Inahaze Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 As I look on the Huddle Report.....there is a section of top 200 free agents... The Bills? Pat Williams Jonas Jennings___________________________________ And then after the two Bignames; pun intended are.... Jon Dorenbos - Josh Stamer -Should be resigned Joe Burns Mike Pucillo - needs to go Kevin Thomas -Should be resigned Marcus Price -???? -Jonas???? Izell Reese -needs to go Shane Matthews -Should be resigned Ryan Neufeld Drew Haddad -who cares With all the talk about..."sign this guy, let's get this guy" or the debate "Pat vs. Jonas" are we losing site that we have some major holes to fill if we don't improve the other areas? This plays heavily in the draft. But I think players like Thomas and Stamer need to be resigned....Shane is our best option right now - this year.....how much of our cap space is taken up just by these three? The other thing....Burns and Neufeld; do we let them both go? Then we have two holes to fill. I think we are overlooking where the team really is....and I think that may very well be why we havn't yet released anyone other than Bledsoe. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Chief Navy Pride Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Good points there. Yes we arer thin at spots but I think we will resign most of the second tier you had listed. The one thing that we don't want to see is a swiss cheese line that will get JP massacred. That has to be the #1 priority now. There will be tons of FA's for depth as the offseason progresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inahaze Posted February 25, 2005 Author Share Posted February 25, 2005 After signing the likes of Thomas, Stamer, Matthews, and most liikely Burns or Neufeld or both; how much cap space would we realistically be able to spend on a FA or in retaining Price? considering we are most likely not going to have Jennings, Price should be retained as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_wag Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Jon Dorenbos -Josh Stamer -Should be resigned Joe Burns Mike Pucillo - needs to go Kevin Thomas -Should be resigned Marcus Price -???? -Jonas???? Izell Reese -needs to go Shane Matthews -Should be resigned Ryan Neufeld Drew Haddad -who cares 252678[/snapback] dorenbos -- ERFA stamer -- ERFA burns -- RFA pucillo -- RFA thomas -- RFA price -- UFA reese -- UFA matthews -- UFA neufeld -- UFA haddad -- UFA ERFA cannot negioate with other clubs.........dorenbos and stamer will both be back....... the only RFA i see getting a tender is thomas.........the other two we can do without....... as for the UFA's, matthews has an offer in hand and price probably has one as well, but is likely going to shop for a chance to start somewhere.........the other ones are likely not wanted back.........if matthews or price go, they can be replaced pretty cheaply......... thomas will get a tender at $656,323.......that means if the bills choose not to match an offer from another club they will receive compensation in the form of a pick equal to the round thomas was originally drafted (6th round)....... i think the ERFA tender is around 400K......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inahaze Posted March 8, 2005 Author Share Posted March 8, 2005 Sorry to reply after so long; but I must admit your information in very informitive and intriguing; where can I find this info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake-Fat Sunny Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Sorry to reply after so long; but I must admit your information in very informitive and intriguing; where can I find this info? 266213[/snapback] Good sources for this type of info is the salary cap report in Billszone.com which is prepared by clumpingplatelets who often posts here. Another resource is the salary cap page at Billsdaily.com. For non-Bills specific data like cap levels and the amount need for various tenders, a good resource is the player union's website at nflpa.com. In this sites media section you will find tons of specific stuff like the current franchise and tender tag amounts for each position, the cap hits and names of the top 10 players at each position and the ability to search for individual players and get the publicly released salary data for each player over the future of his contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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