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Brandon Beane on Lamar Jackson...
BuffaloRebound replied to PIZ's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Earning the right to try QB before he switches positions isn't exactly a ringing endorsement. I guess you could say that about JT Barrett too. -
AJ McCarron wins grievance vs Bengals, is UFA
BuffaloRebound replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
2014 proving to be a nice QB draft class. Amazing how Cleveland somehow managed to find the only draft bust out of the top 5 QB's, and then turned around and traded away chance to draft Wentz and Watson. -
AJ McCarron wins grievance vs Bengals, is UFA
BuffaloRebound replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Drafting at 21 is certainly an advantage over Cleveland, Jets, and Denver when it comes to signing free agent QB's not named Cousins. Nobody wants to be the next Glennon. -
Makes too much sense for Cleveland to trade for Tyrod. At some point they have to stop accumulating draft assets and try to win some games. Whichever QB they take at #1 has almost no chance to succeed this year. Taylor is the perfect guy and has perfect contract to bring them back to respectability before handing over the reins to Darnold or Allen.
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What was Ralph Wilson’s “Cash To The Cap” about?
BuffaloRebound replied to BuffaloRush's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
They still pro-rated the bonus for salary cap purposes, but for cash purposes only spent what was left on the cap. So let's say this year the Bills are $30m under cap. Bills would've only doled out $30m in cash bonuses this year to sign players even though they might've had $40m in amortized bonuses in the cap number. It made no sense other than for cheap teams to invent a term to avoid telling their fans they were being cheap. Right up there with the Bills in Toronto series. The dark days of the franchise. -
What was Ralph Wilson’s “Cash To The Cap” about?
BuffaloRebound replied to BuffaloRush's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Who else uses it the way the Bills did? It was Wilson's way to gripe about non-shared revenue being used in salary cap formula even though his revenue sharing check was going up as much as the salary cap was. Cash to cap made no sense then and makes no sense now. Wilson was not backing out the non cash amortized bonus number in his 'cash to cap' strategy. He simply took the available cap number which included non cash amortized bonuses and said I'm not writing checks for bonuses more than the available cap number to sign players, with no regard to the fact that his revenue sharing check from the NFL was going up every year. -
What was Ralph Wilson’s “Cash To The Cap” about?
BuffaloRebound replied to BuffaloRush's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Good explanation. Nothing more than a gimmick to explain why we couldn't sign good players. Average fan doesn't understand how salary cap works, so it was a snappy phrase to purposefully confuse. A Russ Brandon gem. -
Jets fans will burn down MetLife stadium if Bowles survives another year without making playoffs. Not an ideal situation for a guy who supposedly has a lot of options. I'd take Cousins if he signs for something in Garropolo's ballpark. $28m per year. You're not getting a decent starter on free agency market under $20m per year. Cost to move up in draft will be prohibitive. I'll take above average QB play from Cousins plus all my draft picks over gambling as much as three 1st round picks on potential greatness.
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Baker Mayfield won’t attend NFL draft
BuffaloRebound replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Unless I had a really good reason not to go, I'd go if I got the invite. It's an honor to be one of the guys who gets invited to the draft. Seems kind of early in the process and somewhat presumptuous to be saying you're not attending the draft. -
AJ McCarron wins grievance vs Bengals, is UFA
BuffaloRebound replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I think best situation for Tyrod is Cleveland. They need to learn to walk before they can run. Tyrod doesn't turn it over, can make some plays, and is a positive in the locker room. He'd be perfect Bridge QB for them. I think McCarron will have more suitors and get more money than Tyrod in open market. -
AJ McCarron wins grievance vs Bengals, is UFA
BuffaloRebound replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Fair enough but is Jackson the only coach he can play for? Unless McCarron plays like Brady, Jackson will have a hard time not playing the #1 overall pick next year and will absolutely have to play him in 2019. -
AJ McCarron wins grievance vs Bengals, is UFA
BuffaloRebound replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Why would McCarron go to Cleveland? Unless he's the League MVP next year or happy being a backup, he'll be playing for a new team in a year. Can see the win-now teams like Denver and maybe Jax going after him if they miss out on Cousins or don't want to pay his price tag. -
Maybe the worm has finally started to turn for this franchise. Playoff drought over, now things lining up nicely for a tradeup. If Denver does get Cousins, really only leaves Jets and Arizona as competition for the 2nd QB in draft. Giants will not trade #2 to the Jets under any scenario. Bills have a lot more trade capital than Arizona, are in a different conference, and have good relationship with Giants Front Office.