Bills Salary Cap Projection

[Ed]

I don't know how legit these numbers are, but according to John Clayton the Bills should have about $20.6 million in cap space right now before making any roster moves. That puts the Bills 7th in the league if those numbers are correct. There seems to be a lot of concern over the Bills ability to re-sign Byrd and Levitre, but it looks like the team is in pretty good shape compared to the rest of the league. There's still quite a few moves they could make too that would save a significant amount.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2012/story/_/id/8822266/nfl-mailbag-carryover-rules-impact-cap-strategy

[NOT THE DUDE...]

Re: Bills Salary Cap Projection

resign
mckelvin
scott
merriman
moore
levitre
jackson

franchise byrd

tender

jones/nelson

sign dwayne bowe and alex smith

cut fitz

[Slim]

Re: Bills Salary Cap Projection

No reason not to plug at least 2-3 holes before April.

[NOT THE DUDE...]

Re: Bills Salary Cap Projection

i want bowe and alex smith, but a wildcard would be to get sammie lee hill as rotational dt...

[CleveSteve]

Re: Bills Salary Cap Projection

Don't forget this is the first year of the cap floor as well. Required to spend 88.8% (IIRC) of the cap.

[Skooby]

Re: Bills Salary Cap Projection

Fred's going to have come at a discount to make sense, Fitz is a goner.

resign
mckelvin
scott
merriman
moore
levitre
jackson

franchise byrd

tender

jones/nelson

sign dwayne bowe and alex smith

cut fitz

[IlluminatusUIUC]

Re: Bills Salary Cap Projection

resign
mckelvin - Sure
scott - No
merriman - Sure
moore - Absolutely
levitre - #1 Priority
jackson - No

franchise byrd - I'd rather try to sign him. Why burn bridges?

tender

jones/nelson - Yes.

sign dwayne bowe (If we can) and alex smith (Pass)

cut fitz (I'm stunned he's not cut already)

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Fred's going to have come at a discount to make sense, Fitz is a goner.

He means Tarvaris. Fred already extended.

[GingerP]

Re: Bills Salary Cap Projection

resign
...
jackson
...
alex smith

Jackson and Smith are both under contract. Thus nothing needs to be done for Jackson and they would have to trade for Smith.

[Mouldsie]

Re: Bills Salary Cap Projection

Jackson is under contract at a more than fair price. People need to stop trying to delete talent off the roster. Same can be said for Barnett.

[X-Era]

Re: Bills Salary Cap Projection

I don't know how legit these numbers are, but according to John Clayton the Bills should have about $20.6 million in cap space right now before making any roster moves. That puts the Bills 7th in the league if those numbers are correct. There seems to be a lot of concern over the Bills ability to re-sign Byrd and Levitre, but it looks like the team is in pretty good shape compared to the rest of the league. There's still quite a few moves they could make too that would save a significant amount.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2012...t-cap-strategy

They carry over makes it 20ish. It's 11ish without it according to This:

http://nyjetscap.com/Bills/bills2013.php

Levitre and Byrd can be resigned and if both have a good portion in guaranteed money and signing bonus they shouldn't kill that cap room.

If it's done right we could see Levitre at 7-8 per with a cap figure of 4.5 and Byrd at 8 per with a cap figure of 5 next year.

I could see one big namer, and a higher level contract plus the draftee's and lower level resignings.

The Jets, NO, Car, Dal, and Wash all have to trim. Expect the free agent market to get a boost.

One rumored cut is LB Johnathan Vilma... I'd take him.

The Jets have Sanchez, Bart Scott, Calvin Pace, and Eric Smith as potential cuts.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

Re: Bills Salary Cap Projection

Jackson and Smith are both under contract. Thus nothing needs to be done for Jackson

Jackson is under contract at a more than fair price. People need to stop trying to delete talent off the roster. Same can be said for Barnett.

Tarvaris Jackson

[EDS]

Re: Bills Salary Cap Projection

Barring cuts, won't resigning Byrd and Levitre along with our draft picks account for 2/3rds of the available cap room the Bills have?

[X-Era]

Re: Bills Salary Cap Projection

Barring cuts, won't resigning Byrd and Levitre along with our draft picks account for 2/3rds of the available cap room the Bills have?

I think it could be around there yeah.

But I think cuts are coming with a new regime. Kelsay (4+), Brad Smith (2.75), and certainly Fitz (4.5) are targets. That adds back another 10 or so.

McGee at 2+ and Barnett at 3+ in savings could also be targets

[jamze132]

Re: Bills Salary Cap Projection

Release the Fitz.

[Bert102176]

Re: Bills Salary Cap Projection

Fred's going to have come at a discount to make sense, Fitz is a goner.

And cut Anderson he's useless