep him if that's the case. He couldn't have played worse than Pvt. Checkdown, and he is no less injury prone. My guess is that Thad does most of the quarterbacking for the ills next season anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I don't think the Bills are sweating this one at all. He only had 1 mil guaranteed through a signing bonus. I don't think any of his 3.6 mil salary this year is guaranteed, so I think they can cut him without any reservations - the only hit is his 1 mil signing bonus spread over last year and this year. That is what I thought. Essentially big savings if he's cut. A bat signal for wawrow- any chance we could get injury updates on him and Hairston sometime coming up? Not sure when you'd have a chance to ask and I know it's not as big on hits as other guys but I think many wonder what the story is on these two going into free agency and the draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tomcat Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Isn't there Fitzpatrick money as well or has that all been paid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellyto83TD Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Uh how about that 18.4 mill owed to Mario? No way in hell is he worth 18 mill in a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Uh how about that 18.4 mill owed to Mario? No way in hell is he worth 18 mill in a season. hed count 17.8m if you cut him, so i wouldnt hold my breath. the team committed to him on a deal averaging 16m per season and only took hits of 9m and 12m the first 2 years, so get used to some big numbers. my guess is with 2 years left he will be looked at (as the hit is 19.9m and the dead money would be only 7m) but the next two years he will be a bill at a large cap hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kipers Hair Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I think we will be saving Kolb and Pears money...then (hopefully), spending a boatload of it on Byrd...Didn't realize Stevie was so high...might well be a cap casualty if they draft a receiver high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheRocks Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 I think we will be saving Kolb and Pears money...then (hopefully), spending a boatload of it on Byrd...Didn't realize Stevie was so high...might well be a cap casualty if they draft a receiver high. I wouldn't be shocked to see Stevie cut. He hasn't really impressed me the last two seasons. I'm not terribly interested in spending big money in FA on a proven veteran WR, but I think they could do better than SJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I don't think cutting Stevie this year saves them much unless I'm mistaken? I think he could well be cut next year though unless he has a big season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 http://forums.twobil...dead-cap-money/ This subject matter is currently being discussed or has already been discussed in the above thread which has some more details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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