Kumerow cut, re-signed, according to Profootballtalk

[The Dean]

 

"For salary cap purposes"

 

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/06/16/bills-cut-jake-kumerow-for-salary-cap-purposes-and-then-re-sign-him/

 

Hmmmmm

[Richard Noggin]

I mean, this doesn't HELP his chances to make the final 53, right?

[LeGOATski]

2 minutes ago, Richard Noggin said:

I mean, this doesn't HELP his chances to make the final 53, right?

ST play helps his chances. He's always been at the bottom of the roster, so this is no surprise, but I don't think it's an indication of any big change. He's always been on the verge of being cut and this year is no different.

[Warcodered]

6 minutes ago, Richard Noggin said:

I mean, this doesn't HELP his chances to make the final 53, right?

At most it might indicate how on the bubble he is, but I'd think the actual cutting and resigning would make it easier to keep him.

[Buffalo_Stampede]

19 minutes ago, Richard Noggin said:

I mean, this doesn't HELP his chances to make the final 53, right?

The opposite? 

[YattaOkasan]

They normally play these games with guys they trust and normally the guys only play ball cause they trust the team. But the also normally don’t play these games at this time of the year. 

[GETTOTHE50]

how come they cut and resign him but not me?

[Doc Brown]

16 minutes ago, GETTOTHE50 said:

how come they cut and resign him but not me?

Because he pry wants to get to the end zone.

[BillsFanForever19]

2 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:

I mean, this doesn't HELP his chances to make the final 53, right?

 

It means nothing. Just a salary cap technicality thing. We've done it before with someone who ended up on the 53 though it escapes me as to whom.

Edited June 17, 2022 by BillsFanForever19

[transplantbillsfan]

Anyone privy to the "salary cap purpose?"

[Doc Brown]

26 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

It means nothing. Just a salary cap technicality thing. We've done it before with someone who ended up on the 53 though it escapes me as to whom.

Right.  Reid Ferguson and Andre Roberts are the two that come to mind.  I don't remember them ever doing it in June though.  Strange.

[BillsFanForever19]

9 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

Right.  Reid Ferguson and Andre Roberts are the two that come to mind.  I don't remember them ever doing it in June though.  Strange.

 

Yes, thank you. 

 

I don't think it really matters when they do it. It's a procedural thing that is meaningless when it comes to their chances of making the team or not, as the post I was replying to was trying to allude.

[davefan66]

Clears cap space?  Can’t imagine much.

 

Maybe they have their eyes in someone and needed the space?  When does the USFL season end and they can grab those players?

Edited June 17, 2022 by davefan66

[Rochesterfan]

4 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:

I mean, this doesn't HELP his chances to make the final 53, right?

 

Totally disagree - if they cut and resigned him and he had dead cap money on his previous contract - the most likely reason is they know he is making the roster and wanted to adjust something.  
 

It just makes no sense as did not need the roster spot and his contract was tiny for an NFL player - not sure what the Bills would save.

 

He might have become one of the new camp cuts to get an injured player on the 53 to go to IR and then resign, but why set that up now?

 

We will see - it was done with a plan and we have 2 roster spots left - maybe they have gotten wind of some July 1st cuts that they want to go after.

 

 

[machine gun kelly]

I’m sure Beane has a plan for this revenue.  Most of the time on this board, people make wild speculations that are usually not true.  It’s not like with the resign, we all of a sudden freed up so much cap space we can extend Knox as an example.  
 

We’ll find out sometime this summer why he did it.

[CSBill]

Reports are that Aaron Rodgers is peeved the Packers didn't sign him when he became available yesterday.

[Aussie Joe]

They did it to save $70k
 

 

 

[ExWNYer]

3 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said:

Anyone privy to the "salary cap purpose?"

 

They said it was more or less a 'procedural move'. Some cap gymnastics, no matter how small, I guess.

[JimBob2232]

Can someone explain why they would do this?  Just curious as to how this is helpful from a cap mechanics standpoint. 

[Allen2D̶i̶g̶g̶s̶TBD]

1 hour ago, Aussie Joe said:

They did it to save $70k

I don't know what's weirder: that they cut and resigned a guy for a paltry cap savings of $70k, or that following the NFL has caused me to view $70k as a small amount of money...