Solomon Grundy Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 19 minutes ago, Ya Digg? said: Meanwhile the Bears are at $113 million? Apparently they have no intention of trying to help out their young new QB Then they wonder why Trubisky bombed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brand J Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Bills were up against the cap despite having a lot of expired contracts, so this isn’t at all surprising. I wonder how much dead money is on the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Isn’t there a minimum you have to spend? I can’t imagine it’s that low to where the Bears can stand pat… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 so... Doomed!! or SB!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 53 minutes ago, strive_for_five_guy said: Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think part of their problem is the dead money they have in Khalil Mack and several other players. Glad we’re not in their boat. We're not in their boat yet, but over the long term, all teams have the same maximum amount of money that they are allowed to spend. The labor contract with the players also establishes a floor as well as a cap. The floor is only a few percent less than the maximum allowable amount - - the idea being that if all teams spend approximately the same amount of money over the long term the league will have better competitive balance and attract more fans (which means more money for the owners to share). Teams can use accounting "tricks" like pro-rating up-front signing bonuses over the term of a contract to bring future allowable spending forward so that they can try to have the best possible player talent this year, but doing that means they will have less money than other teams to spend in future years. Unless there are structural changes to the salary cap imposed by future negotiated changes to the collective bargaining agreement with the players' union (which nobody expects), that's unavoidable. Year-to-year increases in the salary cap don't change the fact that if you use accounting "tricks" to bring future spending forward into this year, you can't spend that same money later. Those accounting tricks don't change the total amount a team can spend over the long term. With a talented team that has a good chance to win a championship, bringing some future spending forward to maximize team talent this year is a logical strategy, because those opportunities aren't always available. But don't kid yourself into thinking that using accounting "tricks" to increase your odds of winning a championship this year doesn't give you less money to spend in future years, which puts you at a competitive disadvantage in the future. Go Bills !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Junction Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, SCBills said: Isn’t there a minimum you have to spend? I can’t imagine it’s that low to where the Bears can stand pat… IIRC, the bears are carrying around $50 million in dead cap this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Says Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Still have to get down to the 208 cap limit. This is kind of meaningless,it's just the timing. Let's see what they do with existing contracts to actually pay the recent signings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 The Bears are going with the analytics approach. Interesting strategy; let’s see if it pays off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Positive Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 We're a long way from the "cash to the cap" days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, ICanSleepWhenI'mDead said: We're not in their boat yet, but over the long term, all teams have the same maximum amount of money that they are allowed to spend. The labor contract with the players also establishes a floor as well as a cap. The floor is only a few percent less than the maximum allowable amount - - the idea being that if all teams spend approximately the same amount of money over the long term the league will have better competitive balance and attract more fans (which means more money for the owners to share). Teams can use accounting "tricks" like pro-rating up-front signing bonuses over the term of a contract to bring future allowable spending forward so that they can try to have the best possible player talent this year, but doing that means they will have less money than other teams to spend in future years. Unless there are structural changes to the salary cap imposed by future negotiated changes to the collective bargaining agreement with the players' union (which nobody expects), that's unavoidable. Year-to-year increases in the salary cap don't change the fact that if you use accounting "tricks" to bring future spending forward into this year, you can't spend that same money later. Those accounting tricks don't change the total amount a team can spend over the long term. With a talented team that has a good chance to win a championship, bringing some future spending forward to maximize team talent this year is a logical strategy, because those opportunities aren't always available. But don't kid yourself into thinking that using accounting "tricks" to increase your odds of winning a championship this year doesn't give you less money to spend in future years, which puts you at a competitive disadvantage in the future. Go Bills !! You just have to be smart about it. If the Bears were in win-now mode, they’d keep Mack & Robinson, thus the dead cap vs talent situation looking much different. They aren’t, and have opted for less spending and draft picks. Beane is incredibly responsible in his signings, the values and structuring. I’m not worried about him falling into this trap… especially given we have an entire future of Allen at QB. Look no further than his “chips in” move of Von Miller, also having an out after 3 years where we only take on minimal dead cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBills! Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 1 hour ago, JayBaller10 said: Bills were up against the cap despite having a lot of expired contracts, so this isn’t at all surprising. I wonder how much dead money is on the books. About 17 million at this point I believe... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen2D̶i̶g̶g̶s̶TBD Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Seems about right considering we have the best roster. Add a cb and wr in the draft and we're ready to win it all this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigpen65 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Fuel industry seems to have rebounded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra Foothills Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 It seems more relevant what our cap situation is next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra Foothills Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said: It seems more relevant what our cap situation is next year. In other words, exactly how much "can kicking" have we done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Come on over to the AFC everybody!!.....lol....😭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 4 hours ago, BuffaloBill said: They want to win at football. They want to win at payday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 We’re definitely All In! Thank you Brandon, Terry & Kim! LETS GO!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Búfalo Blanco Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Somebody wake up Buddy for this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bills Fan Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, ScottLaw said: Gotta think most of that cap is tied up into the defense…. Time to heavily invest offensively in the draft… at least I hope. Unless it's CB for draft maybe lb later rounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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