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  • DraftBoy
    Administrator
    • Jul 2002
    • 107452

    Bills gain $7 Million in Cap Room

    With June 1 designation passed the Bills release of Ryan Fitzpatrick allowed them to count $3 Million towards 2013 and $7 Million towards 2014.

    Some good news for what should be a very slow week.
    COMING SOON...
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    We were both drunk and Hillary did not look that bad at 2 AM, I swear!!!!!!
  • GingerP
    Registered User
    • Aug 2012
    • 1717

    #2
    Re: Bills gain $7 Million in Cap Room

    If they are smart, they will allocate some of that cap room to extending Byrd before the mid-July deadline on negotiating with franchise players.

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    • Joe Fo Sho
      Making Spirits Bright
      • Mar 2006
      • 6194

      #3
      Re: Bills gain $7 Million in Cap Room

      Is 2014 when the salary cap increases significantly? That would be nice.

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      • gebobs
        One Bills Drive, Georgia - 871 miles south of Orchard Park
        • Sep 2003
        • 11520

        #4
        Re: Bills gain $7 Million in Cap Room

        Once that $7.35 million is removed, the Bills will have over $18 million in cap space in 2013.
        Lehner's history. He just doesn't know it yet.

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        • Thief
          Registered User
          • Sep 2009
          • 820

          #5
          Re: Bills gain $7 Million in Cap Room

          Originally posted by Joe Fo Sho View Post
          Is 2014 when the salary cap increases significantly? That would be nice.
          Why? If it raises for everyone, it isn't that good for small market teams. The lower the cap, the better.

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          • Joe Fo Sho
            Making Spirits Bright
            • Mar 2006
            • 6194

            #6
            Re: Bills gain $7 Million in Cap Room

            Originally posted by Thief View Post
            Why? If it raises for everyone, it isn't that good for small market teams. The lower the cap, the better.
            If we have to take a 7 million dollar hit, the more cap room available, the less significant that hit is.

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            • NOT THE DUDE...
              Hall of Fame Zoner
              • Jan 2010
              • 8826

              #7
              Re: Bills gain $7 Million in Cap Room

              please sign byrd, wood and Carrington to long term deals... they are all entering their prime and have pro bowl talent

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              • Ed
                Dude
                • Sep 2002
                • 9247

                #8
                Re: Bills gain $7 Million in Cap Room

                It seems like at this point we would have been better off just leaving that cap space for next season. With rookies signed and no significant free agents left, what are they going to do with 18+ million in cap space? Can they structure Byrd's extension so that more of the bonus money is applied to this season?

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                • Night Train
                  Retired - On Several Levels
                  • Jul 2005
                  • 33117

                  #9
                  Re: Bills gain $7 Million in Cap Room

                  A year ago, this would mean an automatic upgrade to Kelsays salary.. but that option is gone.

                  Give then a few days to figure out Byrd needs some of this. Change is hard.
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                  • IlluminatusUIUC
                    Registered User
                    • Sep 2012
                    • 8966

                    #10
                    Re: Bills gain $7 Million in Cap Room

                    Originally posted by Ed View Post
                    It seems like at this point we would have been better off just leaving that cap space for next season. With rookies signed and no significant free agents left, what are they going to do with 18+ million in cap space? Can they structure Byrd's extension so that more of the bonus money is applied to this season?
                    Some of it rolls over into next year I believe, but I could be wrong.


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                    • Ed
                      Dude
                      • Sep 2002
                      • 9247

                      #11
                      Re: Bills gain $7 Million in Cap Room

                      Originally posted by IlluminatusUIUC View Post
                      Some of it rolls over into next year I believe, but I could be wrong.
                      I was wondering about that, but I thought I read somewhere that the roll over was only for last year, before the new minimum salary cap spending rules take effect, but I could be wrong too.

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                      • The Jokeman
                        Registered User
                        • Dec 2003
                        • 9995

                        #12
                        Re: Bills gain $7 Million in Cap Room

                        Originally posted by NOT THE DUDE... View Post
                        please sign byrd, wood and Carrington to long term deals... they are all entering their prime and have pro bowl talent
                        All will be playing new systems in 2013 anything that we saw prior was under Gailey/Wannestadt and there's no guarantee the same success will be had under Marrone. Yet I would re-sign all of them and also look for a few other veterans to shore up some holes in the current roster.

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                        • better days
                          Registered User
                          • Jan 2010
                          • 22028

                          #13
                          Re: Bills gain $7 Million in Cap Room

                          Originally posted by Ed View Post
                          It seems like at this point we would have been better off just leaving that cap space for next season. With rookies signed and no significant free agents left, what are they going to do with 18+ million in cap space? Can they structure Byrd's extension so that more of the bonus money is applied to this season?
                          Bonus money is spread over the life of the contract but they could give him a huge bump in his salary this year instead of bonus.

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                          • Meathead
                            Insufferable ***** and perpetual crybaby
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 21349

                            #14
                            Re: Bills gain $7 Million in Cap Room

                            beleed me, virtually all that cap space will be gone by the time the season starts. extensions will eat up most of it, the rest will go to a couple late free agent adds after cutdowns
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                            • jimmifli
                              Registered User
                              • Nov 2006
                              • 7827

                              #15
                              Re: Bills gain $7 Million in Cap Room

                              Originally posted by Meathead View Post
                              beleed me, virtually all that cap space will be gone by the time the season starts. extensions will eat up most of it, the rest will go to a couple late free agent adds after cutdowns
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                              The Buffalo Bills announce the signing of Chris Kelsay to a 3 year contract reportedly worth $27 million, with a signing bonus of $7 million. Reached for comment Russ Brandon said "It took a lot of effort to coax Chris out of retirement but his dedication to this team was obvious. We had a difficult timing filling the hole created when he retired in February and I worked tireless through out the off-season to bring Chris back to the field. We had a lot of cap space available and considered extending Jairus and Eric but felt that convincing Kelsay to return was a better use of the cap space."

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