HappyDays Posted March 5 Posted March 5 7 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: Nah, in reality it is more than that. It's as I predicted they'd have to do if they wanted to keep the 2025 hit down. A small pro-rated signing bonus (only $7m spread over 5 years) with another chunk - $9.1m - as an "option bonus" that triggers in 2026 and is amortized at $1.8m for the remaining 4 years of the deal and a 5th void year. If you cut him before the 2027 season there would be $4.2m of the original signing bonus left as dead cap and $7.28 of the 2026 option bonus left as dead cap. I was just coming here to say I heard the details posted by Spotrac aren't exactly right. There's about $7M in incentives missing and the dead cap hits are wrong. But the posted cap hits are apparently correct and will only change depending on if the incentives are hit. So it's still team friendly. We can get out of it in 2028 with around an $8.2M dead cap hit if we need to. Quote
ColoradoBills Posted March 5 Posted March 5 1 hour ago, Magox said: They plan on filling it up. 2027 has a $10M base salary, 2028 has an $11M and 2029 $11.25M, they can convert those salaries to a bonus and spread it out in the remaining years including the bonus. Exactly. It set up to move money out perfectly if Khalil is playing well. It's really a good contract for all. 1 Quote
GunnerBill Posted March 5 Posted March 5 1 minute ago, HappyDays said: I was just coming here to say I heard the details posted by Spotrac aren't exactly right. There's about $7M in incentives missing and the dead cap hits are wrong. But the posted cap hits are apparently correct and will only change depending on if the incentives are hit. So it's still team friendly. We can get out of it in 2028 with around an $8.2M dead cap hit if we need to. Spotrac have the AAV at $13.25m as well, so there might be something off there or he signed for less than reported. But on the option bonus stuff they are right, they just can't show that as counting yet because it doesn't count yet. Even though in reality we all know it will. Quote
Shaw66 Posted Saturday at 05:32 PM Posted Saturday at 05:32 PM Bringing this thread back to first page so all can admire how the Bills are building with their new generation of core players. Skakir, Bernard, Rosseau. Sweet. And as another thread said, now Benford. Quote
Jrb1979 Posted Sunday at 02:36 AM Posted Sunday at 02:36 AM 8 hours ago, Shaw66 said: Bringing this thread back to first page so all can admire how the Bills are building with their new generation of core players. Skakir, Bernard, Rosseau. Sweet. And as another thread said, now Benford. It's great they are signing their new core. I'm not sold they will ever win with this core either. While they are very good to great players and have the Buffalo culture, they lack that elite ability. Quote
Shaw66 Posted Sunday at 03:00 AM Posted Sunday at 03:00 AM 20 minutes ago, Jrb1979 said: It's great they are signing their new core. I'm not sold they will ever win with this core either. While they are very good to great players and have the Buffalo culture, they lack that elite ability. Agreed. This isn't enough. What would really complete the package would be an elite edge rusher. This vision of Miller and Rousseau was the correct vision when Beane made the deal, but Miller's injury made it impossible to achieve what they saw. Rousseau's still young; he needs to be paired with an elite talent and the D line will be the force they need. My second choice for elite ability would be safety. Third would be receiver, but I really think the Bills are fine at receiver with the concept they used last season. 1 Quote
Low Positive Posted Sunday at 03:14 AM Posted Sunday at 03:14 AM 13 minutes ago, Shaw66 said: Agreed. This isn't enough. What would really complete the package would be an elite edge rusher. This vision of Miller and Rousseau was the correct vision when Beane made the deal, but Miller's injury made it impossible to achieve what they saw. Rousseau's still young; he needs to be paired with an elite talent and the D line will be the force they need. My second choice for elite ability would be safety. Third would be receiver, but I really think the Bills are fine at receiver with the concept they used last season. They are clearing cap space by extending players early in order to do something. That much is clear. We just have to wait to see what it is. 1 Quote
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