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Josh Allen could have reset the QB market but chose to sign for less than what Dak Prescott signed for last year. Myles said he wants to play for a contender and then signed for a team I would imagine won't see the playoffs for his entire contract. Is that really worth $5M AAV when you have the money you already have?

Of course he does. You nor anyone else is not going to change his mind. Let him be who he wants to be.

Just to remark on some cap details. For those who like to follow contracts in terms of team cap %. Spotrac has Josh Allen's new contract at 19.7 %.

LOL. He was busy signing Josh Allen to $55M per year. Garrett can take his 40 and play golf in January. That's what he chose to do.

Some fans, especially ones who want to find a fault in things just don't listen. The initial report is not an extension, it's a 6-year contract like you said.

Fans of the Buffalo Bills should take a moment to realize what Josh Allen just did here. HE is all in on everything Buffalo. I for one am proud to be a Bills fan today!

You sir are on my IGNORE LIST for life.

No. They shouldn't have because of Watson. They just pushed out his cap hit (now $54M and will be even more next year) into 2027 when he will no longer be on the team, and they will be FORCED to take the cap hit. The cap hit will not "disappear". https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/21753/deshaun-watson

LOL. I have, but I would never have come up with the way you put it! Cleveland is pretty crazy too. Tripling down with the Garrett signing is pretty wild. I'm not sure yet, but I'm getting a feeling that because Beane, McDermott and Josh are all tied together at the hip that a cap push is coming. I want to see the contract structures and what they get done in FA. This is a good year for Beane to sign FA players. He is not getting anything in comp picks with the outgoing FA group.

You should post this in the Salary Cap Thread to give some fans the basics of the cap.

Dead Cap is part of the system. Currently with Von's dead cap Bills have $27M. Miami has $30M, NYJ have $45M and the Eagles have $60M.

$40M, $122M guaranteed. No Trade Clause. LOL. Watson's cap hits with the new Garrett contract and a whole bunch of players with void years just seems like a crazy plan. I so want to see who they select with Pick #2. Who thinks the Browns make the playoffs this season?

The cap is real. Pushing a huge amount of cap out in the future always has consequences. IMO the Saints should have tanked and cleared that future cap a few years ago after Brees left. They kept trying to do it and now are in the bad situation you described. That being said, while I am very conservative with the cap, I do believe it's time for Beane to make a push with Josh in his prime! Beane could open a 4-year window to get a couple of Lombardi's with smart cap moves.

That's how I'm seeing it. IF what he wants is not going to be provided by Beane and Bills, he's best just to play this year and go to FA next year. Messing around this year just hurts himself like you said.

If Beane did that none of his cap savings can be used until after June 1st. Best to cut loose now and use that cap.

Just want to open a discussion on this "holdout" stuff. What are the rules and the consequences of a Cook holdout? He cannot hold out long enough to not accrue a season. He only has 3 and if he did that, he would become an RFA next spring. It's not like a guy who was tagged that already had his 4-years accrued completed. He stands to make $5.3M in salary. That equates to $312k per gameday checks. Cook has only grossed $4.3M his whole career. But even before that he will start losing money holding out mandatory minicamps. For anyone who knows more than I, what am I missing here? Does anyone really think James Cook is going to holdout like Le'Veon Bell?

Yep. I'm glad they let him go.

What I am seeing is a lot of Beane's recent contracts are like this. Take Spencer Brown. Even after the 2026 salary guarantees that kick in next week, he still could dump the contract next year for $10M. I'm just hoping he hits on a good percentage of these the way he did Spencer's.

It's $25M guaranteed. I think Beane can get out of it after the 2nd year of the extension if need be.

Agree on Dion, plus Stanley has missed a lot of games.

I will admit I can see both sides of this situation. I have gone back and forth on it a number of times. I keep coming back seeing him wanting to sign above all the $12M+ RBs. That puts him at a minimum of $12.5M as his floor. That's just above Kamara. One minute I say do that and the next I say sign Johnson to a 3-year deal and/or draft another rookie. I agree it's going to be a tough decision for Beane and Brady.

Thanks for that info. With the extensions it seems pretty certain after Groots' cap savings Beane has the Bills currently under the cap. As many have already said in other threads, Beane will free up cap as he needs it. Nothing really to do but sit back and see if trades and FA signings happen.

When I started this thread, I mentioned Spotrac at $8M AAV. I thought that was so low you would run to sign him. $12M is what I think him and his agent think he is worth. If you lock up the tackles and the center to big contracts, you have to go lower on the guards in the future. IMO. I think this one might have to have Josh's input.