Midwest1981 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) I've seen some figures thrown out with considerable variance, all the way from projecting us to have as much as $100 million of 2019 cap space to as low as "just" $50 million. Since Wood's release has been officially processed, it's a lot easier to arrive at a more exact figure, even (literally) accounting for some fluidity to this figure, especially in the next nine months. Remaining 2018 Cap Space (able to be rolled over, according to Spotrac): $15,992,915 Current 2019 Cap Space (before leftover 2018 amount is rolled over): $57,585,556 Estimated Cap 2018 to 2019 Cap Increase: $10,000,000 2019 Cap Space: $83,578,471 This amount will go down a few million during the course of this season, as the Bills have to make roster moves to account for injuries. But I don't expect we'll be re-signing anyone mid-season (Kelvin Benjamin is a possible exception- but even for him I expect McBeane wants to see him stay healthy for an entire year) that will appreciably affect this figure, if at all. So before we make any additional cuts to likely increase this amount, we should roughly have $80 million to spend, which will be more than only a handful of teams (it might be the third-highest behind the Jets and Colts). Edited June 13, 2018 by Midwest1981 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) Not only is this good news, but I trust this FO to not spend foolishly on “big name/splash” players. I haven’t felt this positive about our situation in a long time. Not perfect, but a lot of positives. Edited June 13, 2018 by Augie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midwest1981 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) For the record, I haven't gone through the list of 2019 FA's carefully enough to pull out everyone. But it wouldn't surprise me if the Bills showed interest in Buccaneers' guard Ali Marpet, if he isn't re-signed in Tampa Bay (or tagged). Marpet happens to be from New York and went to college at Hopart. And we all know there's a safe bet in Le'Veon Bell hitting the market, too. It's rarely wise to spend big on a RB's second contract, especially one with a couple of suspensions already (suspensions generally void guarantees in contracts... unless your Doug Whaley and you make that giant concession to Marcel Dareus and his agent). But if McCoy, God forbid, showed steep regression this year that was not totally attributable to our OL I could see a 31-year old Lesean released ($6.425 million saved against the cap) and a (then) 27-year old Bell brought in on a 3-4 year deal. I should note that I don't necessarily believe Bell is a seamless fit into what McBeane wants to do. I could just see it being a POSSIBLE fit. Hopefully McCoy continues to play relatively timelessly and he can play out his contract, at least. Edited June 13, 2018 by Midwest1981 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 29 minutes ago, Augie said: Not only is this good news, but I trust this FO to not spend foolishly on “big name/splash” players. I haven’t felt this positive about our situation in a long time. Not perfect, but a lot of positives. I think FA will be signing solid starters and depth....I don’t see us with any big splashes either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheektowaga Chad Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Think the "big" free agent signings next year will be at wr and along the offensive line. My guess is they won't necessarily go on a spending spree next off season but instead begin to fine tune the roster as they develop drafted talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msw2112 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 We will also need help at LB. Edmunds and Milano look to be two solid starters, but Lorax is aging and there isn't too much after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 2 hours ago, Augie said: Not only is this good news, but I trust this FO to not spend foolishly on “big name/splash” players. I haven’t felt this positive about our situation in a long time. Not perfect, but a lot of positives. The Star contract could be a bad one going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said: The Star contract could be a bad one going forward. Hopefully he has the right mindset going forward. I’ll pray they know him well enough to have made the right call on this one. No promises.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Costa Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 8 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said: The Star contract could be a bad one going forward. Trust the process ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 40 minutes ago, Cheektowaga Chad said: Think the "big" free agent signings next year will be at wr and along the offensive line. My guess is they won't necessarily go on a spending spree next off season but instead begin to fine tune the roster as they develop drafted talent I think the majority of the cap will go to proven offensive players with the majority of the draft to defense! 2018 is just a prelude to what should be a very exciting 19' season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 42 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said: The Star contract could be a bad one going forward. HE could be a bad one going forward.. He has a lot to prove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punt75 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Midwest1981 said: For the record, I haven't gone through the list of 2019 FA's carefully enough to pull out everyone. But it wouldn't surprise me if the Bills showed interest in Buccaneers' guard Ali Marpet, if he isn't re-signed in Tampa Bay (or tagged). Marpet happens to be from New York and went to college at Hopart. And we all know there's a safe bet in Le'Veon Bell hitting the market, too. It's rarely wise to spend big on a RB's second contract, especially one with a couple of suspensions already (suspensions generally void guarantees in contracts... unless your Doug Whaley and you make that giant concession to Marcel Dareus and his agent). But if McCoy, God forbid, showed steep regression this year that was not totally attributable to our OL I could see a 31-year old Lesean released ($6.425 million saved against the cap) and a (then) 27-year old Bell brought in on a 3-4 year deal. I should note that I don't necessarily believe Bell is a seamless fit into what McBeane wants to do. I could just see it being a POSSIBLE fit. Hopefully McCoy continues to play relatively timelessly and he can play out his contract, at least. Marpet went to HOBART College in Geneva NY. Quite the sleeper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Thanks, Midwest! I ‘trust the process’ and am excited for 2019. Just not this year.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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keepthefaith Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 16 minutes ago, Punt75 said: Marpet went to HOBART College in Geneva NY. Quite the sleeper! Yeah, most wouldn't even be aware that they had a football team. Tiny school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam727 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 6 hours ago, Midwest1981 said: I've seen some figures thrown out with considerable variance, all the way from projecting us to have as much as $100 million of 2019 cap space to as low as "just" $50 million. Since Wood's release has been officially processed, it's a lot easier to arrive at a more exact figure, even (literally) accounting for some fluidity to this figure, especially in the next nine months. Remaining 2018 Cap Space (able to be rolled over, according to Spotrac): $15,992,915 Current 2019 Cap Space (before leftover 2018 amount is rolled over): $57,585,556 Estimated Cap 2018 to 2019 Cap Increase: $10,000,000 2019 Cap Space: $83,578,471 This amount will go down a few million during the course of this season, as the Bills have to make roster moves to account for injuries. But I don't expect we'll be re-signing anyone mid-season (Kelvin Benjamin is a possible exception- but even for him I expect McBeane wants to see him stay healthy for an entire year) that will appreciably affect this figure, if at all. So before we make any additional cuts to likely increase this amount, we should roughly have $80 million to spend, which will be more than only a handful of teams (it might be the third-highest behind the Jets and Colts). Thanks for this. But just FYI those numbers don't count Josh Allen's salary cap (for 2018 or for 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple haze Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 5 hours ago, msw2112 said: We will also need help at LB. Edmunds and Milano look to be two solid starters, but Lorax is aging and there isn't too much after that. 9 draft picks in April 2019. More young, cheap reinforcements coming. Rather draft another LB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillsGospel Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I'm expecting a stud OL, Jake Matthews, Taylor Lewan, possibly steal Shaq Mason from the Pats like they have done to us numerous times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 8 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said: I think FA will be signing solid starters and depth....I don’t see us with any big splashes either. we signed Star who was a top prospect, I can see them signing a couple guys like this (hopefully on Oline) and then solid depth players but I agree in that we won't go for the "Super Stars" like mario. 7 hours ago, LABILLBACKER said: I think the majority of the cap will go to proven offensive players with the majority of the draft to defense! 2018 is just a prelude to what should be a very exciting 19' season. It seems were are forever in future mood but thankfully those days are over with McBeane here, post season in the books and our franchise QB here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardb1952 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 If Bills' 2018 and 2019 draft are close to being as good as the 2017 draft class appears to be, they might not have a lot of holes to be filled. Vet WR, LB, OL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Stampede Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 (edited) 12 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said: I think FA will be signing solid starters and depth....I don’t see us with any big splashes either. Probably no top 10 contracts, but 2-3 deals similar to what we saw this year. I also think they get a Benjamin deal done, so likely 3-4 deals in the $10 million cap hit range. Edited June 14, 2018 by TheTruthHurts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midwest1981 Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 11 hours ago, Adam727 said: Thanks for this. But just FYI those numbers don't count Josh Allen's salary cap (for 2018 or for 2019) Oh, excellent reminder, Adam- thanks. Yeah, that will decrease our total amount by a little more than $4 million on average both this year and next year. That's based on what last year's 7th overall pick- Mike Williams- signed for. He signed a 4-year deal worth a total of $19,750,056 with a cap # of $3,590,919 in his rookie year and a $4,488,649 cap figure in his second season. Of course, for a multitude of reasons our cap # is very fluid, such as the fact that we'll need to sign guys in-season this year and we'll be releasing other guys post year. A cut candidate, if he has a middling campaign like he had in his two years in Jacksonville, in Chris Ivory, for example. Cutting him would save $2.25 million against the 2019 cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 5 hours ago, TheTruthHurts said: Probably no top 10 contracts, but 2-3 deals similar to what we saw this year. I also think they get a Benjamin deal done, so likely 3-4 deals in the $10 million cap hit range. I surely hope we don’t resign Benjamin until after the season. Him remaining healthy is paramount. If his knee continues to give him problems, I’d move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBeane Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 16 hours ago, C.Biscuit97 said: The Star contract could be a bad one going forward. Good thing about Star's deal is that only half is guaranteed and there is a potential out after the 3rd year. So if it doesn't pay off we can get out of the contract after 3 years. Might be a lot of money, but a smart deal in that we can get out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Pygmy Goat Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 (edited) 20 hours ago, C.Biscuit97 said: The Star contract could be a bad one going forward. Or it could be a good one... One thing is for sure, the Bills needed help on the inside, and weren't very good against the run last year. When we look back on his signing in a couple years, hopefully we don't look at his stat sheet as much as we'll look at the run defense as a whole. I don't need to see big numbers from him in the tackle and sack department to "justify" his contract. I want to see improvement against the run, and fewer tackles by the safeties. Edited June 14, 2018 by Drunken Pygmy Goat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 18 hours ago, C.Biscuit97 said: The Star contract could be a bad one going forward. 17 hours ago, Chandler#81 said: HE could be a bad one going forward.. He has a lot to prove. Star's role is not a sexy one, eating space in the middle and freeing up linebackers. There are no stats for that metric. You just have to judge him by what happens behind him. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 The Bills have a lot contracts that they could get rid of to open up cap space, if Shady has a really bad year they could also release him for another 6.4 million and Vald is another 2 million they could also cut. So the Bills have a lot of ability to open up capsapce. of Released Jerry Hughes (Saved: $7,500,000) Released Charles Clay(Saved: $4,500,000) Released Chris Ivory(Saved: $2,250,000) Released Russell Bodine(Saved: $2,375,000) Released Patrick DiMarco(Saved: $1,150,000) Released Andre Holmes(Saved: $1,450,000) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Joe Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 2 hours ago, billsfan89 said: The Bills have a lot contracts that they could get rid of to open up cap space, if Shady has a really bad year they could also release him for another 6.4 million and Vald is another 2 million they could also cut. So the Bills have a lot of ability to open up capsapce. of Released Jerry Hughes (Saved: $7,500,000) Released Charles Clay(Saved: $4,500,000) Released Chris Ivory(Saved: $2,250,000) Released Russell Bodine(Saved: $2,375,000) Released Patrick DiMarco(Saved: $1,150,000) Released Andre Holmes(Saved: $1,450,000) I was about to comment on this list to say something along the lines of “they have so much space, why cut more players?”... Then I looked at the names.. Keep Shady thought if he is still cutting on a dime.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardb1952 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 I would be surprised if Andre Holmes makes the squad this year, much less next year. I was very unimpressed with him as a WR considering Benjamin and Mathews were both out at various times and Holmes was still not able to step in and contribute as a WR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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