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I'm done with him. No fire. No impact. Goes through the motions and that's not what a $100M "star" is supposed to do. I don't know what the cap hit/financials are, but if it were up to me, I'd trade him or cut him next season. He's just not worth it.
Byrd is next on my list in the "Get Rid Of Series."
Williams is due a $10.6M roster bonus early in the off-season, so if they were going to cut him they would want to do it before paying him. That means they can't make him a post-June 1 release and spread the hit out over 2 years (like they did with Fitzpatrick).
That means he would count $15.2M in dead money next year when they released him in March. The Bills already have $11.5M in dead money next year (mostly from Fitzpatrick, Anderson & Lindell), so they would have 26.7M taken off the top of their cap to start the year. Even with the extra they are carrying over, that would limit the ability to spend in the off-season.
If they pay Williams the $10.6M roster bonus, his cap number would be $18.4M in 2014. Their next out would be after 4 years of his deal (before 2016), when his dead money would be down to $7M, or after 5 years, when his dead money would only be $1M.
Yeah that's a horse pill for sure. And, I doubt they could trade him given his contract and his lackluster play. Talk about an evil farewell poison pill from Nix and Gailey.
I am starting to agree, he looks like he is just going through the motions. Some people get motivated once they get paid, others just rest on their laurels.
Yeah, let's start getting rid of our most talented players
Talent only gets you so far in professional sports. But I'm not even sure he is all that talented. If he's one of "our most talented players", then he has no way of exerting it. The guy is invisible for games at a stretch.
Byrd: "Ow. I have plantar fasciitis."
Mario: "Um, yeah! I got that too. Whatsitcalled...planters peanitus! Yeah, that's the ticket!"
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