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I forked this out because it's an area that we haven't really covered much. The concept is this... What should the Bills total annual player salary be? Break it down by areas and certain positions. Give your answer in a per year salary and then as a total. It should look like a overall structure for what level of player you think we need and what it should cost for that.
So, I don't hate their shrewd philosophy and I don't want a Dan Snyder like approach. But for this team to become good we shoudl have a few very good players at a reasonable yet more expensive value. This has a given amount of upgrades which will cost a given amount of money.
To me,
The OL needs solid and proven players, 2, maybe 3 plus extensions for the remaining 2 or 3. That means 5 mill per times 2 or 3 for a 15 mill expense total. That's what it will likely cost maximum. I would be fine with 2 FA's and a draftee or even 1 FA and 2 draftees who step up. It could be done for as little as 5 mill per and 2 rookie contracts. As far as extensions, Wood will get top 10 C pay... That's going to mean 5 or 6 mill. Levitre can probably be had for 4-5 mill per. So, a quality OL, which assumes we sign quality players, costs us 20-25 mill per. That should be the target. This may mean as much as 7 or 8 mill in new money.
At WR, Evans contract money went right back in our pocket so extending Stevie to the 7 or 8 mill per he may command should be a given. But yes, I'd like a WR who's deserving of that kind of money. Depending on how the Evans trade worked out, Stevie could be resigned with his money or maybe less. Evans's extension was 4 years for around 37 so that would pay for it.
The QB spot is another issue. Set aside Fitz for a second. A quality starting QB is probably going to cost you 8 or 9 mill per. IMO, we need better than that but not the best in the league. I think we should be thinking about wanting to have a 10-11 mill per QB. I'm good with a top 15 guy, but would like top 10. Fitz gets 4 or 5 mill now with incentives so that would mean as much as 5-6 mill in new money toward this spot.
On the defense, I think we need to add a serious pass rusher or extend Merriman if he pans out. We could be looking at something in the neighborhood of 8-9 mill per. The franchise tag is 10. If Dareus becomes our stud DT along with Kyle I'm good. If Dareus becomes that we could be looking at 10 mill per for him. The franchise tag number is almost 13. We pay 5 mill for Dareus and 5 mill for Merriman now. Total we should be thinking 8-10 mill in new money should be invested.
And at that point, I'm good with the salary structure across the rest of the team. That doesn't mean were right on target with who we have at all of our positions currently. It simply means that spending wise we aren't looking to bad. CB could be another factor down the road but I like our current spending there, maybe we simply need to change the faces, not the spending level. I don't need Asomugha.
Add it up and I want us to be right around 120-123 mill in total salary. It would be 20 - 24 mill per in new spending. We are hovering around 100 and I want us to spend to jump this team into a solid NFL squad. I realize it all has to be the right players to make it a smart move. But, I'd like us to be thinking about having a team of that caliber and at that total cost.
I'd like us to be close to the cap by league accounting rules. To me, if done right, we could say we put forth our best effort to provide a competitive product at that point.[/quote]
I forked this out because it's an area that we haven't really covered much. The concept is this... What should the Bills total annual player salary be? Break it down by areas and certain positions. Give your answer in a per year salary and then as a total. It should look like a overall structure for what level of player you think we need and what it should cost for that.
So, I don't hate their shrewd philosophy and I don't want a Dan Snyder like approach. But for this team to become good we shoudl have a few very good players at a reasonable yet more expensive value. This has a given amount of upgrades which will cost a given amount of money.
To me,
The OL needs solid and proven players, 2, maybe 3 plus extensions for the remaining 2 or 3. That means 5 mill per times 2 or 3 for a 15 mill expense total. That's what it will likely cost maximum. I would be fine with 2 FA's and a draftee or even 1 FA and 2 draftees who step up. It could be done for as little as 5 mill per and 2 rookie contracts. As far as extensions, Wood will get top 10 C pay... That's going to mean 5 or 6 mill. Levitre can probably be had for 4-5 mill per. So, a quality OL, which assumes we sign quality players, costs us 20-25 mill per. That should be the target. This may mean as much as 7 or 8 mill in new money.
At WR, Evans contract money went right back in our pocket so extending Stevie to the 7 or 8 mill per he may command should be a given. But yes, I'd like a WR who's deserving of that kind of money. Depending on how the Evans trade worked out, Stevie could be resigned with his money or maybe less. Evans's extension was 4 years for around 37 so that would pay for it.
The QB spot is another issue. Set aside Fitz for a second. A quality starting QB is probably going to cost you 8 or 9 mill per. IMO, we need better than that but not the best in the league. I think we should be thinking about wanting to have a 10-11 mill per QB. I'm good with a top 15 guy, but would like top 10. Fitz gets 4 or 5 mill now with incentives so that would mean as much as 5-6 mill in new money toward this spot.
On the defense, I think we need to add a serious pass rusher or extend Merriman if he pans out. We could be looking at something in the neighborhood of 8-9 mill per. The franchise tag is 10. If Dareus becomes our stud DT along with Kyle I'm good. If Dareus becomes that we could be looking at 10 mill per for him. The franchise tag number is almost 13. We pay 5 mill for Dareus and 5 mill for Merriman now. Total we should be thinking 8-10 mill in new money should be invested.
And at that point, I'm good with the salary structure across the rest of the team. That doesn't mean were right on target with who we have at all of our positions currently. It simply means that spending wise we aren't looking to bad. CB could be another factor down the road but I like our current spending there, maybe we simply need to change the faces, not the spending level. I don't need Asomugha.
Add it up and I want us to be right around 120-123 mill in total salary. It would be 20 - 24 mill per in new spending. We are hovering around 100 and I want us to spend to jump this team into a solid NFL squad. I realize it all has to be the right players to make it a smart move. But, I'd like us to be thinking about having a team of that caliber and at that total cost.
I'd like us to be close to the cap by league accounting rules. To me, if done right, we could say we put forth our best effort to provide a competitive product at that point.[/quote]
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