The Bills Cap Situation

[jkeerie]

4 hours ago, BarleyNY said:

They probably don’t have info on a restructured contract yet. Sometimes it takes a few days to get out to them. OTC is the most accurate source for cap info by the way. If there’s a discrepancy between them and Spotrac, go with OTC’s info and analysis. 

Barley ... we're not talking a couple million.  We're talking $211 million.  Something is obviously amiss. 

[Gugny]

The cap is imaginary. 
 

[GASabresIUFan]

3 hours ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

It's all BS right now and honestly,why care?  Beane has this under control 

Because I care whether a proposed move is realistically possible.  I think others do as well.

[DeepPass]

I could care less about these cap numbers!!  Beane gets it done by the start of the season and that's all I need to know!!

[Pete]

10 hours ago, Rubes said:

Joe Marino on his latest podcast has the Bills at $2.6 million under the cap, before the signing of the draft picks. He expects a move to be made soon to clear some more space for the season (not for any impending signing).

 

Conor will get extended soon and provide cap relief imo 

[BarleyNY]

10 hours ago, jkeerie said:

Barely ... we're not talking a couple million.  We're talking $211 million.  Something is obviously amiss. 

Spotrac has every Bills player listed twice so their cash and cap totals are currently doubled. I’m sure it will get cleaned up soon. 

[jkeerie]

1 hour ago, BarleyNY said:

Spotrac has every Bills player listed twice so their cash and cap totals are currently doubled. I’m sure it will get cleaned up soon. 

Ah.  Well that splains it!

[ColoradoBills]

9 hours ago, BarleyNY said:

Spotrac has every Bills player listed twice so their cash and cap totals are currently doubled. I’m sure it will get cleaned up soon. 

 

It's fixed.  $2.25M left with rookies Hairston, Sanders and Walker to sign.

 

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/cap/_/year/2025/sort/cap_total_top51/dir/desc

[GASabresIUFan]

13 hours ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

It's fixed.  $2.25M left with rookies Hairston, Sanders and Walker to sign.

 

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/cap/_/year/2025/sort/cap_total_top51/dir/desc

Yes and no.  That number is the 51 largest contracts.  It doesn’t reflect the 53 players who will actually make the team, nor the $4 mill+ space we need for the practice squad, plus room anyone who ends up on the IR.  It also doesn’t reflect the increase in dead cap for the players the Bills will be cutting.  
 

It’s a frustrating number and why I started this thread.  The Bills situation is even more complicated because of Hoecht and Ogunjobi’s suspensions.  
 

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

I think this is the worst that I've seen:

[ColoradoBills]

2 hours ago, GASabresIUFan said:

Yes and no.  That number is the 51 largest contracts.  It doesn’t reflect the 53 players who will actually make the team, nor the $4 mill+ space we need for the practice squad, plus room anyone who ends up on the IR.  It also doesn’t reflect the increase in dead cap for the players the Bills will be cutting.  
 

It’s a frustrating number and why I started this thread.  The Bills situation is even more complicated because of Hoecht and Ogunjobi’s suspensions.  
 

 

 

All that will be addressed at the end of summer.  Right now, Beane needs to get the 90 signed.

[SoonerBillsFan]

On 5/10/2025 at 10:00 PM, GASabresIUFan said:

Because I care whether a proposed move is realistically possible.  I think others do as well.

If it is, it is.  Only Beane truly knows.

2 hours ago, GASabresIUFan said:

Yes and no.  That number is the 51 largest contracts.  It doesn’t reflect the 53 players who will actually make the team, nor the $4 mill+ space we need for the practice squad, plus room anyone who ends up on the IR.  It also doesn’t reflect the increase in dead cap for the players the Bills will be cutting.  
 

It’s a frustrating number and why I started this thread.  The Bills situation is even more complicated because of Hoecht and Ogunjobi’s suspensions.  
 

 

It will be fine.

[JP51]

On 5/9/2025 at 3:51 PM, GASabresIUFan said:

Because when the season starts the 279 mill cap hit applies to the 53 players that make the roster, the players on IR and the PS.  So I am trying to see after the 53 players how much room Beane actually has to play with to accommodate the IR, the PS and in season changes.  A team needs about $4,000,000 just to accommodate a 16 player practice squad.   The more vets on the PS, the bigger that number grows. 

 

The 51 contracts is only relevant for the offseason.  

Intricacies of the draft and the cap for which I am really not good  at all is one of the reasons I love this board... thanks for your explanation in understandable terms.. 

2 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

I think this is the worst that I've seen:

Looks like the Bills moved Jacksonville and layed down a big ol butt bomb...