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Provided we hypothetically use realistic league average numbers,can we afford to resign Searcy, Hughes and Spikes. Extend Dareus. Sign Iupati and someone like Sanchez?
Draft a QB like Hundley in RD2, RT like Sambrailo in RD3 and RB Varga in RD5. Would make me happy!
Where else would you rather be than right here right now?
Hundleywon't be a franchise QB.No better than EJ.He has the same flaws.Decision making,field vision,and pocket awareness.No thanks.Sambrrailo is probably a G and needs to get a lot stronger to play in the NFL.Varga not a starting RB.
Hundleywon't be a franchise QB.No better than EJ.He has the same flaws.Decision making,field vision,and pocket awareness.No thanks.Sambrrailo is probably a G and needs to get a lot stronger to play in the NFL.Varga not a starting RB.
Pretty sure he didn't claim Hundley was a franchise QB, Sambrrailo wouldn't slide inside, or Varga would start. Nice job pissing all over jp's mini-mock, though.
It's been reported the team is somewhere in the $22mil under range, though...plus there could be some cuts that could push that closer to $30. Searcy shouldn't cost much at all, but he may get a larger offer elsewhere and the team won't be shy to let him walk. Spikes will cost a few mil per, and I'd like to keep him, but again with the switch back to Ryan's D he may be viewed as expendable. Hughes is a wild card, depends on how high the market goes. Dareus shouldn't be an issue, and Sanchez would come relatively cheap.
Going strictly by numbers and cap hit, Searcy (3.9, top 20), Spikes (5.5, top 15), Hughes (8.0, top 15), Sanchez (5.0, same as Orton) that would eat up $22.4 so Dareus would have to come in with big money up front and small actual salary number for '15 ($7.0-$8.0 cap hit?) to fit them all. Depends on how each is structured, obviously, but it's doable.
YardRat Wall of Fame #56 DARRYL TALLEY #29 DERRICK BURROUGHS#22 FRED JACKSON #95 KYLE WILLIAMS
Pretty sure he didn't claim Hundley was a franchise QB, Sambrrailo wouldn't slide inside, or Varga would start. Nice job pissing all over jp's mini-mock, though.
It's been reported the team is somewhere in the $22mil under range, though...plus there could be some cuts that could push that closer to $30. Searcy shouldn't cost much at all, but he may get a larger offer elsewhere and the team won't be shy to let him walk. Spikes will cost a few mil per, and I'd like to keep him, but again with the switch back to Ryan's D he may be viewed as expendable. Hughes is a wild card, depends on how high the market goes. Dareus shouldn't be an issue, and Sanchez would come relatively cheap.
Going strictly by numbers and cap hit, Searcy (3.9, top 20), Spikes (5.5, top 15), Hughes (8.0, top 15), Sanchez (5.0, same as Orton) that would eat up $22.4 so Dareus would have to come in with big money up front and small actual salary number for '15 ($7.0-$8.0 cap hit?) to fit them all. Depends on how each is structured, obviously, but it's doable.
Thanks Yard! I feel some restructuring of Mario would help free up money to extend Dareus
Where else would you rather be than right here right now?
No reason to resign Dareus this season. Last year was the year to get a deal done. Now he's going to get his market rate or wait for free agency.
Next season we can use the franchise tag as leverage (it would actually be a savings for us because Marcel will get the highest or second highest DT contract in the NFL), so no rush now. The time to pay him like a top 10 DT was last offseason, now we just play out his rookie deal and enjoy the savings.
Letting Dareus ride and re-structuring Mario would probably provide the room for two more guards, but with the signing of Incognito I don't think that will be in the front office's cards. We're probably looking at Richie, One New Guy, Richardson, Urbik and a rookie at G, Wood at center (Urbik backup), and Glenn, Henderson, Kuoandijo (G/T backup) at tackle, unless they go heavy with 10...and that leaves Williams out of the mix. I'd also prefer a heavier concentration on the oline in FA, jimmi, but not sure the front office will.
YardRat Wall of Fame #56 DARRYL TALLEY #29 DERRICK BURROUGHS#22 FRED JACKSON #95 KYLE WILLIAMS
Letting Dareus ride and re-structuring Mario would probably provide the room for two more guards, but with the signing of Incognito I don't think that will be in the front office's cards. We're probably looking at Richie, One New Guy, Richardson, Urbik and a rookie at G, Wood at center (Urbik backup), and Glenn, Henderson, Kuoandijo (G/T backup) at tackle, unless they go heavy with 10...and that leaves Williams out of the mix. I'd also prefer a heavier concentration on the oline in FA, jimmi, but not sure the front office will.
They already have a lot of guys that can play guard. None are all that great, but.... they have bodies.
Sportrac has us at 30 mill which is about where I think we will be... And that includes the top 51, dead money, and 3.2 for the 2015 picks (assuming we don't move from our spots at all).
The Buffalo Bills 2024 salary cap table, including team cap space, dead cap figures, and complete breakdowns of player cap hits, salaries, and bonuses.
I think Urbik is gone. That should put back 2.3. Incognito eats that up. Back at 30.
I don't think restructuring Mario is out of the question.
But at 30:
Using Yardie's numbers: "Searcy (3.9, top 20), Spikes (5.5, top 15), Hughes (8.0, top 15), Sanchez (5.0, same as Orton) that would eat up $22.4 so Dareus would have to come in with big money up front and small actual salary number for '15 ($7.0-$8.0 cap hit?) to fit them all."
I'd let Searcy walk and go with Duke/draftee. Then go with RG3 at 6.4 I believe. That puts us at 13.5+6.4= 19.9 and leaves us about 10 to play with.
I might dump Rivers to get back another 1.7 since we kept Spikes, Bradham emerged, have Brown, and Kiko is back. Lawson could go too if we kept Hughes. That would gain 1.5 and 1.7 for another 3.2...
So we'd sit at 13.2 mill in room before any restructure of Mario. I think Iupati could be in play for that but he may never hit the market. I think Boling or Franklin may be more likely.
Iupati probably gets Mankins money at 6 for 51.
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/contracts/guard/
Might be able to get a 2015 cap hit of 7 mill on that deal. If so, that leaves us like 6 to still play with. I could see a S or TE with that.
To re-cap:
Re-sign Spikes
Re-sign Hughes
Cut Urbik
Searcy walks
Cut Rivers
Cut Lawson
Trade for RG3
Sign Boling or Franklin
The fans pining for RG III are just nuts or very poorly informed. If Jay Gruden and Mike Shanahan couldn't get more out of him, there is no way that Palmer/Lee are going to.
The best way to sign Hughes I think would be to frontload it significantly so the cap hits drop next year. If you think 4/32 does it (not sure if it does), I'd say you have to do something like 20-4-4-4 rather than 8-8-8-8.
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