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  • DraftBoy
    Administrator
    • Jul 2002
    • 107442
    #1

    Under the rumored CBA rules...

    The rumor is that the new CBA will return FA to pre 2010 rules which allows for a player with 4 years of experience to hit the unrestricted market as opposed to being a RFA until 6 years of service. This makes three previously thought of Bills RFA's (over the next two seasons) off seasons now turn into UFA's. The two main names are;

    WR Steve Johnson-Final Year of Contract
    OT Demetrius Bell-Final Year of Contract

    Both of those are going to command a good chunk of money. Also considering McKelvin's contract is up after 2012 along with Byrd, Evans, Hangartner, Jackson, Levitre, and K. Williams we have a lot of big time decisions to make over the next two seasons.
    COMING SOON...
    Originally posted by Dr.Lecter
    We were both drunk and Hillary did not look that bad at 2 AM, I swear!!!!!!
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  • BidsJr
    Registered User
    • Sep 2002
    • 2858
    #2
    Re: Under the rumored CBA rules...

    Good, if Buddy and Whaley are the real deal it will show pretty quick.
    "Well I drink too much and get punched in the head by fighters for fun, so my memory isn't so great." -OpIv37

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    • Night Train
      Retired - On Several Levels
      • Jul 2005
      • 33117
      #3
      Re: Under the rumored CBA rules...

      Bell & Levitre are the most important. Bills have tried to stabilize the OL for how many years ?

      RB & WR are always easy to find. I thought Kyle Williams was recently redone.
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      • THATHURMANATOR
        Registered User
        • Jul 2002
        • 69112
        #4
        Re: Under the rumored CBA rules...

        Originally posted by DraftBoy
        The rumor is that the new CBA will return FA to pre 2010 rules which allows for a player with 4 years of experience to hit the unrestricted market as opposed to being a RFA until 6 years of service. This makes three previously thought of Bills RFA's (over the next two seasons) off seasons now turn into UFA's. The two main names are;

        WR Steve Johnson-Final Year of Contract
        OT Demetrius Bell-Final Year of Contract

        Both of those are going to command a good chunk of money. Also considering McKelvin's contract is up after 2012 along with Byrd, Evans, Hangartner, Jackson, Levitre, and K. Williams we have a lot of big time decisions to make over the next two seasons.
        So will all teams.
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        • BidsJr
          Registered User
          • Sep 2002
          • 2858
          #5
          Re: Under the rumored CBA rules...

          I'd like to know what QB's this would impact.
          "Well I drink too much and get punched in the head by fighters for fun, so my memory isn't so great." -OpIv37

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          • ddaryl
            Everything I post is sexual inuendo
            • Jan 2005
            • 10714
            #6
            Re: Under the rumored CBA rules...

            Johnson is a must IMO.. He is young and can possibly be our future #1.. i also believe he likes Buffalo so we want to keep him

            We are going to have to spend close to 100% of the cap might as well pay a few of our UFA"s that is if we can't replace them with better UFA's
            Last edited by ddaryl; 06-22-2011, 08:43 AM.

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            • Stewie
              Sarah Palin for President... of my pants!
              • Aug 2002
              • 11567
              #7
              Re: Under the rumored CBA rules...

              Bell and Johnson should be resigned ASAP to prevent their exposure to the market. They could be offensive cogs for the next 7 years.

              The rest of them, with the exception of Kyle Williams, can hit the road if they think they're worth more than average money.
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              • djjimkelly
                Registered User
                • Apr 2003
                • 7045
                #8
                Re: Under the rumored CBA rules...

                we have a ton of cap space i have no doubt both will get locked up during the season
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                • delectrolux
                  Registered User
                  • May 2007
                  • 199
                  #9
                  Re: Under the rumored CBA rules...

                  Originally posted by djjimkelly
                  we have a ton of cap space i have no doubt both will get locked up during the season
                  Seriously, the Bills are going to have like $80million in cap space. Their current salary is about $52M and the proposed cap will probably be around $140M...
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                  • psubills62
                    Legendary Zoner
                    • Sep 2008
                    • 11295
                    #10
                    Re: Under the rumored CBA rules...

                    If the Bills need to spend 90-93% of the cap, we should be able to lock up a LOT of our current players - not that I'm sure we really want to. Johnson, Byrd, and Bell are definitely three I'd like to see with long-term contracts.

                    Also, the good thing is that if we need to spend money up to the cap, we should be able to front-load a lot of these contracts to get up to the necessary cap number. That will make the players happy and more willing to sign. I might not have any of this right, though I'm sure clump or someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
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                    • DraftBoy
                      Administrator
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 107442
                      #11
                      Re: Under the rumored CBA rules...

                      Originally posted by THATHURMANATOR
                      So will all teams.
                      Yes....however Im pointing out how this directly effects the Bills.
                      COMING SOON...
                      Originally posted by Dr.Lecter
                      We were both drunk and Hillary did not look that bad at 2 AM, I swear!!!!!!
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                      • Extremebillsfan247
                        Registered User
                        • Sep 2008
                        • 3142
                        #12
                        Re: Under the rumored CBA rules...

                        Originally posted by DraftBoy
                        The rumor is that the new CBA will return FA to pre 2010 rules which allows for a player with 4 years of experience to hit the unrestricted market as opposed to being a RFA until 6 years of service. This makes three previously thought of Bills RFA's (over the next two seasons) off seasons now turn into UFA's. The two main names are;

                        WR Steve Johnson-Final Year of Contract
                        OT Demetrius Bell-Final Year of Contract

                        Both of those are going to command a good chunk of money. Also considering McKelvin's contract is up after 2012 along with Byrd, Evans, Hangartner, Jackson, Levitre, and K. Williams we have a lot of big time decisions to make over the next two seasons.
                        I was going to put out a thread of how those new supposed rules will effect this years UFAs. To make a long story short, it's a bad year to be an unrestricted free agent. Any player in this years pool is going to want a very quick resolution to this lockout or it's going to be tough to get the contract he wants. In example: Donte Whitner talks about how he wants a certain amount of money in order to play in Buffalo. The longer this lockout takes, the less likely he is of getting that no matter which team he goes to.

                        Now, I could be wrong here about actual number but there will probably be close to, if not more than 200 unrestricted free agents with a very small amount of time to get signed with a team as a result of this current lockout. As Albert Breer has said, "it's going to be a buyers market", a good number of these players, Whitner included, might actually find themselves taking a deal outside of what they are asking for just to get in somewhere to play in 2011.

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                        • better days
                          Registered User
                          • Jan 2010
                          • 22028
                          #13
                          Re: Under the rumored CBA rules...

                          Originally posted by DraftBoy
                          Yes....however Im pointing out how this directly effects the Bills.
                          Well, I would say not very much. I would bet some other teams will be much more affected.

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                          • Extremebillsfan247
                            Registered User
                            • Sep 2008
                            • 3142
                            #14
                            Re: Under the rumored CBA rules...

                            Originally posted by better days
                            Well, I would say not very much. I would bet some other teams will be much more affected.
                            Some other teams will be more affected. But the immediate impact to the Bills and the decisions they will make over the next couple of years in respect to contracts will be significant. There's going to be a large roster turn over here probably over the next 3 years as the Bills struggle to get some of these guys under new contracts. The Bills wont be able to keep all of them. JMO
                            Last edited by Extremebillsfan247; 06-22-2011, 11:39 AM.
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                            • DraftBoy
                              Administrator
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 107442
                              #15
                              Re: Under the rumored CBA rules...

                              Originally posted by better days
                              Well, I would say not very much. I would bet some other teams will be much more affected.
                              You dont think making two of youngest starters, at positions we are already extremely deficient at, UFA's two years early is a great effect?
                              COMING SOON...
                              Originally posted by Dr.Lecter
                              We were both drunk and Hillary did not look that bad at 2 AM, I swear!!!!!!

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