NoSaint Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) As others have stated, it should be fairly close to what has been reported. It's not a situation like the NHL's cap where the falling Canadian dollar is a concern. Plus, nobody knows if he'd even be open to restructuring. Has it been reported anywhere that he would or wouldn't be willing? If so, I haven't seen it or I missed it. when people say restructuring, normally they are talking putting salary into signing bonus. which every player in the league would volunteer to do. same dollars, just get them sooner. for the team it allows them to spread out the dollars over 5 years like a standard signing bonus Edited February 18, 2015 by NoSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 and seems completely unneeded, honestly. Depends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 If the mods agree, perhaps pin this for easy reference? That is inconceivable. Thoughts? I "think" that Freddy has the potential to be a Rex favorite, not for what he can do on the field, but more in the locker room & even with the fans, but, that's a lot of scratch that can go to a more productive player. If we restructure mario's contract I believe that can open up like 9 million as well. We could have in the 40 mil range. Was just going to point out this possibility. I'm not sure how likely it would be, but, extend him and cut the hit in 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 I "think" that Freddy has the potential to be a Rex favorite, not for what he can do on the field, but more in the locker room & even with the fans, but, that's a lot of scratch that can go to a more productive player. Yeah, Freddy is the tough one...he really looked like he was running in quicksand last year, but he's such a damn good guy and does so many of the little things well. He still always makes the first guy miss, blocks like a LT, and is dependable as hell. I don't see him being released, but they need to get another high quality RB in that stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Agree. How much would they really save by cutting him? Plus I think the negative impact would outweigh any cap space saved. I just can't see the Pegulas cutting Fred. Not their style. What is their style? They went out on a limb in signing Richie. Are the reckless owners? (I don't think that they are, but, as I mentioned above $2+M is a lot of scratch.) Fast Fred stays as does EJ Manuel Try go sign Hughes at a high but moderate price. Average of $9.6/year? Someone should start a contest (Hammer?) seeing who comes closest to what he ultimately signs for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Subtract $15MM for Jay Cutler. [ducks] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkington Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) That is inconceivable. I "think" that Freddy has the potential to be a Rex favorite, not for what he can do on the field, but more in the locker room & even with the fans, but, that's a lot of scratch that can go to a more productive player. That's basically how I feel... he's a captain of the team, great guy, does a lot of things well... but he's not much of a runner anymore (or at least wasn't last season), even if he did gain the most yards, his ypc was pretty poor, and frankly the eye test didn't show burst very often. In the perfect world, we'd keep him as our second back, and either Brown goes to 1st string, or we find someone cheap to be productive. But I could definitely see the Bills cut Fred, have Brown as #1 or #2, and either signing a FA, or drafting a guy to go along with Dixon in completing the unit. Saved money could be used to shore up the line, throw towards the defense, go after a TE, etc. It really depends on how close we get to the cap looking to improve the team elsewhere. I'd hope, that if he is cut, Fred would be a last ditch cap casualty, unlike say, Rivers (who sucks, and is already cut). Edited February 18, 2015 by Dorkington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 We will not cut McKelvin. We have seen time and time again that CB depth is of paramount importance. He has turned a corner thanks to Donnie and is still relatively inexpensive. We have 3 starting caliber boundary corners and a very capable nickel in Nickell. I don't buy this talk of pursuing Revis. Ugh, I'd hate to cut Fred... but at his age... and the availability of a couple decent backs out there... I could see it. Maybe I'm ignorant, but I think Urbik is better than Williams :| Urbik was a good RG and seemed to regress under Marrone. Or he is just not as good on the left side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemp2Warlick Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 17s18 seconds ago NFL notified teams today that it expects this year's salary cap to be between $140 and $143 million, at least $1.5M higher than projected. Edited February 18, 2015 by Beerball I apologize, but, I had to remove Shefter's mug, it would cause nightmares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 So what does that say for our projected cap space? CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 So what does that say for our projected cap space? CBF last I saw the Bills have about $20Million to spend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) last I saw the Bills have about $20Million to spend I thought someone said $30M this morning? Cant wait to have the final number CBF Edited February 18, 2015 by Canadian Bills Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 So what does that say for our projected cap space? CBF That says we will likely have between 1.5 and 4.5m more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I thought someone said $30M this morning? Cant wait to have the final number CBF Not everything on the internet is true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 last I saw the Bills have about $20Million to spend Check the link in the OP. 30.9M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) Check the link in the OP. 30.9M. I said I saw. Never claimed it fact I can't seem to find the link I saw last week. http://wallstcheatsheet.com/sports/nfl-projected-salary-cap-space-for-every-team-in-the-afc.html/?a=viewall Total Salary Cap Space: $29.69 million funny All salary cap data courtesy of Spotrac. decent read http://www.ibtimes.com/buffalo-bills-2015-free-agency-draft-options-should-address-lb-rb-issues-1819260 Edited February 18, 2015 by BillsFan-4-Ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) Dependsunless they plan on doling out like $150m cash this offseason (and that would be double that in contract value), it does not really depend on much. they could just as easily structure the new signings to be bonus heavy instead of converting marios salary to bonus. until we are right up to the cap, theres really no incentive unless they extend him or cut his pay. and we have enough space that we would be hard pressed to get to that point. for perspective, marios year 1 cap hit was 10m and that was a 100m player. we have space to sign like 3 of those right now, if we want. Edited February 18, 2015 by NoSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOKIE Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Yeah, Freddy is the tough one...he really looked like he was running in quicksand last year, but he's such a damn good guy and does so many of the little things well. He still always makes the first guy miss, blocks like a LT, and is dependable as hell. I don't see him being released, but they need to get another high quality RB in that stable. Remember the Stiff Arm? There is not an ounce of quit in that man. He is the best RB on the team right now. Fred Ex still delivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Remember the Stiff Arm? There is not an ounce of quit in that man. He is the best RB on the team right now. Fred Ex still delivers.agreed. He is a little slower, yes, which is to be expected. But I think the groin injury he suffered took it's toll on him down the stretch as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) What is their style? They went out on a limb in signing Richie. Are the reckless owners? (I don't think that they are, but, as I mentioned above $2+M is a lot of scratch.) Average of $9.6/year? Someone should start a contest (Hammer?) seeing who comes closest to what he ultimately signs for. that's a lot of cookies. Mario's making what $12 Mil base plus bonus' = ~16Mil average? per sportrac the Cheatriots = $-5,051,552 :worthy: can this be true??? Saints = $-23,174,869 Team Roster# Toatal Cap Top 51 Cap Space Jacksonville Jaguars 70 $102,998,553 $60,769,652 Oakland Raiders 63 $ 99,868,676 $49,531,324 3 Cleveland Browns 65 $112,187,415 $48,720,870 New York Jets 59 $106,038,749 $48,580,645 5 Tennessee Titans 60 $111,796,824 $41,458,004 Indianapolis Colts 61 $111,861,131 $37,838,736 Cincinnati Bengals 64 $116,068,658 $34,628,652 Buffalo Bills 66 $113,744,579 $30,903,328 Edited February 19, 2015 by BillsFan-4-Ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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