On the surface, the Bills appear to just be adding cap space to use on Incognito and Glenn. But as of now they sit at 10+ mill in room AFTER Glenn. The still need to sign him long term. But, if anything his 13+ cap figure under the franchise tag will drop which adds even more room.
The release of Mario, Dixon, and Urbik was early since they didn't have to be under the cap until March 9th... But, they can begin talks on the 7th.
Incognito may only cost 4 or 5 mill per as far as cap hit.
So:
Cut players early
Freed up more room than they need for Incognito
Restructured Graham to get even more
And are reportedly still working on restructuring McKelvin to add even more room...
Are they planning to make a move in Free Agency early?
If so, for whom?
How about Damon Harrison, NT... Jets may not get him back. Whaley said we will look different on D... more traditional 3-4... We need an NT in that case... Doesn't Harrison who knows Rex makes sense?
This article points to him costing up to 10 mill per. I think 7 or 8 in cap hit may be more likely:
"According to OvertheCap.Com, the highest paid 3-4 NT currently under contract for the 2016 season is Vince Wilfork of the Houston Texans, with an annual average salary of $4.5 million. Last year’s highest paid was Haloti Ngata, who counted $8.5 million against the Detroit Lions salary cap.
Being that Harrison is younger and more effective than both of them at this point in their careers, you have to figure that it could cost somewhere in the range of $10 million per year to get a deal done, unless “Snacks” is feeling generous enough to give a hometown discount."
I'd love that move. I wonder though with such a DL strong draft if we shouldn't go that route instead.
What say you? Are the Bills scrambling to add cap room for a reason? If so for what? New player? Resign their own?
The release of Mario, Dixon, and Urbik was early since they didn't have to be under the cap until March 9th... But, they can begin talks on the 7th.
Incognito may only cost 4 or 5 mill per as far as cap hit.
So:
Cut players early
Freed up more room than they need for Incognito
Restructured Graham to get even more
And are reportedly still working on restructuring McKelvin to add even more room...
Are they planning to make a move in Free Agency early?
If so, for whom?
How about Damon Harrison, NT... Jets may not get him back. Whaley said we will look different on D... more traditional 3-4... We need an NT in that case... Doesn't Harrison who knows Rex makes sense?
This article points to him costing up to 10 mill per. I think 7 or 8 in cap hit may be more likely:
"According to OvertheCap.Com, the highest paid 3-4 NT currently under contract for the 2016 season is Vince Wilfork of the Houston Texans, with an annual average salary of $4.5 million. Last year’s highest paid was Haloti Ngata, who counted $8.5 million against the Detroit Lions salary cap.
Being that Harrison is younger and more effective than both of them at this point in their careers, you have to figure that it could cost somewhere in the range of $10 million per year to get a deal done, unless “Snacks” is feeling generous enough to give a hometown discount."
I'd love that move. I wonder though with such a DL strong draft if we shouldn't go that route instead.
What say you? Are the Bills scrambling to add cap room for a reason? If so for what? New player? Resign their own?
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