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Pretty sure that's when he got the infection (2018, as it healed) https://www.si.com/nfl/bills/news/buffalo-cam-lewis-bone-infection-injury-preseason-preview-rumor '22 article explaining he'd had a persistent bone infection 4 years at that time IIRC brace still there. Bone infections hurt. Tough mutha.

Close relative salty his bro got the axe while the Bills re-upped a safety who isn't fit to carry Po's jock when he was "All Pro Po". Alert the media. Extra salty when the reported contract was 3 year $14.5M. Now that we know it's basically 1 year, $3.7M with an option to keep him (which is less than half the contract guarantees Po got last year), "extra salt" should decline to "lightly salty". Poyer wanted to retire a Bill, but there's a point at which the GM just can't "keep the band together" and remain competitive.

I'll wait to see the actual detailed numbers before deciding on that.

Eh. When you look at the details of Rapp's 3 year, $10M contract - it's really a 1 year, $3.7 M contract with a $2.8M cap hit this year. That slots him in as the #42 paid safety or something like that. I'm not impressed with either guy as players, but as depth signings for guys who truly understand the system in a transition time, it doesn't put me in a flutter either way. Cam Lewis is one guy I do kinda wish would retire for his own good though. Agree on the tough as nails. As far as I know he's still playing with a brace on his right arm, due to a persistent bone infection of....6 years now? as part of the aftermath of breaking his arm at UB. It probably needs surgery to clean it out for his long-term health and well-being, but he understandably doesn't want to shut himself down while he can make bank.

I think they considered Nick Mullins higher on their depth chart than Josh Dobbs, and when Mullins got healthy he moved back ahead of Dobbs. JMO, neither Josh Dobbs nor Nick Mullins are a long term answer. The Vikings draft when? 11th? Who can they likely get at that point?

"Knox and the Bills have agreed to a restructured contract that lowers his scheduled $14.4 million cap hit for 2024, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com reports." We don't know yet what the restructured contract really means. Knox did have a roster bonus due, so the restructure could just involve taking his roster bonus and dividing it among the 3 remaining years of his contract. Or, it could involve a bit of a salary give-back. Don't know yet. Them Grapes, man. Them Grapes!

You don't use a 1st round pick on a TE3. You don't.

I can't keep up. Who do the Vikings have throwing the ball at the moment? His payday from Minnesota and now from the Falcons does not say "underrated".

Makes sense.

Yes

Announcements like this make it clear that "legal tampering period starts today at noon" is such baloney. Gabe didn't sign a 3 year deal just after noon today because his agent started negotiating at noon today. This has been in the works for weeks.

I see more than 2 in this thread, but who's counting You were speculating "wonder what one does to get fired from this rather low level position?" By asking this question, you yourself indicate that there is a difference, and you know it. Typically people who are fired have done something wrong. On the other hand, people who are not re-up'd at the end of a contract haven't necessarily done a thing wrong and may have done a decent job with everything that was asked of them - but either the organization wants new blood, or the org has decided they no longer need that position.

First off, I would not bet Beane won't be wheeling and dealing some of those picks. So expect the pool to change. Second, until we need to cut to 53 just before the season opens, we only need top-51. So the amount of cap needed for rookie pool will be cut down because they will bump lower paid FA and vets out of the top 51. Our cap situation got screwed up because Beane counted on Tre White to continue as a lockdown corner and a cornerstone on our roster, but Tre got hurt for the last 2 years; he also "shot his shot" on trading for/re-signing Diggs then recruiting Von Miller, only to see him go on season ending reserve one year, and come back as a ghost of himself this season. Honorable mention goes to inadequate DL performance from our own guys, thus the need to back-fill with FA signings.

According to Ian Rappoport, who has connections, they're looking to move Connor McGovern to center

Always wait for the details to come out on a contract. "Up to" means, if he meets all the incentives. Let's say there are $2.5M in incentives. $12M/ 3years or $4M/yr is like 28th in the league money for a safety - yeah starter money but barely I'm not a fan of this signing - I don't think he's fit to carry Poyer's cleats or Hyde's jock, but let's wait and see what it is.

This.

Good Golly Miss Molly. For those scoring at home, this means that Denver is taking on $85M in dead cap this season. Think about that one moment. Out of a cap of $256M, that's basically 1/3 of the cap devoted to one player - who is not on the team.

Why? From watching him painfully try to play in Pittsburgh, my thought was "this guy is toast and I never want to see him on a football field again" I would really like us to have a backup who can actually finish a game constructively or maybe even win one.

My thought

"Contract expired"

I'm not sure Douglas is redundant even if Elam can start. We really don't know what's going to be "up" with Tre White. He's got $16.4M cap if he plays, $10.4M dead cap if he's cut or traded. Something like 40% of players don't return to play according to this (relatively limited) article, and those who do are apparently impacted the season following their injury. $16.4M is a lot to pay for a guy who may be playing at a backup level. It would be very un-Beane-like to give up a 3rd round pick (even with a 5th back) for a half-season rental. Douglas has a $9.9M cap hit with no dead money. I think we keep either or, but not both. I think you might be reading in a bit much here, though I agree tone of voice, facial expression and etc might strengthen the significance you attach. But if I'm talking about (say) meeting a new coworker that I just spent 3 months on a project with but am now not in the same building, I would say "it was a pleasure getting to know him" not "it is a pleasure getting to know him". If we're talking about the defense we had last year, it may not be significant to say "I liked what he brought". I'd have to listen to old Beane pressers where he talks about other players. I don't think he's an absolute lock - I think it's Douglas OR White, either or not both. But I'm not sure this is significant.

The thing is, if their charter is a standard configuration of 737, there are something like 16 first class seats. So I can see where, if you allocated them to players, that could quickly become an issue too. "OK, Josh Allen gets a seat, the starting OL and DL get 10 seats, but now what? Rotational DLmen? The long snapper? The starting TE - who is that, Kincaid or Knox or both? The starting LB - wait a minute, is Bernard bigger than the nickel corner? Oh, what about the biggest stars, they should get one, move over and let Diggs have that seat. I could see where it could quickly become a divisive issue giving the players the players the 1st class seats

Is it safe to say, "alcohol may have been involved"?

I seem to recall some comments from the last report card that the team's nutritionist or dietician was shared with the Buffalo Sabres so the players felt they didn't have enough time to craft individual programs for them. I'm surprised by the "team travel" thing though, because I remember McDermott saying that the Pegulas had ensured they were comfortable when they traveled, and he appreciated that. Hopefully someone will look into the basis for these ratings and fix them. Right, and this is the team where players have played in 4 Superbowls the last 5 years and won 3 of them. Boggles the mind - like, the other 31 owners want to be that guy

Not quite. The 4 year, $40 million contract will include a signing bonus, which will be paid to the player** up-front. Let's say in this case the player received a $12 million signing bonus. The player puts $12 million in his piggy bank, but for accounting (cap) purposes, the team gets to amortize it over the length of his contract, so $3M each year for 4 years. Then the player will typically be paid a lower salary in his first year (because he got a fat signing bonus) and more money the rest of the contract. For example, in 2021, when Tre White's contract extension took effect, he was paid less than $1M in salary (NFL minimum). Let's say the player's salary will be $1M the first year, $8M his 2nd year, $8M his 3rd year, and $11M his 4th year. So his cap hit is: 1: $1M + $3M = $4M 2: $8M + $3M = $11M 3: $8M + $3M = $11M 4: $11M + $3M = $14M Hold on, next wrinkle: $20M of the player's contract was guaranteed, meaning his $12M signing bonus, plus $1M of 1st year salary, plus $7M of his next year salary. So if the team cuts the player in year 2, they owe him $7M additional cash, and that $7M PLUS the $9M of his remaining year's salary bonuses count against the cap. They have $16M dead cap for that player. On the other hand, if the team cuts the player in year 3, they're only on the hook for $6M (two years of amortized signing bonus) dead cap, which is already in the player's bank account. In year 4, they're on the hook for $3M, since none of his $11M salary was guaranteed. Now let's say in year 3, the team was cash-strapped. So they converted $7M of the player's $8M salary to "restructure bonus". They can amortize it against the length of his contract 3:$1M + $3M(signing) + $3.5M (restructure) = $7.5M This gives the team an extra $3.5M in cap space to sign a low-tier FA or 2, but the player gets paid the same. 4: $11M + $3M(signing) + $3.5M (restructure) = $17.5M. But, if the team cuts the player in year 4, they now take on $7.5M dead cap instead of $3M There are more games that can be tucked into contracts to try to manage the cap while bidding competitively for players - option bonuses, void years, etc but this is just a basic example. One more piece. Let's say the player hasn't quite lived up to expectations and in year 3 has no guaranteed money. Maybe they go to the player and ask if he'd be willing to take a $3M pay cut, to $5M salary. The player sees his status on the team is in jeopardy, but he likes his chances to start and play well with this team. So he says "OK, I'll do that, but in return, I want you to fully guarantee my $5M salary and $3M of my salary next year". The player is, at minimum, still guaranteed the same amount of money as he'd get this season (just spread over 2 years), the team gets cap relief, and the player is trading guarantees for a reduction in his overall contract value.