Bills cap situation from the former Assistant GM.

[Thurman#1]

16 hours ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

I know many are wondering where the cap space is going to come from, but I remember this quote from Joe Schoen about a month ago. Sounds like the Bills were/are planning to be players in free agency.

 

 

 

 

 

"some money".

 

Many seem to have taken that as "lots of money." But that's not what he said.

 

 

16 hours ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Yeah, about month old. Yet people are saying we have no cap.

 

 

 

No, they're not. I mean there may be some guy in his mother's basement covered with Cheetoh dust saying that, but nobody with any degree of understanding is saying "no cap." They just aren't. They're saying we won't have a lot of cap. 

 

The reason they're saying that is because we won't have a lot of cap.

 

EDIT: By the way people are responding, it seems that when you said "We have no cap," you actually were referring to the current figure of -$3.9M, at least as Spotrac has it? That's some wildly unclear writing, if so, but if that's what you meant, then it is correct that we are indeed below the cap currently by an amount that the NFL and the Bills have on file, and it's indeed very close to the amounts that Spotrac and OvertheCap have.

 

Unless they act in a way that Brandon Beane has never acted and kick a lot of cans down the road. 

 

He could indeed do that. But it's not likely.

 

 

Edited March 8, 2022 by Thurman#1

[Thurman#1]

6 hours ago, FilthyBeast said:

 

It's all about kicking the can down the road and the Bills can generate tons of cap space with a combination of any of these moves:

 

- Releasing/trading Beasely

- Releasing/restructure Williams

- Restructuring Tre White deal

- Releasing Feliciano, Matekevich, etc.

- Trading Edmonds

- Extending Diggs

 

 

Edmunds is a "core building block."  - Brandon Beane

Kid yourself if you must, but he'll be here. And luckily for us, Beane has a history of kicking a few cans down the road, but not many. Because of that we look to be in decent cap shape in 2023.

 

The best guesses at cuts, re-structures and re-signings I've seen so far is the Cover 1 Salary Cap Spectacular.

 

 

They predict a bit more than $25M after the cuts and then after re-signing Horrible Harry and a few others ending up with around $10M.

 

But they predict they will have a few contracts they can keep in their pocket as options to cash in as kicked cans if they need money. They called them coupons that they could cash in if they want.

 

That's probably pretty close.

[billybrew1]

I’ll tell ya, if we don’t give Josh a realistic shot at the Super Bowl (thusly beating KC)

I’m gonna throw away all my Bills gear (again.)

 

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[The Wiz]

13 hours ago, TBBills said:

B.c not one person knows anything about the cap. 

It's the same as "who's line is it anyways".  The cap is made up and the total doesn't matter. 

[thenorthremembers]

14 hours ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Yeah, about month old. Yet people are saying we have no cap.

To be fair they aren't wrong.  As it stands today we have no cap.  So any potential cut/trade/restructure the board makes up to get us cap is a figment of our imagination until it actually happens.   The amount of cap we make up in our heads isnt reality right now.  The reality is the Bills are currently over the salary cap. 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

30 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said:

To be fair they aren't wrong.  As it stands today we have no cap.  So any potential cut/trade/restructure the board makes up to get us cap is a figment of our imagination until it actually happens.   The amount of cap we make up in our heads isnt reality right now.  The reality is the Bills are currently over the salary cap. 

Beane also believes the cap will normalize over the next 3-5 years. So expect him to create $15+ million in space just based on his projections. That doesn't include players released creating short-term dead cap. That's just restructures. I think we'll see a lot of restructures with the idea that the cap will normalize.

 

We'll also see players released to create cap. 

 

Edited March 8, 2022 by Buffalo_Stampede

[thenorthremembers]

3 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Beane also believes the cap will normalize over the next 3-5 years. So expect him to create $15+ million in space just based on his projections. That doesn't include players released creating short-term dead cap. That's just restructures. I think we'll see a lot of restructures with the idea that the cap will normalize.

 

We'll also see players released to create cap. 

 

I 100% agree.   They already have a strong idea of what the cap will be in 2023 and 2024 so they can pretty quick work on restructures that include adding more years to the contract.   I think they will probably go into free agency with money to spend.  But I think the skepticism from other posters saying we dont have cap is warranted.   Legal tampering is less than a week away and the Bills are still over the cap by a couple million.

[Thurman#1]

1 hour ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Beane also believes the cap will normalize over the next 3-5 years. So expect him to create $15+ million in space just based on his projections. That doesn't include players released creating short-term dead cap. That's just restructures. I think we'll see a lot of restructures with the idea that the cap will normalize.

 

We'll also see players released to create cap. 

 

 

 

Don't expect a lot of re-structures. Beane has never worked that way.

 

Do expect a few, though. That is the way he has always worked.

 

And yes, certainly expect players released to create cap space. And a bunch more given a choice of a salary reduction or a release.

 

They have till the 15th. No rush till the new NFL year starts on that day.

Edited March 9, 2022 by Thurman#1

[Thurman#1]

12 hours ago, FilthyBeast said:

 

I never said Edmunds sucks. My take on his is that he's simply miscast in this defensive scheme and not worth signing long term.

 

But given his age and skill set there might be another team out there that covets him more and believes he could 'break out' in a 3-4 defense which is where he belongs on the outside.

 

 

Yeah, that's not a smart take.

 

You:  "simply miscast in this defensive scheme and not worth signing long term"

 

McBeane (asked whether Edmunds is a long-term building block moving for this team):  "Yeah, we definitely do."

 

And frankly, between a small group of Bills fans and Beane, the one to trust isn't the small group of fans.

[Ghs24mike]

17 hours ago, FilthyBeast said:

 

You are probably right but still holding out hopes he's played his last down for this team and we move him now why he still has real value (maybe even a 1st rounder).

 

It honestly be a win/win for both sides especially if Edmunds lands with a defensive coach and scheme that provide a better fit for his skill set.

 

I agree, lets open up a massive hole right in the middle of our defense. Just because Edmunds plays a different style (likely one that Frazier and McD like) doesnt make him a bad player. 

 

We need a true run stopping one tech- we haven't had one for the last few years. Plug someone in the middle that can actually stop the run and watch how dominant Edmunds becomes. 

13 hours ago, FilthyBeast said:

 

I never said Edmunds sucks. My take on his is that he's simply miscast in this defensive scheme and not worth signing long term.

 

But given his age and skill set there might be another team out there that covets him more and believes he could 'break out' in a 3-4 defense which is where he belongs on the outside.

I dont think anyone on this board knows ( I certainly dont) what is being asked of Edmunds in this defense. Is he supposed to be a guy that plays downhill, is he supposed to just clog up passing lanes because he is so big and athletic, is he struggling because we dont really have a true run stopping defensive line? 

 

I suspect our coaches know the answers to all of these questions. I would not be shocked if Edmunds is extended. 

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