The Salary Cap for the Bills Right Now

[JackKemp]

According to the linked article salary current cap numbers have been released. The Bills are only $1.4M under the cap. 
 

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/a-look-at-every-nfl-teams-current-salary-cap-situation-biggest-spenders-in-2023-offseason/?fbclid=IwAR08HoAPmqW9cJlOmOyk1yASe_yfckC2nP3MHgUnHql6xJNg2k2gppiFrgU#lifeg2yeo8s2tkinivc

[Aussie Joe]

Until they restructure someone right? 

[Doc Brown]

I'm completely fine staying there as our roster is good enough right now to win a Super Bowl.  I don't want to kick the can down the road any more unless a premier RT becomes unexpectedly available.

[Mike in Horseheads]

How in the world can the Jets have 24m of cap space after adding Rodgers

[BillsFanForever19]

Considering we started at -18.5 over the cap and had 24 Free Agents, to be 1.4 under after signing our draft picks as well as:

 

FS Jordan Poyer (Re-Signed)
RB Damien Harris 
OG Connor McGovern  
SS Taylor Rapp
DT Poona Ford
WR Deonte Harty
OT Brandon Shell
DE Shaq Lawson (Re-Signed)
DT Jordan Phillips (Re-Signed)
WR Trent Sherfield 
OG David Edwards 
RB Latavius Murray
P    Sam Martin (Re-Signed)
QB Kyle Allen
OT David Quessenberry (Re-Signed)
LB Tyrel Dodson (Re-Signed)
LB Tyler Matakevitch (Re-Signed)
DE Shane Ray
SS Dean Marlowe (Re-Signed)
OG Ike Boettger (Re-Signed)
LB Travin Howard
CB Cam Lewis (Re-Signed)

WR Marcell Ateman

 

.... is pretty gosh darn impressive.

Edited June 3, 2023 by BillsFanForever19

[Doc Brown]

41 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

How in the world can the Jets have 24m of cap space after adding Rodgers

 

[Mike in Horseheads]

2 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

 

Thanks Doc. The games people play

 

[John from Riverside]

There is a possibility that the bills don’t want to restructure anybody else this year

 

They might want to save some of those restructures for a future year

[Doc Brown]

6 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Thanks Doc. The games people play

 

They'll have to pay eventually one way or another.

[BADOLBILZ]

11 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

Considering we started at -18.5 over the cap and had 24 Free Agents, to be 1.4 under after signing our draft picks as well as:

 

FS Jordan Poyer (Re-Signed)
RB Damien Harris 
OG Connor McGovern  
SS Taylor Rapp
DT Poona Ford
WR Deonte Harty
OT Brandon Shell
DE Shaq Lawson (Re-Signed)
DT Jordan Phillips (Re-Signed)
WR Trent Sherfield 
OG David Edwards 
RB Latavius Murray
P    Sam Martin (Re-Signed)
QB Kyle Allen
OT David Quessenberry (Re-Signed)
LB Tyrel Dodson (Re-Signed)
LB Tyler Matakevitch (Re-Signed)
DE Shane Ray
SS Dean Marlowe (Re-Signed)
OG Ike Boettger (Re-Signed)
LB Travin Howard
CB Cam Lewis (Re-Signed)

WR Marcell Ateman

 

.... is pretty gosh darn impressive.

 

 

The thing that is impressive about that is Terry Pegula writing those checks.   Beane is just doing what most GM's would do if the owner gave them total control of the checkbook.   

[Thurman#1]

4 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:

There is a possibility that the bills don’t want to restructure anybody else this year

 

They might want to save some of those restructures for a future year

 

 

Indeed. Or they they might not want to use all of those restructures. It's hardly a requirement.

 

They usually seem to want to go into the season with $4 or $5M quickly available in case of injuries and such. But perhaps they just consider keeping a near-automatic re-structure or two in hand instead.

 

 

Edited June 3, 2023 by Thurman#1

[BADOLBILZ]

2 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

They'll have to pay eventually one way or another.

 

Yeah and since cap dollars roll over..........having $24M in space is merely accounting.    At some point in the near future they will have to realize and absorb that $58M for playing this season.

[78thealltimegreat]

19 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Thanks Doc. The games people play

 

Don’t even worry about the cap teams always find the money see the Saints somehow adding Derek Carr for 125 million. It just depends on if you want to rebuild everything or kick the can down the road. 

[Thurman#1]

5 minutes ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

Don’t even worry about the cap teams always find the money see the Saints somehow adding Derek Carr for 125 million. It just depends on if you want to rebuild everything or kick the can down the road. 

 

 

Always? Just not true.

 

We see all the deals that go through. We don't see any of the deals where teams say, "Nope, can't do it," or "can't do it and stay in the kind of cap shape we want to maintain."

 

The one example we know of is the Saints and Clowney. The Saints tried to grab him and the NFL disallowed the gymnastics they found necessary to accomplish it. Because the Saints went public in trying to do it, we heard about it, whereas when teams can't do it you simply don't hear.

 

Pushing the cap can narrow your options and eventually, if you go far enough, force a rebuild before you otherwise would rather do that.

 

It can be pushed thoughtfully and carefully. This is how Beane seems to like to work. Pretty much every team kicks a few cans. Kick too many, though, and the road ahead of you gets constricted with them.

 

 

[Einstein]

47 minutes ago, Thurman#1 said:

 

 

Always? Just not true.

 

We see all the deals that go through. We don't see any of the deals where teams say, "Nope, can't do it," or "can't do it and stay in the kind of cap shape we want to maintain."

 

The one example we know of is the Saints and Clowney. The Saints tried to grab him and the NFL disallowed the gymnastics they found necessary to accomplish it. Because the Saints went public in trying to do it, we heard about it, whereas when teams can't do it you simply don't hear.

 

Pushing the cap can narrow your options and eventually, if you go far enough, force a rebuild before you otherwise would rather do that.

 

It can be pushed thoughtfully and carefully. This is how Beane seems to like to work. Pretty much every team kicks a few cans. Kick too many, though, and the road ahead of you gets constricted with them.

 

 

 

The Saints example really isn’t relevant. They weren’t attempting to restructure Clowney and kick the cab down the road, they were simply trying to trade a 2nd round pick for $5M in cash. Which has never been done before in NFL history with a free agent. It was an outlier.

[NewEra]

2 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

How in the world can the Jets have 24m of cap space after adding Rodgers

I thought that his cap hit was minimum this year and something like 99M next year 

[Chandler#81]

3 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Thanks Doc. The games people play

 

Yeah.. this, and they’ve hit the jackpot in the Draft recently. They have many great young players still on rookie deals.

[GunnerBill]

The cap is just accounting.

[DCofNC]

5 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

 

A dangerous game to be playing w a guy who will hang you out to dry with no remorse.  I hope he sucks this year and decides to retire.

[GunnerBill]

12 minutes ago, DCofNC said:

A dangerous game to be playing w a guy who will hang you out to dry with no remorse.  I hope he sucks this year and decides to retire.

 

Agree. Doing that with Tom Brady who is desperate to win is one thing. Doing it with Aaron who is a much more temperamental personality is another.

Edited June 3, 2023 by GunnerBill