Ramius Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 That's right. C2C doesn't mean sh** to the NFL, but is an accounting trick designed to make fans think the team is spending like the big boys. The only figure the NFL cares about is spending the minimum of 86.4% of 123M in cap dollars, or a minimum of 106.27M. Cap hit and money spent are two entirely different things. I dare say the Bills will be closer to the league minimum than the maximum. And one adverse effect has been a lack of depth on both sides of the ball, namely having guys like Keith Ellison as your primary backup at LB. There's nothing wrong with Ellison as a backup LB. Backups are designed to play in case the starter gets hurt, but usually, the backup isn't going to be good enough to play a full season at the same level as a starter. And if a backup is good enoguh to start all 16 games and play at a high level, then he's going to be starting somewhere else sooner rather than later. This team has depth problems, but Keith Ellison is not one of them. He's perfectly fine as a backup LB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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