WhitewalkerInPhilly Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 1 minute ago, Low Positive said: They probably put an extension in front of him and he has to decide whether to sign it or "bet on himself." I mean that's the best explanation I have heard so far. It mystified me that Beane hadn't made an offer, and having an offer out there and not fully pressing the void year options on that extension would make far more sense if there was something Douglas was mulling on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warcodered Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 1 minute ago, Aussie Joe said: They fiddled,with his contract … why can’t they do it again If they extend him? They can still get his number for 2024 down further … Is it technically possible, sure, it just would be extremely surprising for them to do that after having just been negotiating on it, have to imagine there might be some sort of agent/lawyer fees they could end up paying twice doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Joe Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Warcodered said: Is it technically possible, sure, it just would be extremely surprising for them to do that after having just been negotiating on it, have to imagine there might be some sort of agent/lawyer fees they could end up paying twice doing that. I don’t think the extra fees will break the deal … Announcing the earlier “restructure “ could just be a negotiation tactic .. I will be very surprised if he doesn’t end up playing here past the end of his current contract which is this season … they still got $6m salary they can free up this year when every dollar is going to be tight Edited March 11 by Aussie Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 29 minutes ago, SCBills said: Not for nothing, but Rasul Douglas hasn't even been here a year and tweets more cryptic stuff than Diggs entire career here lol. According to some posters the less you tweet the more you are hiding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyDays Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Actually saved us $4.2M this year: https://overthecap.com/player/rasul-douglas/5685 He previously had a $7.5M cap hit in 2024, now it is a $3.3M hit. Of course this means his void years over the next 3 years are higher to make up the difference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 3/11/2024 at 5:21 PM, Aussie Joe said: I don’t think the extra fees will break the deal … Announcing the earlier “restructure “ could just be a negotiation tactic .. I will be very surprised if he doesn’t end up playing here past the end of his current contract which is this season … they still got $6m salary they can free up this year when every dollar is going to be tight I don't think they want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Joe Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) 26 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: I don't think they want to. Well … as we discovered with Rapp … you don’t always think the way they do… Let’s see what happens … they aren’t on a deadline to get anything done … he is here all year Edited March 15 by Aussie Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Just now, Aussie Joe said: Well … as we discovered with Rapp … you don’t always don’t think the way they do… Let’s see what happens … they aren’t on a deadline to get anything done … he is here all year No. But I think if they want to do that with Douglas the time was now. Even though I didn't want them to, I expected them to. They didn't. Which says to me they were not mad keen to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Joe Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) 5 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: No. But I think if they want to do that with Douglas the time was now. Even though I didn't want them to, I expected them to. They didn't. Which says to me they were not mad keen to do it. They did enough to get under the cap… they will make more roster moves to free up money as they see fit … they will need to create more space even to sign back up DTs Edited March 15 by Aussie Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Joe Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) On 3/16/2024 at 9:52 AM, GunnerBill said: No. But I think if they want to do that with Douglas the time was now. Even though I didn't want them to, I expected them to. They didn't. Which says to me they were not mad keen to do it. Looks like they already did it… they have basically now pushed as much money as they can down the road https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/rasul-douglas-21841/ This will take the early extension out of play as there is no further cap savings to be had in 2024 Edited March 17 by Aussie Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 29 minutes ago, Aussie Joe said: Looks like they already did it… they have basically now pushed as much money as they can down the road https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/rasul-douglas-21841/ This will take the early extension out of play as there is no further cap savings to be had in 2024 Yea which goes to my point. If they wanted to extend him they do that rather than restructure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 2 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: Yea which goes to my point. If they wanted to extend him they do that rather than restructure. Yeah Rasul is at the point now where age alone will likely lower his market value. No real advantage to extending him now. Draft another traits guy on day 3 and see if Benford and Elam elevate their games and then decide on Rasul next offseason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Joe Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) 28 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: Yea which goes to my point. If they wanted to extend him they do that rather than restructure. The initial reports of his restructure had him still playing on a $6m base salary in 2024 which is what I was questioning in the thread … It made zero sense to me that they wouldn’t take every dollar they could ..an explanation was an extension to further free up this money if needed down the road …obviously Spotrac got this one wrong and the Bills just restructured as much as they could straight away .. Edited March 17 by Aussie Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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