Ohiostyle Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Per @mikerodak of ESPN: The Bills have restructured the contract of center Eric Wood, source tells ESPN NFL Insider Field Yates. He agreed to convert $3.775 million of his $4.775 million base salary to a signing bonus, and added a voidable year in 2018 to his deal. That created about $2.5 million in 2016 cap room for Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Gilmore extension time I'm hoping. @mikerodak The Bills and reserve center Patrick Lewis have agreed to a 1-year extension, source tells ESPN NFL Insider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWATeam Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Gilmore extension time I'm hoping. @mikerodak The Bills and reserve center Patrick Lewis have agreed to a 1-year extension, source tells ESPN NFL Insider I'm thinking it happens before Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiostyle Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 Also per Rodak: The Bills and reserve center Patrick Lewis have agreed to a 1-year extension, source tells ESPN NFL Insider Field Yates. Lewis, who was claimed off waivers from Seattle last week and was due $1.671 million in base salary this season (his restricted free-agent tender), had his 2016 salary reduced to a non-guaranteed $800,000 and was given a $200,000 signing bonus. He will have a $1.2 million non-guaranteed base salary in 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Gilmore extension time I'm hoping. @mikerodak The Bills and reserve center Patrick Lewis have agreed to a 1-year extension, source tells ESPN NFL Insider Interesting ...i did not think of the Gilmore angle first thing ...but that makes sense. I get the draft em and keep em...just a gun shy Buffalo fan that watched another GM commit to a failed core...will watch while peeking between my fingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristocrat Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 so are we gonna try and raise gilmore's cap hit this year from the current 11 mil in order to lower the hit in the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 I didn't think cap space was the reason Gilmore has not been signed. I thought it was his asking price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWATeam Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 so are we gonna try and raise gilmore's cap hit this year from the current 11 mil in order to lower the hit in the future? I would think part of it will be to get him a nice amortizable signing bonus (cash in his pocket) to make him happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitewalkerInPhilly Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Gilmore extension time I'm hoping. @mikerodak The Bills and reserve center Patrick Lewis have agreed to a 1-year extension, source tells ESPN NFL Insider That's what makes the most sense to me. Otherwise why do this now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiostyle Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 so are we gonna try and raise gilmore's cap hit this year from the current 11 mil in order to lower the hit in the future? I would hope so. With so many of these other contracts ballooning in the future, you'd hope they'd mitigate that be having this one work a little differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 E. Woods? Good news though. We got something brewing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC in St. Louis Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 They also created some cap room when they cut Manny Lawson and the fullback. I see a Gilmore day coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 I believe Gilmore said he was going to play out the season at this point. However I hope he changes his mind! They certainly do have something cooking over at OBD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiostyle Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 E. Woods? Good news though. We got something brewing! Ha! Just notice that, not sure if I can edit topic or not. In my fervor to beat Yolo to the post (I might have by nanoseconds) I might not have proofread that well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 They also created some cap room when they cut Manny Lawson and the fullback. I see a Gilmore day coming. good points as well. Think they were both cut for non-money reasons, but sure didn't hurt to get the cap savings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 (edited) Per @mikerodak of ESPN: The Bills have restructured the contract of center Eric Wood, source tells ESPN NFL Insider Field Yates. He agreed to convert $3.775 million of his $4.775 million base salary to a signing bonus, and added a voidable year in 2018 to his deal. That created about $2.5 million in 2016 cap room for Buffalo. Here's Wood's current deal: http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/eric-wood-5637/ Looks like his restructured deal will look something like this: Year Base Signing Roster Workout Total Dead Savings 2016 $1,000,000 $3,058,333 $150,000 $4,208,333 $6,116,667 -$1,908,333 2017 $4,125,000 $3,058,333 $250,000 $150,000 $7,583,333 $3,058,333 $4,525,000 2018 $4,125,000* $1,258,333 $250,000* $150,000* $5,783,333 $1,258,333 $4,525,000 *Guesses based on 2017 Edited September 9, 2016 by thebandit27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QB Bills Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Really hoping they don't break the bank for Gilmore right now. Let the season play out. If Seymour is good enough, he and Darby can hold down the fort. If not, then you sign or tag him. I'd rather they use that money on the front 7 and/or the safety position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiostyle Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 (edited) Here's Wood's current deal: http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/eric-wood-5637/ Looks like his restructured deal will look something like this: Base Signing Roster Workout Total Dead Savings 2016 1,000,000 3,058,333 150,000 4,208,333 6,116,667 -1,908,333 2017 4,125,000 3,058,333 250,000 150,000 7,583,333 3,058,333 4,525,000 2018 4,125,000 1,258,333 250,000 150,000 5,783,333 1,258,333 4,525,000 Nice, do we have an estimation on where we stand cap-wise now, and what a new deal for Gilmore would fit within that? Edited September 9, 2016 by Ohiostyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blokestradamus Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Nice, do we have an estimation on where we stand cap-wise now, and what a new deal for Gilmore would fit within that? Through the NFLPA Top 51 - Bills are at $12,935,861 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Really hoping they don't break the bank for Gilmore right now. Let the season play out. If Seymour is good enough, he and Darby can hold down the fort. If not, then you sign or tag him. I'd rather they use that money on the front 7 and/or the safety position.imo much easier to draft/replace for front 7 than it is CB especially in this D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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