Bills release LB Andre Smith

[mushypeaches]

This was basically inevitable once we started seeing good things out of Dodson, Bernard, and even Spector on ST

[HOUSE]

OMG here comes Dnmokong Suh

I knew it

[Rochesterfan]

44 minutes ago, UKBillFan said:

His ban was for six games, wasn't it? We basically kept him on board until he could play again and have now allowed him to find another team.

 

40 minutes ago, jkeerie said:

I believe this frees up some cap space...not a great deal but a bit over 700K.

 

40 minutes ago, Motorin' said:

 

I don't think Smith was counted against the roster. So not sure if would free up a space. 

 

39 minutes ago, WMDman said:

I bet he ends up on the PS at some point

 

His ban was for 6 games and after playing the 6th game we had to decide what to do with him before activating him.

 

His release does not free up a roster spot as suspended players do not count on the roster.  It does prevent us from having to make a move to activate him though.

 

I do not believe it saves us any money as a suspended player collects no salary and therefore has no cost against the cap.  His release at this point does allow us to keep the 2 cheaper rookies than having to activate him and then include his salary over whomever you cut.

 

I agree - I think they let him go looking and if he wants to come back - there may be a spot on the PS, but they do have the LB position fairly covered.

 

 

[ALLEN1QB]

56 minutes ago, Jerry Jabber said:

Making a spot for Tre White?

No McCaffrey 

[Big Turk]

59 minutes ago, Jerry Jabber said:

Making a spot for Tre White?

 

He wasn't counted on the roster, so no.  Effectively they chose to keep what they already have versus activating him and releasing someone else. 

[Mattymafia]

He’ll be back on the practice squad 

[Simon Says]

1 hour ago, jkeerie said:

I believe this frees up some cap space...not a great deal but a bit over 700K.

I think his salary for the entire season is 690,000. Pro-rated for the remaining 11 games saves  about 450,000. Maybe they sign him to the practice squad.

[518Buffalo]

Guessing this means Spector has been doing well in practices 

[frostbitmic]

Why didn't we trade him and Moss for McCaffrey ?    😁

[ControllerOfPlanetX]

1 hour ago, wppete said:

Making a spot for McCafrey or OBJ. #9 will look good on either of them. 

we need to sign a guy named Revolution and give him number 9..

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

I feel bad for her

 

Smith failed a test last November. He said he has no idea why or what caused his estrogen level to rise beyond the allowed limits.

 

Can you imagine the fun this board would have with this news if it were Brady!  Thread would go beyond 100 pages.

 

Have to say, not sure I see where the competitive advantage is to the player on this one.

[PonyBoy]

2 hours ago, jkeerie said:

I believe this frees up some cap space...not a great deal but a bit over 700K.

It's funny how we rationalize on this board.Ehh, bit of $ on cap space only $700K. 

Dang would I like to call $700K a bit of money 🤑

[DaggersEOD]

6 minutes ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

I feel bad for her

 

Smith failed a test last November. He said he has no idea why or what caused his estrogen level to rise beyond the allowed limits.

 

Can you imagine the fun this board would have with this news if it were Brady!  Thread would go beyond 100 pages.

 

Have to say, not sure I see where the competitive advantage is to the player on this one.

Totally guessing here but the higher estrogen levels may indicate the use of some other substance that doesn’t necessarily show up on tests. 
 

Like an indicator or precursor? 🤷‍♂️

[Scott7975]

2 hours ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

Wait, I didn't think he was taking a spot on the 53?

 

He wasnt because he was suspended but the suspension is over so he would have.  The cut is not surprising.

[without a drought]

2 hours ago, ALLEN1QB said:

No McCaffrey 

I agree, No McCaffrey

[ColoradoBills]

2 hours ago, Herb Nightly said:

I think his salary for the entire season is 690,000. Pro-rated for the remaining 11 games saves  about 450,000. Maybe they sign him to the practice squad.

 

Spotrac prorated his salary for missing 6 games down to the $690k number.  He will have some signing bonus dead cap.

The savings should be just above $700k.

[MiltonWaddams]

1 hour ago, ControllerOfPlanetX said:

we need to sign a guy named Revolution and give him number 9..

How about Engine-Engine as number 9? 

[Simon Says]

4 hours ago, Jerry Jabber said:

Making a spot for Tre White?

No. Smith wasn't on the active roster

[Eastport bills]

Big mistake cutting Smith. The guy payed the price for his unfortunate mistake. The Bills kept him on ice for 6 weeks then abruptly  decided to offload him. He’s a valuable contributor to our ST unit and doesn’t make much. This is a bad message to the other players, showing zero loyalty to a hard worker and a special teams ace with experience at LB. What’s the reason for doing this to Andre?  Can’t we create a roster spot with someone who isn’t a leader on one of our units.

[SageAgainstTheMachine]

Genuinely forgot that he existed.