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https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/buffalo-bills OTC has Bills at $2.7M in cap space but does not include Palmer deal or Bernard extension. I expect restructures to start soon. Edit: Major mistake caught by @Kirby Jackson. Allen’s new contract isn’t there yet. My bad.

I laughed when he listed his goals for his rookie season.

Yeah. I’m surprised too. Was told both sides are not happy with the other. No details beyond that though.

It’ll be interesting to see what he has left in the tank. Excellent DT, but is 32 and coming off a triceps injury. Early in season so he is probably healthy. Can’t disclose that or I might not hear about stuff like this in the future. Sorry.

That’s a great question about whether they will cut him if they can’t deal him. Hadn’t looked at that. Checked on that. Highly doubtful as he had over $20M of this season’s compensation guaranteed at signing. Spotrac has the notes written confusingly so I didn’t see that at first. I bet some teams are looking for SF to take some of the bonus/cap hit.

It was a choice. Same role so both weren’t going to be on the team. Palmer’s job is to provide a floor for our X in case Coleman doesn’t develop in that role. That was Mack’s job last season.

The knee injury last season (torn ACL and MCL IIRC) was the big issue. He’s not Jefferson or Chase, but he’s comfortably in the next tier. He’d far and away be the best WR on the Bills if he came here. I don’t think he will fetch much in trade due to coming off that injury and his contract. A team has to be willing to pay him though: 2025: $25M (guarantees on 4/1/25) 2026: $27M (guarantees on 4/1/25) 2027: $28M (no guarantee) 2028: $30M (no guarantee)

Doubt he’s on the Bills radar due to salary, but SF is aggressively trying to move Aiyuk. Both sides want to part ways. $22M+ option bonus due on 4/1 so before then.

Appreciate the reply. They may do that, but they can’t only be out there together on plays where we’re in a 4x1. Assuming Palmer starts and is primarily playing X, then you’ve got Samuel playing Y and Shakir/Kincaid playing Z depending on if it’s 11 or 12 personnel. Knox at TE and a RB. That doesn’t leave much more than rotational duties for Coleman. Except you’ve got me thinking that a nice package for a 4x1 might be to put Samuel at RB (like he played at Ohio State) and get Coleman on the field.

Why?

Competent NFL WR, but not special. He looks to be in the same mold as Coleman and obviously he’s going to primarily play X. So he’s the guy Keon is going to have to beat out if he wants to get reps. It’s up to him to take a step (or more) forward.

Always is on Day 1 of FA. The less you do, the better

We couldn’t have known he’d bust up his wrist in his first game with us.

It’s what the Bills did when they started to turn things around. Built up some extra cap space, then used it to overpay some players. Those players helped us turn things around pretty quickly. Even though it only took a couple seasons by that time most of the salaries were in line with the market (Morse). There are always some misses though, sometimes bad ones (coughSTARcough). Of course a lot of teams try it and don’t turn things around. Just have to wait and see how it works out for them.

Myles Garrett is 29

Yep. The extra money added to the cap flows to the scarce resources as teams look to buy wins.

nfl gms:

No. It would be based on what’s happening with other elite QBs in similar circumstance as well as staying within a given range of the top of market from a cash perspective. Too much is being made of the statistic you are referencing. It’s a nice feel good PR thing, but it’s fairly meaningless in Allen’s case. QBs like him and Mahomes are getting repeated adjustments to their deals. Ultimately it is all about cash for the player. For the team it’s about cash out and cap management - and keeping their golden goose happy.

Yep. They want both. No lie there. Buuuuuut, if they have to choose only one……..

Yeah. If there were no health concerns I think he’d have been priority #1 to extend. Top CBs make huge money and he’s in line for that. It makes sense that the Bills would want to wait and see how things go before extending him. It doesn’t have to wait until after the season either. After camp, after 6 games, whenever the Bills are comfortable with his health. The hold up with Cook has to be his contract demands. They’ll get to an agreeable number - or they won’t. If they don’t by the draft, Beane better cover his rear.

My bet is that there was an agreement to keep him at a certain % of cap or at a certain level amongst his peers when the last deal was signed.

Told ya all

It was written as a six year contract, but effectively it was a 3 year deal with a team optional 4th year. I wrote that on here the day the contract details became public.

$20M AAV puts Rousseau 13th among Edges. (That assumes early reports are correct.) If so, that’s ridiculous. He’s not a difference maker, so why give him difference maker money?

There’s no way to calculate cap space until the contract details of all these extensions come out. Were just gonna have to sit tight until then. Also it’s worth looking at cash spend at that point too.