‘The Bills don’t appear to have much to lose, besides some money, in claiming Merriman. They must pay him the remainder of his salary over the final nine weeks of the season, which amounts to $1.7 million. The cost factor makes the addition somewhat of a surprise, even though the Bills have plenty of money to spend. They’re in the neighborhood of $25 million under last year’s salary cap in terms of cash spent this year, according to News figures. (There is no salary cap this season.)’