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For anyone who is actually not convinced that "trading" Spikes isn't 100% financial. Read the damn article. In fact, To save you the time just read the quotes. You gotta be kidding me.
"Finances are playing a big part in the Spikes move, and they are the reason his trade has been expected for weeks.
The Bills have made big free-agent purchases the past month and have committed about $105 million to this year’s player costs, by News estimates. They do not intend to spend more than the NFL salary cap total of $112 million in real dollars this year. (Teams are allowed to spend cash over the cap because signing bonuses can be spread out over the length of the contract for accounting purposes.)
The Bills still need to spend a lot of money to sign their draft choices. That total could exceed $10 million, depending on how they structure the contracts. They also must keep some money in reserve to replace injured players during the season.
So it’s hard to see how they could avoid spending over the cap in real money with Spikes, who is scheduled to make $4.6 million, on the roster."
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IN all actuality, we are more than $19 million under the salary cap. We still had plenty of money, if we had an owner who choose to do so, to fill a lot more of the holes that have been left behind or not addressed in previous years. We could've landed minimum 2-3 more quality starters in FA, guys that woulda costed some money but not approached contracts like Dockery got; guys that would've been an upgrade such as a Rod Hood, Nick Harper, Travis Henry, Cato June, Justin Griffith, etc (take your pick of any 2 I guess- they were all clear upgrades)
But the salary cap, by our own owner, has been made different for the 31 other teams in the league than it is for us. For fans who've supported this team through this ridiculously mediocre stretch (longest playoff drought in Bills history), these cheap moves are discraceful and a slap to ticket/merchanise buying Bills fans everywhere.
There is zero committment to winning from wilson. Zero. He is committed to saving money, and that's it.
Groan me all you want, I care about the Bills as much as anybody on this board. But I'm done buying into this horse****. I really hope Wilson sells the team or "moves on"- I dont care anymore. I'll take my chances that someone will want to keep this team in Buffalo, because nobody can possibly do a ****tier job of running this franchise than Wilson has over the past decade.
"Finances are playing a big part in the Spikes move, and they are the reason his trade has been expected for weeks.
The Bills have made big free-agent purchases the past month and have committed about $105 million to this year’s player costs, by News estimates. They do not intend to spend more than the NFL salary cap total of $112 million in real dollars this year. (Teams are allowed to spend cash over the cap because signing bonuses can be spread out over the length of the contract for accounting purposes.)
The Bills still need to spend a lot of money to sign their draft choices. That total could exceed $10 million, depending on how they structure the contracts. They also must keep some money in reserve to replace injured players during the season.
So it’s hard to see how they could avoid spending over the cap in real money with Spikes, who is scheduled to make $4.6 million, on the roster."
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IN all actuality, we are more than $19 million under the salary cap. We still had plenty of money, if we had an owner who choose to do so, to fill a lot more of the holes that have been left behind or not addressed in previous years. We could've landed minimum 2-3 more quality starters in FA, guys that woulda costed some money but not approached contracts like Dockery got; guys that would've been an upgrade such as a Rod Hood, Nick Harper, Travis Henry, Cato June, Justin Griffith, etc (take your pick of any 2 I guess- they were all clear upgrades)
But the salary cap, by our own owner, has been made different for the 31 other teams in the league than it is for us. For fans who've supported this team through this ridiculously mediocre stretch (longest playoff drought in Bills history), these cheap moves are discraceful and a slap to ticket/merchanise buying Bills fans everywhere.
There is zero committment to winning from wilson. Zero. He is committed to saving money, and that's it.
Groan me all you want, I care about the Bills as much as anybody on this board. But I'm done buying into this horse****. I really hope Wilson sells the team or "moves on"- I dont care anymore. I'll take my chances that someone will want to keep this team in Buffalo, because nobody can possibly do a ****tier job of running this franchise than Wilson has over the past decade.
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