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As of mid-February, the Bills were $18.13M over the cap. The Bills addressed this with: -converting salary to amortizable bonus for Allen, Miller, and Diggs, said to free up $21.1M, $10.6M, and $5.4M respectively (total: $37.1M) -extending Matt Milano for 2 years, said to free up $6M in current year cap -negotiating a salary reduction/conversion to roster bonus/incentives for Nyheem Hines, per Spotrac this seems to free up $1.2M This sums to $44.3M in cap savings, leaving the Bills with $26M in cap space after clearing the overage. The Bills have new signings: Connor McGovern $4M this season Deonte Harty $3.75M this season Zane Anderson $0.95 this season Total $8.69M in new signings, leaves us $17.48M Tendered Dane Jackson right of first refusal, $2.74M Total $2.74M tenders, leaving us $14.74M Re-signed Ike Boettger for 1.18M, Sam Martin for $1.67M, Matakevich and Dodson for $1.8 and $2M, and Cam Lewis for $1.19M Total $7.83M for reported re-signings, leaving us $6.9M of cap space by my calculation Out of this, we must subtract whatever Poyer's 2023 cap and Kyle Allen's 1 yr contract may be. Here's where I need the help: Spotrac, which seems to have everyone's contract or renegotiation captured as above EXCEPT Poyer and Kyle Allen, shows the Bills as having $16.36M of cap. What or who am I missing? I would love to believe we have $16.4M cap before the Poyer and Kallen signings get taken off

Bobby, California state income tax rates max out at 12.3%of the amount over $677k vs NYS 9.65% of the amount over $1M rising to 10.9% of the amount over $25M. If Poyer was looking for lower taxes, California is Not That Place. I think Poyer is too smart to want to play for Josh McDaniels, but maybe that's just me.

Like I said, "all's fair in love and FA". But Poyer was making it seem as though it was all on the press to interpret it that way, when he clearly pointed them in that direction with his stuff about Tua and his birthday party.

That would all be nice. Yeah, the Bills are not a power-blocking run team. FWIW though Sal Capaccio quoted him as saying the plan is for him to play LG: Same. I just have the sinking feeling Beane will be drafting LB, DL and safety. His mouth says "we've got to protect the QB" and "we've got to have a run game besides Josh Allen" but his draft board doesn't seem to line up with that.

You might be surprised...

Poyer is being a bit coy about Miami. He had an interview where he talked about what good friends he is with Tua and how he was invited to some party where the Miami coaches were going to be and he'd put on his best coat for the occasion to make a good impression or some such, prompting Mike McDaniel to be questioned and respond "we aren't in the business of tampering". So if there was an assumption that Miami was a priority destination for him, he helped to create that assumption. It's All Good - All's fair in love and free agency. Edit: it was Poyer's podcast, and the party was Tua's Birthday party Yeah, no, it wasn't just something the press and fans made up out of "Phin Air" so to speak.

Beane does seem overenthralled by smurfs who can be neutralized with physical corner play in the big games where the refs allow holding.

So who that is still available in FA do you want at WR and on OL? I was intrigued by Parris Campbell, but I see the Giants just signed him, damn their eyes (I think we're putting our faith in the Pocket Rocket, Harty, anyway)

If we trade Oliver, we need to sign 2 3TDT. He's our only starting-caliber 3TDT under contract currently, Jordan Phillips being a FA with a battered wing.

6'2" 253 Hasn't he scarcely played though?

It might be worth pointing out that "Stallion" Ike Boettger was playing ahead of Bates before he got injured.

I don't think this is worth a thread, but Great story. I'm glad to know this guy is still in the league getting paid - on a team with a good DL too.

Keenum signed with the Texans for 2 years, $6.25M, $4M guaranteed. Cap hit this season $2.8M. Unclear if we offered him that, and he preferred to go south. Brissett signed with the Commanders for 1 year, $8M. Too rich for a backup QB with the Bills current cap situation. I was kinda thinking he might be an elephant

see above, reportedly in B'lo hammering it out

Sure, but Lavonte re-upped with the Bucs

Fundamentally, I'll put it up front - I don't disagree. I thought so last season, and so far this season I still think so. It does have to be said that the Bills OL is probably better than what KC went into the 2020 Superbowl with and what the Bengals had in 2021. And, the Bills thought they did an OL reboot in 2019 after they sucked big gobs in 2018. The problem is that their efforts/expenditures haven't borne the desired results. Cody Ford in the 2nd to play RT - Bzzzzt. Signed Quinton Spain in 2019 - played LG well enough that they gave him a good contract, and he turned into a mouthy turnstile in 2020. Moved Cody Ford to G and signed Daryl Williams to play RT in 2020, Williams looked good so they gave him a good contract and he showed up in 2021 sufficiently "lost in space" that they moved him to G and threw 3rd round pick Spencer Brown into the fire where he promptly injured his back, requiring off season surgery. So it's not so much that they haven't tried to make investments, both in draft picks (2019 2nd and 2021 3rd) and in FA signed (Morse, Williams) but that they haven't gotten enough ROI. Overall though, the bottom line is that they aren't doing enough. Also, I haven't sat down and done the grind of draft pick values and FA signing values, but my impression is that the OL is still the "red headed stepchild" relative to the DL and defense. It seems as though on DL, when they haven't gotten the desired ROI, they simply throw more resources at it.

When you're Right, You're Right. when you got two guys like ScottLaw and yours truly agreeing with ya, You're Right.

I think there might be two issues here that you're mixing? Beasley was the master of diagnosing zone coverage and choosing a short to intermediate option route that would dissect it. Josh would throw to where he expected Beasley to be based on his own diagnosis, and trust him to be there and catch it (or at least prevent a pick). It's very clear that Josh did not trust McKenzie in the same way, and Shakir - ah nope. So those plays fell out of the Bills playbook. Josh has always (including with Beasley here) had issues taking the checkdown. These are paradoxically some of the throws that are hardest for him to make, so he tends to make a throw the receiver can't catch in stride but must go down or jump for, limiting YAC. But he also seems to hate like hell to make a quick decision to take a checkdown when he might be able to scramble around and find some chunk plays downfield. As a result, there are plays where an open checkdown receiver is all alone and getting no attention whatsoever from the D - but by the time Josh decides nothing else is doing, the vultures have closed, also limiting YAC.

Is this a known and legit practice? If it sounds unusual - it wouldn't surprise me if the NFL office sends it back to them and says "you can't do that"

Roster bonus is usually a big piece of the terms, since it's guaranteed and since the team can divide it up rather than taking it on the cap. I guess it could still fall through, then, if the terms are really that much in flux.

Interesting. But the Buffalo Bills announced the re-signing as "agree to terms with Pro Bowl safety Jordan Poyer on two-year deal". The Bills are typically close-mouthed about announcing a deal until it's pretty well nailed down. What does "agree to terms" mean if the numbers are still being worked out?

This makes zero sense. If the guy is upset with the HC, they need to "work it out as men", as the popular NFL player saying goes. And whether or not Waller was upset with the coach, he married a woman who is playing for a Las Vegas sports team, you'd think he'd want to stay there. But that was a horrible deal from the Raiders perspective. If it was made because Waller got mad at McDaniel and he retaliated, all the worse.

Well, now, that's different. We can all see from her social media feeds what her opinions are, and since she chooses to make them public, it's fair game for people to agree with them, or to describe them as you do above, or to disagree with them. But it's standard procedure around the world to attack the sexual morality of a woman or her body parts instead of her expressed views For example It's quite routinely done as a way of ridiculing and diminishing the woman, or intimidating her. I know little about Bush, other than that she's married to Poyer, she's a mother, she started a natural skin care company and she's visited sick kids in hospitals. So I have no idea what her other talents and actions are, when she's not on social media. I defer to your superior personal knowledge of her. Again, I defer to your superior knowledge of what Bush contributes to the world when she's not posting butt pics, and opinions you find stupid. But the point - which does apply to your mother, sisters, and daughters whether you like it or not - is that I'm sure you wouldn't like it if someone was smearing them as immoral and repeatedly unfaithful, especially if used as a tactic against views they might express that someone dislikes. And that's quite common. I'm outta here now.

Non sequitor. Yes, you're correct, Rachel can dish it out but cannot take it (on social media) but what has that to do with the topic at hand.