GASabresIUFan Posted March 3 Posted March 3 (edited) Edit by BuffaloBill (moderator): I thought I would create one thread and do the following: Merge the current cap projection threads Provide a daily update for 2024 in the first post from sportrac and over the cap as being primary sources While not a reliable # yet, update daily, in the first post, the 2025 projections from the same sources The remainder of the thread will contain “normal” chatter on the topic. 2024 projections 4/03/2024 - 3pm Sportrac: $4,244,255 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Original Thread Start by GASabresIUFan : BIlls' Offseason transactions: 1. McGovern's contract restructured. Cap Savings $3.74 Million 2. Bills release RB Hines. Cap Savings $4.66 million 3. Bates traded to Chicago for a 5th. Cap Savings $1.44 Million. 4. Poyer Released - cap savings $5.47 million 5. Neal Released - cap savings $2.88 million 6. Edwards re-signs -2 years $6 million. Cap Hit 2.31 (spotrac) 7. Douglas contract restructure - cap savings $5.5 million 8. Morse released - cap savings $8.47 million 9. Harty released - cap savings $4.195 10. White released (June 1) - cap savings $10 million 11. Matt Haack signed - cap cost 985K 12. Von Miller restructured - cap savings $8.855 million 13. Rapp re-signed - 3 years for 14.5 million - cap hit 2.842 million 14. Trubisky signed -2 years for $5.25 - cap hit 2.0 million 15. Morris re-signed - 1 year 985K - cap hit 985K 16. Knox pay cut & restructure - cap savings $6.4 million. 17. Dawkins extended - 3 years 60.5 million - cap savings $5.1 Million (updated 3/15) 18. Cam Lewis re-signs - 2 years 4 million - cap charge $1,481,500 19. Epenesa re-signs - 2 years $12 million +incentives - cap charge 3.94 20. Allen restructure - 16.7 million in cap savings $16.7 million 21. DaQuan Jones re-signs - 2 years 16 million - cap charge $4.5 million 22. Nick Marrow LB signs - 1 year $ 1.5 million - cap $1.5 million. 23. Mack Hollins WR signs - 1 year 2.6 million - cap hit $2.48 million. 24. Ty Johnson re-signs - 1 year 1.292 - cap hit 1.152 million. 25. Curtis Samuel signs - 3 yrs 24 million+, cap hit $3.405 26. Taron Johnson extended - 3 yrs 31 million. Cap saving $3.968 27. Casey Toohill DE/Edge - signed 1 year 1.125 - cap hit 1.015 million 28. Mike Edwards S - 1yr deal $2.8. milliom - cap hit $2.8 million 29. Will Clapp OG/C - 1 year deal $1,292,500 - cap hit $1.1525 30. Austin Johnson DL - 1 year deal - $3.5 million - cap hit $2.277 w 2 void years. 31. DeShawn Williams DT - 1 year deal - $1.155 and Cap hit - $1.015 32. Stefon Diggs (& 2 picks) traded for a 2nd rd pick in 2025 -Dead Cap Hit $31,096,000 33. La'al Collins OL signed - Contract 1yr up to $6.25 - Cap hit TBD Spotrac has us with approx 4,244,255 of cap space. Collins' new deal not account for yet! Player movement & contract change summary: New Players (10) - Trubisky, Marrow, Hillins, Samuel, Toohill, M Edwards, Clapp, A Johnson, De Williams & Collins Returnees (8) - D Edwards, Haack, Rapp, Morris, Lewis, Epenesa, Jones, & Ty Johnson Extensions (2) - Dawkins & Ta Johnson Restructures (5) - McGovern, Douglas, Miller, Knox, & Allen Releases/Trades (8) - Diggs (HOU), Bates (CHI), White (LAR), Poyer (MIA), Morse (JAC), Neal (MIA), Harty & Hines (CLE) Other roster changes from 2023: UFAs signed elsewhere (8): Davis (Jac), Floyd (SF), D Jackson (CAR), Settle (HOU), Dodson (SEA), Ford (LAC), Sherfield (MIN), and K Allen (PIT) UFAs unsigned (7): Hyde, Phillips, Matakevich, Harris (retired), Joseph, Murray & Lawson Current depth chart (Starters in Bold) Specialists - Bass (PK), Haack (P) & Ferguson (LS) - I think Haack beats out Martin Offense QB - Allen & Trubisky RB - Cook, Ty Johnson, DRAFT PICK, Gilliam WR -Shakir, Samuel, DRAFT PICK, Hollins, Shorter & possible 2nd draft pick TE - Kincaid, Knox & Morris OL - Brown, Dawkins, D. Edwards, McGovern, Torrence, Van Demark, Clapp, Anderson, Collins & DRAFT PICK Defense DL - Rousseau, Oliver, Jones, Miller, Epenesa, DS Williams, Jonathan, Toohill, A. Johnson & DRAFT PICK LB - Milano, Benard, Do Williams, Spector, & Morrow CB - Ta Johnson, Benford, Douglas, Elam, Lewis (S) & DRAFT PICK S - M. Edwards, Rapp, Hamlin & DRAFT PICK Edited April 4 by GASabresIUFan 3 2 22 Quote
SoonerBillsFan Posted March 3 Posted March 3 I think 24 more will come from Allen's conversion of base salary to bonus. That's still 12+ mill needed, which is very doable. 4 Quote
GASabresIUFan Posted March 3 Author Posted March 3 (edited) 39 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said: I think 24 more will come from Allen's conversion of base salary to bonus. That's still 12+ mill needed, which is very doable. That's the absolute minimum. He needs to create another 10+ to be able to sign his draft picks and he'll need at least another 20+ to complete the roster with FAs. As I noted above 67.5 is still to go. Josh's 24, will leave 43.5 to go. Edited March 3 by GASabresIUFan 1 Quote
SoonerBillsFan Posted March 3 Posted March 3 3 minutes ago, GASabresIUFan said: That's the absolute minimum. He needs to create another 10+ to be able to sign his draft picks and he'll need at least another 20+ to complete the roster with FAs. As I noted above 66.5 is still to go. Josh's 24, will leave 42.5 to go. Ah sorry mis read. Yeah thats gonna be really rough to do. Im thinking post June 1st moves are coming Quote
BuffaloBillyG Posted March 3 Posted March 3 (edited) 11 minutes ago, GASabresIUFan said: 1. McGovern's contract restructured. Cap Savings 3.74 Million 2. Bills release RB Hines. Cap Savings 4.66 million Total cap savings so far: 8.40 million. (36,575,663 to go to get to the cap; 66,575,663 to create $30 million in cap space for FAs and draft picks). Also remember, that $40M over the cap is NOT official. The sites we see on line are close guesses. Just a couple of weeks ago the NFLPA had us listed at $36M and change over the cap before either of these moves were made. Edited March 3 by BuffaloBillyG 2 Quote
Warriorspikes51 Posted March 3 Posted March 3 Allen restructure Dawkins extension (not thrilled with the idea) Taron extension Douglas extension or trade possible Milano restructure? Diggs? Von? Tre? Poyer? Knox? 2 Quote
SoonerBillsFan Posted March 3 Posted March 3 Beane has 10 days ish to officially be under and he said he planned to be under this week. 2 1 Quote
Aussie Joe Posted March 3 Posted March 3 Just now, SoonerBillsFan said: Beane has 10 days ish to officially be under and he said he planned to be under this week. What happened to your cap moves thread ? I tried to bump it a couple a times Might have gone a little early in hindsight … 1 Quote
SoonerBillsFan Posted March 3 Posted March 3 Just now, Aussie Joe said: What happened to your cap moves thread ? I tried to bump it a couple a times Might have gone a little early in hindsight … It got ignored lol. If you want to bump it again that would be cool 1 Quote
Aussie Joe Posted March 3 Posted March 3 Just now, SoonerBillsFan said: It got ignored lol. If you want to bump it again that would be cool I might have to wait for something new to happen … but some guy living on Twitter always beats me 1 Quote
TheyCallMeAndy Posted March 3 Posted March 3 Cover1 mentioned they saw on an NFL transaction list Bills have a second restructure on the books, it just didn’t list who. They speculated Ed Oliver. 2 Quote
GASabresIUFan Posted March 3 Author Posted March 3 18 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said: Also remember, that $40M over the cap is NOT official. The sites we see on line are close guesses. Just a couple of weeks ago the NFLPA had us listed at $36M and change over the cap before either of these moves were made. What Spotrac does is calculate the cap based on the top 51 contracts including futures contracts. Thus a move like releasing Hines only saves 3.66 because someone on a futures deal takes his roster spot. I'm not sure if this is the proper way or not to view the cap, but it does make sense. 3 Quote
BillsFan130 Posted March 3 Posted March 3 26 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said: Allen restructure Dawkins extension (not thrilled with the idea) Taron extension Douglas extension or trade possible Milano restructure? Diggs? Von? Tre? Poyer? Knox? Can cut Harty as well and save around 4.5-5. (Not sure of the exact number) Quote
Rubes Posted March 3 Posted March 3 For those of you that read the Buffalo News, there is a good article there today about the moves Beane could make to create up to $60 million in cap space. Pretty reasonable set of moves presented, nothing dramatic, and allows the team to stand pat on Diggs and Miller. Quote
CA OC Bills Fan Posted March 3 Posted March 3 22 minutes ago, GASabresIUFan said: What Spotrac does is calculate the cap based on the top 51 contracts including futures contracts. Thus a move like releasing Hines only saves 3.66 because someone on a futures deal takes his roster spot. I'm not sure if this is the proper way or not to view the cap, but it does make sense. That's absolutely the correct way to calculate since during the off-season the top 51 contracts of players still under contract with the team is how the cap is calculated. So, when a player is cut he obviously is no longer one of the top 51 and whomever was the 52nd highest now takes his place. Quote
John from Riverside Posted March 3 Posted March 3 I’m wondering why we would not be happy with a Dawkins extension He is playing at an extremely high-level 2 8 Quote
GASabresIUFan Posted March 3 Author Posted March 3 1 hour ago, TheyCallMeAndy said: Cover1 mentioned they saw on an NFL transaction list Bills have a second restructure on the books, it just didn’t list who. They speculated Ed Oliver. Would not be a huge surprise. Cover1 had him on their list as a possible move before the off-season started. Not sure how much savings there will be. My guess is about 3.5 . 1 Quote
Saxum Posted March 4 Posted March 4 1 hour ago, John from Riverside said: I’m wondering why we would not be happy with a Dawkins extension He is playing at an extremely high-level And he is also a good representative to the community. 1 2 1 Quote
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted March 5 Posted March 5 On 3/3/2024 at 4:51 PM, Warriorspikes51 said: Allen restructure Dawkins extension (not thrilled with the idea) Taron extension Douglas extension or trade possible Milano restructure? Diggs? Von? Tre? Poyer? Knox? With the release of Bates, I'd add Morse to the restructure and extend list Quote
GASabresIUFan Posted March 5 Author Posted March 5 (edited) Bates traded 1.44 saved. Still 37+ million to go to get to cap compliance. Many moves to go and so little time. Edited March 5 by GASabresIUFan Quote
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