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Yes. The Bills have to be under the cap for 53 man roster, practice squad, and I believe IR counts too. Edit: this explains salary cap pretty well https://russellstreetreport.com/salarycap/nfl-salary-cap-faqs/ FWIW, players on injured reserve may or may not count their full salary, depending upon how their contract is written. This is called a "split contract" and one source says about 40% of current NFL players have a split. Explanation here: https://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/2023/5/30/23742416/explaining-how-the-nfl-works-part-5-minimum-salaries-injured-reserve-down-salaries-steelers A "down" salary of $450,000 for a rookie translates to $25,000/week vs. $41,667/week at rookie minimum Likewise for year 1, it's $26,389/week vs. $48,333/week. The team is not obligated to play salary to players on the NFI list, but may choose to do so.

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Lisfranc injury. Pretty sure that's what Sammy Watkins had? But I thought they ordinarily heal pretty well. Corral made the initial 53 man roster and was cut so the Panthers could claim 3 guys off waivers. That's gotta sting. I'm not saying you're wrong, but do you make a special deal of watching the Panthers pre-season or something? Cuz the guy never threw a regular season pass for them.

That's actually a little weird. Teams usually don't sign guys to the PS only to cut them a day or two later. BUT, the Bills have only officially announced 14 PS members. So who is the reported PS member who isn't legit on there - is it DJ Dale? A surprise to me, too. Also AJ Klein.

Colts were one of the first teams to announce their complete practice squad They have 3 WR on it (Amari Rodgers, Mike Strachan, Juwann Winfree)

No, Josh on Pat McAfee said Diggs was voted C.

So Kirksey and Dale not confirmed by Bills, and only 14 names listed above But Shorter and Spector to IR, re-signing Reid Ferguson and signing Germain Ifedi now confirmed. It's interesting, they've got a couple of names on there I didnt hear much about - Brown, Jarvis, Thompson, Vickers. Anyone got info?

I think when he's healthy, Harty has the potential to be a better, more dynamic player than McKenzie ever was. I think he's better at tracking the ball deep, has a better release, may even run better routes. But I think everyone ought to be concerned about using "Harty" and "the best ability is Availability" in the same sentence.

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You're correct. There are no protections this season. Any PS player is a free agent, and may be offered a contract on the 53 man roster by another team at any time. After the contract is offered, the player may accept or decline. The only time the player HAS to accept is if he's elevated to the 53 man roster and then waived. I think each player still gets 3 free elevations where they automatically revert without waivers, and of course vet players aren't subject to waivers until after the trade deadline. The pay differential is significant between PS and 53 man roster. Practice squad players with less than 2 years get $16,000 per week; vets get $16-$20,600 per week. Vet minimum for a rookie on the 53 man roster is $44,118 per week; vets >2 yrs get $63,529 per week.

Bills Practice squad signings reported as of 3:55 pm Eastern time: Andy Isabella (WR) - v Tyrell Shavers (WR) Ty Johnson (RB) Joel Wilson (TE) Richard Gouraige (OL) Christian Kirksey (LB) - v Eli Ankou (DT) - v Cameron Kilne (DE) DJ Dale (DT) Ja'Marcus Ingram (CB) Kyron Brown (CB) Room for 5 more guys, 3 more vets v - veteran with more than 2 yrs on NFL roster, maximum of 6 per squad. ? means I'm not sure if they count.

I believe it's 6 weeks, and just to be clear the Bills haven't indicated an injury settlement with Barkley. So the earliest Bills could resign Barkley would be injury settlement weeks + 6 weeks, 10 weeks in your example.

Add in, in 2021 the Jets drafted another QB 2nd overall...only to give up a bunch of picks for the privilege of paying a 39 yr old vet the big bucks In other words, I agree with you that perhaps the Jets aren't the best example to hold up for exemplary drafting.

I'm not entirely ginned up on the PS rules (actually I try but they give me a headache). However, the Bills placed Barkley on season-ending IR yesterday. They can release him with an injury settlement, but then they are barred from signing him for 6 weeks AFTER the # of weeks in the injury settlement. PRETTY SURE that includes a signing to the PS

So....the Colts are going to go into the season with 3 WR on the active roster? And 5 TE?

Does anyone have a list or summary of signings? No joke, other teams have put out their entire PS already!

I See No Lies. Will be interesting to see who the Colts have claimed on Waivers.

What's interesting, is that this leaves them with three (3) WR on their active roster They already released James Washington and Breshad Perriman, then waived D.J. Montgomery, Amari Rodgers, and Mike Strachan (they signed the latter 3 to their practice squad) Meanwhile, as of yesterday, they had five (5) TE 🤷‍♂️

Of course he could, What's Your Point?

Keep in mind we can only approach veterans to sign to our PS at this point (up to 6) Everyone else, must wait until after noon today for them to clear waivers

Well, players have in the past. Back when the Bills were a bad team, it happened actually that we would try to sign players off another team's PS and they would say "no thanks, I'm Good". The other reason is if a guy is offered to the 53 as strictly an injury replacement, and the team will cut him in 4 weeks when the injured player returns. Isabella, as a 2nd round pick, made some $ his first 3 years in the league and if he was prudent with it, can afford to "bet on himself" and try to refresh his career, by staying where he thinks he's got the best chance of that even if it means less $$.

Ifedi is this year's Ty Nsekhe/Daryl Williams, and that's not a Good Sign for Brown. For those who don't remember, in 2019 the Bills had rookie Cody Ford starting at RT, but hedged their bets signing journeyman Ty Nsekhe, who only took 1 start but wound up playing 1/3 of the offensive snaps there. The next year we signed Daryl Williams who quickly won the RT job outright over Ford, Got Paid, and sucked the next season. Bates has looked decent this preseason by all accounts. Anderson has taken snaps at C.

If by "analytics sites" you mean PFF, I think they aren't too valid in their abilities to grade OL play, not knowing the specifics of the assignments. Same for the eyeballs - we can say "Morse got blown up", but was it that Edwards lost his man and should have had help, or that Torrence passed his guy to Morse but shouldn't have? There are times when Josh/Dorsey come out with a quick passing game, but far more often than not (and under Daboll as well) it seemed they were going for the vertical game. So yeah, we'll have to agree to disagree. I go with Greg Cosell, who has watched and interpreted more film than everyone on this site x100. If he says "average, not better", maybe he knows something.

Dude, Just Stop. Go root for New England or the Dolphins or whoever it is you're actually a fan of, I can't keep track. What's undeniable is that the Bills had the #2, #3, and #2 offense the last 3 seasons. You don't achieve that with a line that is "more a liability than an asset". You simply don't, especially when your QB always wants to go for the "kill shot" and hates to check it down. Yes, some of that is the unreal play of one Joshua Patrick Allen, but as Dawkins said in one recent interview - that's both a blessing and a curse. Allen will often extend plays, and that demands more of the line; other QB behind lesser lines will hit the quick slant or flat and let their player gain 5 yards, which makes their line look better. Have the Bills had a top OL? No, it's been average, no better. But also no worse.