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Free agency grades are pointless. So next offseason the Bills would get credit for re-signing a player like Gilmore, but if they sign him to a long term deal this season while his in his option year, they wouldn't? It makes no sense.

Thanks! I'll try to do that. Yeah, Naples is nice. Had a few really good meals on that downtown strip.

Hey, my dad lives in Bonita Springs. Hope to take the fam down there this summer or for Turkey Day.

Just the Buffalo News, so no. I kid, I kid, it's a fine 19th century circular. Here's the link: http://bills.buffalonews.com/2016/03/16/bills-restructure-dt-kyle-williams-contract-vet-sticks-around-in-2016/

Kudos to Kyle. Most restructures are just matters of converting salary or roster bonus money into a signing bonus to spread the hit, but Kyle appears to have taken a pay cut of $1.75M. Dooooo they now? Hopefully they are connected. Nice observation. Absolutely not. As mentioned in the thread already, cap space can be rolled forward so there's no real reason to use space early. The exception would be if it would be to help meet the cap floor and those calculations use cash outlays, not cap allocation. The other reason is that the cap has been rising an average of about 8% per year, so a team effectively gets an 8% discount on every year every dollar's allocation gets pushed out.

The Bills' rookie pool is about $6M for their 8 picks. Under the Rule of 51 they'll see 8 players roll out of the 51 counted cap hits at about $500k each. Thus they'll need about $2M in cap space to sign their picks. There is reason to need a bit more room than that, however. Before the regular season starts they'll have to have their entire 53 man roster, their practice squad and any IRed players under their cap. In addition, they'll need a minimum of $2M-$3M in space (a bit more would be better) for any in-season moves including replacements for IRed players, any trades, waiver pick ups, etc. They look to be able to make some bargain moves or even one midlevel move now if they wanted to. They could clear a little space this season with long term deals for Gilmore and Glenn, too. Right now they've done what they needed to do with their cap.

Totally agree on Wallace being a good fit in Baltimore. I can't imagine why any GM would pair him with a weak armed QB like Tanny or Bridgewater - or a scheme that relies on short and intermediate timing routes. Flacco certainly has plenty of arm to get Wallace the ball deep and Baltimore's vertical offense is exactly what Wallace should be in. He'd have been a nice addition to the Bills, but it would have been tough to find the cap space for him. Maybe if he'd lingered on the market long enough for the Bills to get some extensions done it could have been feasible.

Returner and slot WR replaceing Butterfingers and Hogan, respectively, I'd wager.

Simply outstanding. If a team called asking about TT, I'd ask them what their offer is. Doesn't hurt to hear a team out. If someone like The Chipper is calling the shots you could get a ridiculously great deal. But, honestly, odds of Taylor getting traded are near zero.

Cruel, but fair.

Correct. He can apply for reinstatement 60 days prior to one full calendar year, but the process takes 60 days or more. Also there is the very real possibility that he screws up again in the meantime. Stupidity and/or lack of self control are definitely in play here. A lot of NFL players smoke a lot of pot (and much worse), but they tone it down when they need to so they can pass their tests. Bryant is probably done in the NFL. He might make it back, but the next positive test will be the final straw. The guy got a 4 game suspension last year and then has had at least 3 positive tests since then. A year long suspension is for a player's 6th positive test. That is the highest level of penalty, by the way. The guy's only been in the league for 2 years. This is why a guy with his talent fell so far in the draft. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11542076/nfl-union-ok-new-performance-enhancing-drug-policy-human-growth-hormone-testing

Nice, Rhino. I love this one, The Universal Hot-Crazy Matrix: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vwbKYcBdVyk

Maybe we could all just watch people play Madden and then we'd just have to worry about the occasional player with carpel tunnel or "gamer's thumb". Seriously, if you have an issue with the physical toll the game takes on players and don't think enough is being done for their safety or that the physical toll they take is not worth what they make in money and benefits, then don't watch the games and don't support the advertisers.

Just means less tax on signing bonuses executed this offseason before making the move official. After that all will be under CA rules and regulations.

I think you might have missed Doug Marrone's tenure.

Terrible ideas that'll never happen. Just do what I usually do: DVR it and start watching a 1pm game at 2:30 or so. No hurry to be there in front of the screen at kick off (or even right at 2:30) if you are involved with family, hobby or whatever. If you are called away from the game you don't miss anything either. Spoilers are highly unlikely since you'll be starting the recording at halftime. Even if you do see a spoiler it won't be for the end of the game since you'll probably be catching up just as the game ends due to skipping commercials and other filler. Oh, and that's the other huge bonus - no commercials. God, I hate seeing the same commercials over and over again during a game broadcast. If the kids watch with you, skipping the Cialis commercials is especially nice. It's the way to go. Flexibility, more family time, no crap commercials or hackneyed analysis. It's a great way to go.Edited to add: Just extend the recording for at least an hour to make sure you don't miss the end!

Lotta speculation that seems to fit a lot of preconceived notions. It'll be interesting to hear the story of it comes out. I don't think Rex has done a good job overall, but this could have been anything. Weird timing, yes, but that could be for a lot of reasons.

Thanks! I try!

I hear the champagne there will knock you out.

Nice!

Truer words were never spoken. The truly batshitcrazy women generally have some sort of spectacular sex superpower. I'm not sure why, but I'm guessing that all women are batshitcrazy but most have to tone it down if they aren't phenomenal in the sack. At any rate, there's definitely a correlation. Some men learn their lesson and some men don't. Or maybe some just take the package deal.

Ah yes, the cheesesteaks that they put Cheez Wiz on.

Thanks for sharing the link.

Also it's funny for him to brag about "growing up on the ocean" even though Philly is on the Delaware river, not the ocean. And he brags about the casinos in Atlantic City, which is in New Jersey. He literally mentions zero attractions that are in Philadelphia.

Dogging another city is simply cheap, classless writing. He could have written a decent article about why the players came to Philly to play in Schwartz's defense, the succes they've had together and why. But, no, he plays the Philly-is-way-cooler-than-crappy-Buffalo card. Stellar job. That he thinks Lake Erie is 35 minutes from Buffalo shows you exactly how informed he is. And that he thinks Anchor Bar has "tremendous" wings shows you his level of taste.