BillsMafi$ Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 (edited) Let the cuts/restructures commence even more 1 minute ago, BillsMafi$ said: Let the cuts/restructures commence even more Edited March 10, 2021 by BillsMafi$ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billschills Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 What was it last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreadlox Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Billschills said: What was it last year? 198.2 million according to google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billschills Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Just now, dreadlox said: 198.2 million according to google. Thank you 👍🏻 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLEN1QB Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Now aren't you glad we didn't win the JJ Watt sweepstakes 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregthekeg Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Doesnt a team usually need around 10 Million to sign the draft class and UDFA? Expect some moves soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 I think we might have to cut Allen because of this... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NI Bills Fan Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Gregthekeg said: Doesnt a team usually need around 10 Million to sign the draft class and UDFA? Expect some moves soon. That is always the figure i was used to hearing however Gregg Thompsett (Cover 1 Buffalo podcast) did a good job of explaining it in more detail recently. The figure required is actually much lower than that. I cant remember exactly but I think less than $3m against the cap due to most of the draft class being at the lower end of the salary scale and not counting against the cap. (EDIT: The rule of 51 as explained more elegantly by YattaOkasan below) Edited March 10, 2021 by NI Bills Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YattaOkasan Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 12 minutes ago, Gregthekeg said: Doesnt a team usually need around 10 Million to sign the draft class and UDFA? Expect some moves soon. No rule of 51. It might look like 10million but only the top 51 salaries count against the cap for now (53 later obviously). When you sign a draftee if they make more than the 51st player than you bump them off the list. However, the affect to the cap is just the difference between the draftee cap number and the 51st players cap number (since that player was counting previously). When you consider the price of later round draft picks relative to vet minimums those picks cost like nothing to sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 8 minutes ago, DJB said: I think we might have to cut Allen because of this... pfft we can at least swap 7ths with some team at the very least lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Buffalo_Stampede Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 (edited) Now the question is what does Beane and McDermott do? You can probably eliminate 1 DT with the return of Star, Jefferson or Butler. So Bills sit around $10 million in space without losing much. Many different ways the Bills can go to create space. They can create nearly $50 million pretty easily. But will they? Edited March 10, 2021 by Buffalo_Stampede 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malazan Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 about 14 hours too late: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 wow, figured it would be higher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stosh64 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 This is a pathetic move by the NFL... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Can we get Morse to restructure again? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 11 minutes ago, stosh64 said: This is a pathetic move by the NFL... It’s what they are contractually obliged to do. While it’s true that the league could increase that amount if they wanted to, there’s little reason for them to do so as it would cut into their profits and upset the large number of teams who are in good cap shape. Also the NFLPA would not agree to borrowing from future caps. I do not blame them for that as doing so would likely decrease overall spending slightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochesterfan Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, BarleyNY said: It’s what they are contractually obliged to do. While it’s true that the league could increase that amount if they wanted to, there’s little reason for them to do so as it would cut into their profits and upset the large number of teams who are in good cap shape. Also the NFLPA would not agree to borrowing from future caps. I do not blame them for that as doing so would likely decrease overall spending slightly. You are correct - except the NFLPA was all for borrowing against future cap - spreading it out over 10 years - the owners were not willing to do so. Basically the higher the cap and the more years it was spread out was money out of the owners pocket - interest free. The owners wanted the cap lower and any future cap impacts limited to 1-2 years. As it is - the cap at 182.5 rather than the 160 or so the NFL/NFLPA agreement calls for - is over half a billion dollars extra the players get now that is offset over the next 2 years. That is a lot of money the owners are putting out without the offset capital guaranteed to return. 24 minutes ago, stosh64 said: This is a pathetic move by the NFL... This is a ridiculous take as the cap really should be 20 million lower - it was a sound agreement between the parties. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PrimeTime101 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 16 hours ago, Reed83HOF said: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/03/09/salary-cap-likely-to-be-no-more-than-183-million/amp/?__twitter_impression=true As one source with knowledge of the dynamics has explained it to PFT, the fact that the franchise-tag deadline wasn’t extended by the league and the union can be interpreted as an indication that the cap won’t significantly exceed the $180 million floor. Per the source, the cap will at most be $183 million. yea slick little title change there bud... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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