clumping platelets Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 He has the Bills $9 million under http://www.wgr550.com/fullstory.php?id=0707 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 He has the Bills $9 million under http://www.wgr550.com/fullstory.php?id=0707 247120[/snapback] Maybe Howard used your cap page when putting this article together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clumping platelets Posted February 21, 2005 Author Share Posted February 21, 2005 Maybe Howard used your cap page when putting this article together. 247150[/snapback] Wouldn't surprise me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammered a Lot Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Wouldn't surprise me Of course he did. Radio guys use TBD and other boards to see what sport fans are talking about and than talk about it on the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clumping platelets Posted February 21, 2005 Author Share Posted February 21, 2005 I'm waiting for him to talk about the cap right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake-Fat Sunny Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Maybe Howard used your cap page when putting this article together. 247150[/snapback] It doesn't look like it as there still is a slight ($9 million from HS vs. 7.9 for CP) between what they say. Much of this difference (as well as the differences between thos who seem to swear by the Bills' Daily figure of 12-14 million and thus bad mouth the CP figure) here seems to me to be a tempest in a teapot. The differences are important once we get down the line abit and TD attempts to make the plans reality. However: 1. All figures have the same general lesson as whether you subscribe to Howard's $9 million, CP's $ roughly 8 million, or Saslow's $14 million the general conclusion is the same that TD has done a great job with the cap part of his work (though a lousy job with the team W/L). When you compare where we were before, the fact that many teams will actually have to cut a lot of vets to even make the cap, or the fairly mininiscule numbers for teams like NE that at last have a little surplus we are in good shape. The key TD number is actually that we have so many players under contract and only two starters we have to worry about as other teams like Seattle may have a lot of cap room but have been choosing whether to franchise Jones, OR, Hasselback, OR Alexander. This is the key assessment here and though the differences merit discussion they do not change the general assessment. 2. The differences in estimates make no difference what we need to do with particular players. MW will have to be resructured significantly whether you subscribe to $8, 14, or $9. He needs to be restructured in a big way because his play has not been up to what a top OL player should get regardless of the amount you choose and we have not hear much about him doing this. Again, it will makea difference how difficult or really difficult this is to do depending on whether his hit is $9.17 or $6.17 million. however, we are not even at that point yet because there is no public discussion of the fact that we will have a hard time justifing a salary of even $5 million (or much less given RT pay rates around the league) for him. The same is true for JJ as the market for him is uncertain and paying him an amount very far above the $3 million cap hit of Shelton if we were to pick him up is going to make it hard for us to get new LG talent. So inessence, folks disagree but as Rodney King asked, why can't we all just get along. The disputes here are about important numbers that may determine how hard it will be do to do things, but not over what we should do regardless of which number you pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cåblelady Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Hmmm. So does Mike Williams have a 9 Million or 6 Million cap hit? According to Simon, its 6 Million. 247487[/snapback] Either way it's too damn much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Either way it's too damn much! 247492[/snapback] Actually CL, if Big Mike were to become a truly dominant RT, I would have no problem with a 6 mil cap figure. Either way, you are cool. This has not changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cåblelady Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Actually CL, if Big Mike were to become a truly dominant RT, I would have no problem with a 6 mil cap figure. Either way, you are cool. This has not changed. 247530[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seq004 Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Either way it's too damn much! 247492[/snapback] I agree with cablelady, that's just to much. He needs to take a cut. He asked for so much money because of his grocery bill every month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake-Fat Sunny Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Either way it's too damn much! 247492[/snapback] Exactly, the exact amount of his hit matters a lot once we have a since that there is an answer to the question of whether he is restructuring. However, in the absence of any clear idea whether he is restructuring or not arguomg about the level of his cap hit is like debating between whether it is better to wear the green evening dress or the blue evening dress to the Titanic sinking. The question of whether his hit is 6 or 9 is secondary its too much and he needs to restructure in a big way. Same with JJ. If his new contract is new contract is 7 million or 5 million it makes it very hard to buy a better LG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cåblelady Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Same with JJ. If his new contract is new contract is 7 million or 5 million it makes it very hard to buy a better LG. 247667[/snapback] I'd like to buy a vowel, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clumping platelets Posted February 22, 2005 Author Share Posted February 22, 2005 Hmmm. So does Mike Williams have a 9 Million or 6 Million cap hit? According to Simon, its 6 Million. 247487[/snapback] I posted the link to MW's contract breakdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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