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I new camp starts and I would just like to thank @YoloinOhioand all the rest of you who keep us updated on "all things Bills"! THANK YOU!

Steven Nelson makes plea on Twitter: 'Don't hold me hostage' shortly before Steelers terminate his contract. Maybe he isn't a "process" guy. https://steelerswire.usatoday.com/2021/03/23/pittsburgh-steelers-steven-nelson-release-nfl/

I can see you will last a long time on this board.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Aristotle

I had to look up their schedule. Besides the Division games they have: NFC West AFC North NO and WAS 17th game is KC. Can't see them over .500.

It seems to me the new "variants" are causing this. I see this whole thing as being very fluid as the year progresses. The NFL is going to have to be adapting its rules just like the rest of the country.

Yes you are correct. There always are players who currently are under the Top 51 who will make the team. It was my understanding that this was figured into the rules by only having the Top 51 during the offseason to compensate for having 53 on the final roster. It was implemented to get as close to a wash as possible. Of course this is all "team subjective". Some team end up with a little more cap some with a little less. One also has to be aware of the "dead money" when cutting these "over Top 51" players too. A player like Lamp ($1.06M which you used) has $350k in Dead Money. If a rookie took his place it would come out as a wash. Another point is the 2 players called up each week get a weeks worth of NFL Roster minimum salary for that week (a pretty good raise) before they go back down. The main point I originally brought up was with the new PS rules teams spend over twice the money compared to a few years ago.

Well if we are going down THAT road then I will admit I get some pleasure from this regarding Green Bay and it's fans after 2 HOF QBs in a row.

Iggles don't have the cap to sign him (and their 2nd round pick). I wonder if there is a player they are willing to deal. Anyone hear any rumors? sorry.

I usually don't care much and just let these things play out but I got to admit this whole thing is getting pretty childish.

I recently retired from a business that terminated employees for not wearing a mask. The NFLPA has bargained so that doesn't happen to it's members. Instead it bargained for the rules they now have. You can disagree with that all you want but it won't change it.

Quote from last years article. PS has counted against the cap for years. Teams are allowed to pay a player a higher salary than the minimum, and this often happens if another team comes sniffing around a player. All practice squad salaries are counted under the team’s salary cap. https://dknation.draftkings.com/nfl/2020/9/4/21420151/2020-nfl-practice-squad-salary-rules-eligibility-size-roster-cuts-covid-19-coronavirus

Once the season starts the Top 51 rule goes away and all players salaries (including PS players) counts against the cap.

Yep. Now it will be down to hoping a good number of cuts make it through waivers and end up on the PS anyway. I have been waiting for @YoloinOhio to post the news for this season and I for one feel much better!

After some quick calculations the PS (after weekly callups) will cost teams around $3M in cap. Bills $9M in space right now is more like $6M. FWIW.

Awesome. So pretty much the same as last year if I remember correctly?

I specifically said I wasn't commenting on the article but you have been extremely down on the idea of the Sanders signing.

I didn't say that at all. But now that you opened it up to that. YES I believe he can outdo his best season with Big Ben! That was a season total of 740 yards and a 11.0 YPR.

I'm not defending the article but I have to say your seemingly negative attitude that Sanders is not capable of a great year is a bit overblown by using "stats". His last 5 years of QBs has been Siemian Keenum Flacco Garoppolo Hill and an old crippled retirement bound Brees. None of them come anywhere near Josh Allen. I'm hopefully optimistic.

Fact is Edmunds is playing for the Bills this year for $4M. He is most likely playing next year for $12.7M. I'm pretty sure that Beane will not even talk about an Edmunds contract until after Josh Allen's contract is sealed. I'm hoping for a decent Edmunds improvement this year and I will only think about this subject halfway through NEXT season. IMO.

This quote from the article pretty much says it all. t’s always been that simple. Today’s memo simply raises the stakes. Beasley may bristle at this, but the simple reality is that vaccinated players will be tested once every 14 days. They’re more likely to be available because they won’t be tested for two weeks after their most recent test. Thus, they can’t suddenly be unavailable. Non-vaccinated players assume a daily risk of being immediately unavailable. because they’ll be tested every day. Beasley has yet to tweet in response to today’s memo. However, it’s becoming harder and harder for anyone to argue that vaccination status doesn’t directly impact a team’s competitive interests. After today’s memo, it’s impossible to make the argument. After today’s memo, every unvaccinated player who isn’t a franchise quarterback or otherwise untouchable due to skill or cap reasons is at risk of being cut.

Pretty good Ice. Hope you're well. Good news for us "out-of-towners", all the Bills preseason games are live on NFLN. Getting excited.

....and that is what the guy said in the clip. "it's all about the Super Bowl for Bills fans".

...and that is over with . Thus the "new" team.

It means a big transformation. Like going from last to first.