Tcali Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Seriously, the only place this team is a laughing stock is amongst these message boards and our own fans. We are no where near a laughing stock anywhere else. Wilson is respected and the organization is respected. I have friends in the NFL still playing and in some FO's and even coaching in some capacity, and they all say the same thing. When we win, the media loves it, when we lose we get very little press. Teams like the Raiders become jokes in the media when they lose...they are about the only laughing stock left in the NFL because of Al Davis. Detroit was numero uno becuase they held on to Matt Millen, but with Millen out they likely lose a little bit of the laughing stock title and fall behind Oakland...outside of those 2 teams, no team is considered a joke... The media for the most part loves the Bills when we win...we are like the underdog, blue collar team that people want to get behind. In fact, last year, lots of sportscasters kept saying its good for the NFL when we are winning...people like it. And when we are losing, we dont get hammered, we just dont get much of any kind of press... We have had VERY few seasons where we were totally irrelevant. Most seasons we are still alive for a shot at the playoffs deep into the season... So, its the "Negative Nancy's" on this board and amongst OUR FAN BASE that use terms like laughing stock, a joke, etc...get over it already...either get behind the team or go get a pacifier and some cheese to go with all your whine...someone call the whaaa-bulance.... The sad thing is that Oakland now has more talent than we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I don't know how much money we have left but I know that the free agents have been pretty much picked over- what is out there that isn't old, injured, or just sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 The sad thing is that Oakland now has more talent than we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock'em Sock'em Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 As far as the signing bonus is concerned vis-a-vis the salary cap it is the same as any other team. The cash to cap has no bearing as to the rules governing the salary cap, it is an in-house thing. (I think this came up in another thread and was confirmed to be the case). Cap-wise the Bills are in fine shape. They have a $10M adjustment for last year's LTBE and NLTBE bonuses that were not paid out. Current NFL cap = $127M. As it pertains to the cap, a team has flexibility to structure deals how they want. A guaranteed 1st year salary of $24M would count against that year, whereas a signing bonus of $24M would be spread out. Some teams try to structure things so that to money fills up remaining cap room, thus leaving a maximum amount of cap room in future years. They do this by carefully planning and also by restructuring deals near the end of the season. But the downside of that approach is that it makes it appear a team has a lot of cap room when in fact they might not have enough operating capital spend - and then the team is perceived as being cheap. Under cash-to-cap the Bills can spend another $35 million more this year. (They were under by about $45M before the last few signings.) Rookies maybe cost $5M because they are being paid the salaries of players that end up cut. That leaves enough to give a nice signing bonus to Peters, plus get a starting OLB, plus maybe even a RG. The Bills can also reduce cash-to-cap hit by guaranteeing future salaries. Will they spend it? Does cash-to-cap also include the salaries of non players? Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 It isn't at work that you get razzled, read the national media. This is a team that couldn't even get the paperwork straight to complete a trade and get an extra draft pick for Dockery. You must have missed the reports that fully refute that...right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyDingo Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 "...Millions!" "+1" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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