Bills sign DT Tommy Akingbesote

[BlazinBill]

1 hour ago, Chaos said:

Beane the wizard isn’t a thing anymore is it. 

Not sure he really ever was- think about how much cap was still going towards people no longer on the team the last couple yearsI that’s not great - kicking the can down the road just makes it a future problem and continues the hand cuffing 

im waiting on a Bobby Bonilla type of contract- pretty sure dude still gets paid a million every year- 

[Draconator]

I'm going to have a celebratory drink for this signing. 

 

Who am I kidding! I have a celebratory drink whenever I have a solid poop! 

[MiltonWaddams]

1 minute ago, Draconator said:

I'm going to have a celebratory drink for this signing. 

 

Who am I kidding! I have a celebratory drink whenever I have a solid poop! 

Usually it’s reversed and my celebratory drink is a morning coffee.

[eee1776]

If you only have a dollar to spend you go to the dollar store...Budget is tight but  still time for a wide out.

[Sierra Foothills]

53 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said:

My own hopeful fantasy runs something like this...  Years ago, billionaire Terry Pegula hired a group of world-class scientists who secretly cloned Eric Moulds, Andre Reed, and Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion.  The original Moulds, Reed, and Dubenion, with the coordination of cutting-edge strength and conditioning specialists, have been training their clones to play NFL football.  And any day now I'm going to see that the Bills have signed them as FAs.  That dream was met today with the cold-water-in-my-face reality of Akingbesote.

 

 

[26TrapDraw]

I shaved my bush for this?!!??

[Senth]

Run stuffer and he has the best ability of all ....... AVAILABILITY! 

 

We'll do something on WR if you read anything about restructures ... 3 or 4 at least.

 

We have a cap quantity problem.

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

Well well … we have a former 7th rounder who got cut from an awful Dallas defense AND spent time with … wait for it … CAROLINA!  Beane truly is a wizard 😂😂

[bmur66]

Dollar General signing

[The Jokeman]

38 minutes ago, bmur66 said:

Dollar General signing

Cuz prime of their career Ted Washington types are readily available..?

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

Small baller Beane 

[nuklz2594]

on the bright side...he is not injured or suspended for peds

[Kaenon]

A king's bestie

[boyst]

i had a passing thought that the Chiefs would sign Christian Wilkins this week for the Bills game. lol

[Gregg]

I would be more excited if we signed Fred Smerlas at his current age then this guy.

[dorquemada]

Beane, after the signing was announced:  "that ought to hold the little bastards" puffs on comically oversized cigar

[JP51]

7 hours ago, 26TrapDraw said:

I shaved my bush for this?!!??

epic lol 

[GroteStreet]

2 hours ago, Gregg said:

I would be more excited if we signed Fred Smerlas at his current age then this guy.

Can we bring back Star Lotulelei.

[billsfan89]

9 hours ago, BlazinBill said:

Not sure he really ever was- think about how much cap was still going towards people no longer on the team the last couple yearsI that’s not great - kicking the can down the road just makes it a future problem and continues the hand cuffing 

im waiting on a Bobby Bonilla type of contract- pretty sure dude still gets paid a million every year- 

 

The Bills are usually very good at managing their dead cap. From 2019-2023 the Bills were bottom 10 if not bottom 5 most years on dead cap. 2024 it spiked up due to the house cleaning they did on the roster but this year the Bills rank 21st or 11th lowest in dead cap just outside the top 10 lowest dead cap numbers. And that's with the Bills eating a lot of money on Von and Tre's old contract both combining to about 19 million in dead cap. 

 

The Bills do figure to in 2026 be taking probably a similar dead cap hit in terms of cap percentage as they are this year (around 35ish million) largely due to void years from Milano and Bosa (totaling 18 million) and some other smaller void years from AJE and McGovern (Combining for another 7.5 million). Those 4 void years will total 25ish million. Add about another 10 million on cuts like Samuel (3 million in dead cap) and a few other smaller cuts and you get to around 35 million. 

 

You obviously don't want large void years eating up 10% of your cap but the Bills needed to get out from under a large Diggs and out from under a can kicked down the road on Von. Afterwards you then also have some other vets to clear out but I think the Bills largely should be in a decent place regarding dead cap going forward. 

[dpberr]

I agree with Howard Simon's opinion that the organization's only goal should be to win a Super Bowl this year.  You have a new stadium opening up next year, a star quarterback who's 29, and you don't want to ride into it on a demoralizing 2025 season.  What is this organization waiting for?  

 

I fear Brandon Beane's FO and Terry Pegula feel quite differently.   I think the Bills formula makes for good teams, but a Super Bowl appearance takes extraordinary steps the Rams and Eagles, for example, executed in their SB runs.  

 

The FO prioritzes *reaching* the playoffs every year, and on a very tactical level, "winning" every single trade they execute.   You can't get impact players for free.

 

Terry Pegula very likely does not want to saddle the next owners (likely his daughter) with a situation similarly to what the Eagles are doing, with the massive credit card debt of circa-2025 salaries to be paid by future Bills teams (and owner.)