Thanks BillyG, you've been doing a great job with info. If you got time, it would be great if you started a Bills PS thread that the mods could pin.
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Historically there are usually 30+ waiver claims the first day.
Here's to hoping no Bills are claimed and McDermott and Beane get their pick of the litter.
For anyone interested, Spotrac has the Bills with $2.564M in cap space under the Top 51 rule and $1.06M with all the contracts.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/cap/
OTC has an extra $3M or so, but they don't show their work the way Spotrac does, so it's hard to know where they get that from.
Beane stays under the Top 51 until September 10th, so he has leeway in doing some cap "gymnastics".
Signing back Ferguson and Ifedi should add a little over $2M in contract money. PS should add around another $3.7M.
Having the guys go to IR/PUP opens up spots on the 53 rosters but they have to be replaced with other player salaries.
"Stashing" costs money, LOL.
FWIW.
KJ is on a 2-year contract. If he shows well the first 6 weeks he may stay and Shaq gets cut and maybe PS bound.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/kingsley-jonathan-77605/
By the time Ifedi signs (I hope it's not too quick) something else happens OR teams will have established 53's and PS's and Anderson
clears waivers with no problem.
As for Ifedi, I hope he can keep his penalties to a minimum. It seems a bit of an issue.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/I/IfedGe00.htm
Buffalo Bills Official site release a depth chart after cuts.
No IR designations.
https://www.buffalobills.com/team/depth-chart
Interesting that there is no RT backup.
Alec Anderson listed a 3rd C.
Sounds like he wasn't put on IR so it's looking like he won't be out for too much longer.
Remember they can "elevate' a PS player for the Jets game even if it's not Klien.
Kirksey is scheduled for a visit at OBD too. Or so it was reported.
I'm not a heavy betting man anymore BUT I will bet some good money that Matt Barkley will not be kept on the 53 today, put on IR in the
hopes he can come back and go to the PS. No injured player can be cut until they are cleared to play or an injury settlement is agreed to.
I just can't see another player being cut to "save" Matt Barkley.
Just a general reminder, all salaries are guaranteed to players on the opening day 53-man roster.
He sits on IR until he heals and then cut OR he goes along with the injury settlement (most likely).
I freely admit I don't know much about Poona. For some reason I just haven't seen him do much (as I was watching) in preseason.
I trust you and the other guys to fill me in.
LOL, that's the reason I'm on this board!
I concur with the OT situation. I try to guess what they are thinking other than trying to be an armchair GM, so I have to ask if there is room
to start the year with 10 OL? The extra guy would probably have come from the LBs or DL.
I'm also wondering if someone else ends up on IR.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
The Bills OL looks like it's probably this after the cutdown.
Dawkins, McGovern, Morse, Torrence, Brown are the starters.
Edwards, Bates, Van Demak, Anderson depth.