Kelly the Dog Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 BTW projected tag for DEs in 2015 is $14.6M. I figured it was going up. It was 13+ last year and the cap is supposed to go up 10m or so I think. It's still worth it, IMO, IF you cannot sign him long term. We're paying our linebackers peanuts. Bradham is a 4th rounder, Kiko is 2nd, Brown is 3rd. Even if we sign Bradham to an extension and re-sign Spikes, we would still not be paying that group very much money. If you count the DL and LB as one group, the front 7 instead of two, we aren't way out of whack as far as the rest of the team goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BuffalothruMyVeins Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I figured it was going up. It was 13+ last year and the cap is supposed to go up 10m or so I think. It's still worth it, IMO, IF you cannot sign him long term. We're paying our linebackers peanuts. Bradham is a 4th rounder, Kiko is 2nd, Brown is 3rd. Even if we sign Bradham to an extension and re-sign Spikes, we would still not be paying that group very much money. If you count the DL and LB as one group, the front 7 instead of two, we aren't way out of whack as far as the rest of the team goes. ... Until we float Darius his own $11+ mill... And there we have our $40 Million/yr. D-line. Ok, now we have to pay Gilmore, and Glenn... Gee, I sure wish we had that money back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 ... Until we float Darius his own $11+ mill... And there we have our $40 Million/yr. D-line. Ok, now we have to pay Gilmore, and Glenn... Gee, I sure wish we had that money back. Franchise tag is one year. Your post makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 ... Until we float Darius his own $11+ mill... And there we have our $40 Million/yr. D-line. Ok, now we have to pay Gilmore, and Glenn... Gee, I sure wish we had that money back. There's cap space to make all of that happen: http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/cap/2015/ Right now, the team is $28M below the cap for 2015. This does not include the $19M that they can roll over from 2014, which would bring it up to $47M. Now assume that they can clear more space by cutting Chandler ($2.25M) and Spiller opting out ($4.36M), and you can see how they get to over $50M in cap space. Front-load Jerry Hughes' contract with a $20M roster bonus and a $5M base salary, and you've just taken half the cap hit in a single season, spreading the rest of the $30M over 4 seasons or so, and you still have over $25M in cap space. That's more than enough to sign a few key FAs, keep guys like Searcy, Hairston, and Wynn, plus extend two of Dareus, Glenn, and Gilmore. Next off-season, you can extend Mario and Kyle to lessen their cap hit, part ways with Chris Williams and Kraig Urbik, and have plenty of room to sign the last of the 3 mentioned above plus Bradham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffalothruMyVeins Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 There's cap space to make all of that happen: http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/cap/2015/ Right now, the team is $28M below the cap for 2015. This does not include the $19M that they can roll over from 2014, which would bring it up to $47M. Now assume that they can clear more space by cutting Chandler ($2.25M) and Spiller opting out ($4.36M), and you can see how they get to over $50M in cap space. Front-load Jerry Hughes' contract with a $20M roster bonus and a $5M base salary, and you've just taken half the cap hit in a single season, spreading the rest of the $30M over 4 seasons or so, and you still have over $25M in cap space. That's more than enough to sign a few key FAs, keep guys like Searcy, Hairston, and Wynn, plus extend two of Dareus, Glenn, and Gilmore. Next off-season, you can extend Mario and Kyle to lessen their cap hit, part ways with Chris Williams and Kraig Urbik, and have plenty of room to sign the last of the 3 mentioned above plus Bradham. Thank you for clarifying, I thought we were closer to 16 million in cap room, and anticipating Mario's per annum increasing, and I forgot about rollover cap space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Jerky Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 He will get what the market will pay... That has nothing to do with what I said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 That has nothing to do with what I said. I guessed you meant that he shouldn't ask for a lot of money because the reason he is productive is because of the players around him. Sorry if I misinterpreted that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Thank you for clarifying, I thought we were closer to 16 million in cap room, and anticipating Mario's per annum increasing, and I forgot about rollover cap space. No problemo...as it stands at this moment, the $16M number is accurate, so you're not wrong in reference to 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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