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Cameron's issue has been injuries including concussions. That is what kept him from a much bigger payday. When healthy he is a far better TE than Clay. Cameron is an exceptional receiving TE, but not a very good blocker. Clay is good at both blocking and receiving, but he's nothing special at either. An exceptional receiving TE is way more valuable than a good all around TE/H-back.

Clay isn't on Jordan Cameron's level, but he's being paid better than Cameron. A lot better. And I truly hate the "it's what it took to get him" line of thought. If something is overpriced smart people pass on it. If the Phins or Jets just gave Clay that contract people here would be ripping them. As for Shady, he not only got that huge deal - 5 years, $40M - the Bills gave up Kiko to get him here. I'm not a fan of dumping that kind of money into any RB, but losing Kiko was the icing on the overpayment cake. He was very productive in Philly, but he will be in a different offense in Buffalo and that's a concern to me. Again, it's okay to pass if the price and/or risk is too high.

That's absolutely not true. They've spent somewhat foolishly on Shady, Clay and several others. What they haven't done is shown restraint or drafted particularly well. BS. There's a time and place to go "all in" and it isn't with Matt Cassel at QB. Ok. And no NFL teams have a poor plan? No NFL front offices make any bad decisions? Puh-lease. I'll call it like I see it without any Red-and-Blue tinted glasses.

Feel free to describe how that is going to work because the salary cap rules are pretty straightforward. You and the Bills brass can think about it as much as you/they want, but the rules and numbers are the same. Too many fans think there are magical ways around the cap, but ultimately there's only so much a team can do within the rules. Sure there are ways to push off cap hits for players you want to keep, but really can't afford. That eventually comes back around to bite the team though. The only reasonable time to do it is when pushing for a championship and the Bills don't have a QB in place to warrant that course of action.

Last two welcomes? Incognito has worn out his welcome everywhere he's been, including in college at both Nebraska and Oregon and in the pros with the Rams and Phins. His big accomplishment was making it 3 whole games with the Bills (after the Rams waived him). The Bills then declined to re-sign him. That is a pretty damning pattern. I'd like to think he'll walk the straight and narrow this season because he knows his next screw up will be his last in the NFL - and he might - but I wouldn't put my money on it.

Realistically we'd lose Bradham, Glenn and maybe one other to retain Dareus if he makes what would be expected. That's already assuming Harvin is gone after this season and Clay gets restructured. I'm not on the "restructure everybody" bandwagon though. Clay's restructure is already planned by the team. It just converts a roster bonus to a signing bonus. It was done that way to prevent Miami from matching.

$3M signing bonus and $3M salary for 2015. 2016 & 2017 are option years at salaries of $9M each.

Not with the money already committed we can't. Or rather we can't keep Dareus without losing 2-3 other important players. There are realities to the Bills' spending. Yes, but in 2016 he's going to make just over $11M so extending him next offseason makes a lot of sense. That's a good point. He will need re-signed or replaced with either a draft pick. If he's re-signed he won't be looking for a vet minimum again. This is his year to show he can play and stay out of trouble.

How the F is Eric Wood not on that list?

The Saints dumped Jeremy Graham, Ben Grubbs and Kenny Stills for Max Unger and Dan Ellerbee in order to barely get under the cap. They also had to restructure and extend their other OG's contract to push some of his cap hit off. But at least they have a QB in place who can get them to a Super Bowl. The Bills are getting into the same cap situation without one. That's what infuriates me. It's one thing to do this to your team when you have a chance to win it all. That's defendable. But it's another when you're not in position to do that. As for Dareus, this offseason is/was prime time to sign him. The Bills won't be able to compete if they get into a competitive bidding situation. They just don't have the cap space and some team will get in the area of Dolphins-level stupid (I'm looking at you, Oakland). A team can't have two $20M a season defensive linemen. The Bills can tag him, try to re-sign him and then trade his rights if they have to. That'll still be tough. The more I think about it, the more doubtful I am that they will be to retain him if he isn't extended before the season ends.

No way those numbers work out. Besides that, restructuring just kicks money into future years and a team can only do so much of it before creating bigger problems.. Who's giving up a 1st for Bradham? Not that the Bills could even trade him after this season as his contract will expire then.

I have an unsettling thought. Things would work out pretty well with the cap if the team has already has decided they can't pay Dareus. They could re-sign Bradham, Glenn and do a long term deal with Gilmore if they let Dareus walk. I wouldn't do it, but I wouldn't have signed Clay or traded for Shady and given him his huge deal. Nor would I have signed Harvin for that matter. I'd have used that money to try and get a new deal done with Dareus this past offseason, then used the leftover for some reasonably priced players at RB and TE.

Yeah. That might be a fair bit high. Suh's contract is freaking ridiculous. No way I go near that. OTOH if they are accurate for Glenn, I do that without blinking. Fans of teams with good LT play don't realize what a disaster it is without it.

That's probably very close to the reality of what it will take to re-sign all three. It is going to be very tough. Not picking up Harvin's option will free up $8M and restructuring Clay's roster bonus to a signing bonus will free up $7.5M in 2016. The Bills will still have a ways to go to fit all three under the cap.

That will be telling.

The only thing that they'll change in Clay's contract is the roster bonus due next offseason will change to a signing bonus so it can be prorated. That was just done to prevent Miami from matching.

I hate to argue about Mario because I think he was the one guy on the team worth overpaying for. My issue has much more to do with the Bills doing the same thing several more times. It's just not sustainable even if it is done for exceptional players at critical positions, which isn't the case except for Mario. Shady is a top back, but he's still a RB. Clay is not an elite player and he doesn't play a critical position regardless of all of the talk about the importance of versatile TEs in Roman's scheme. That's the point I was trying to make.

According to people who look at production versus contract and the market in general. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to have him on the team. But a team can't do deals like that very often and for every extra dollar overspent the team must make that back up somewhere. That means adding additional inexpensive, quality players via draft or free agency. And that goes beyond the typical quantity of quality, inexpensive players a team can expect to add each season in those ways. Here are some things to look at: http://overthecap.com/tag/stevie-johnson/ http://overthecap.com/position/4-3-defensive-end/ I know overpaying big time was the only way to get Mario to Buffalo. I get that. The Bills have to draft better if they're going to do things like that though. And they've done more of that sort of thing, like with Clay and Shady (where they also gave up a very inexpensive, high quality player in Kiko). That's what is concerning to me.

That's exactly why I see him as a guy with LT potential only. Quick feet to handle the speed rushers and get into position to wall off defenders in the run game. He didn't appear to have the run blocking you'd want from a RT (much less an interior lineman). So, yes, but it was last year.

He looks like his body would dictate his NFL position as LT. He just doesn't seem stout enough to for RT and he's way too lanky to be inside. So the big questions are: - Does he have the athleticism to be an NFL LT? - Does he have the drive, maturity and work ethic to work hard, learn and stay out of trouble. If he was asked to leave Clemson's team I'd have to say that the Bills should pass despite their need. Obviously Rex has some inside insight from his son on this one, so it will speak volumes if the Bills choose to pass entirely on this kid.

Grabbing someone's wrist is a crime - it is considered assault and battery. Obviously if someone is trying to restrain someone in an act of self defense then that doesn't apply, but if you walked up to a random stranger and grabbed them you'd probably be looking at charges.

Maybe just trying to pass some advice on to the next generation and wanting his side of what happened with him out there. He was pretty badly torn apart in the media and by fans after signing that huge contract.

It sure was. Thanks to the OP for posting.

Totally agree. If he somehow had become owner I'd be out.

Yup. He grabbed her right arm after slamming into her from behind trying to get to the bar. She clenched her fist but she didn't make any punching or other motion with it. He started it, she punched him and he punched her. Extraordinarily stupid. Nice to see FSU take appropriate action once the security footage became public. Just like Ray Rice.