Kyle Williams takes pay cut

[Pinkerton Security]

Gotta love this guy.

http://espn.go.com/blog/buffalo-bills/post/_/id/23999/kyle-williams-appears-to-take-1-75-million-pay-cut-from-bills

Records show that Williams' 2016 base salary has been reduced from $6 million to $4.25 million. There were no other changes to Williams' deal, suggesting Williams took a pay cut instead of the team restructuring the $1.75 million difference into incentives or a bonus.
Williams' agent, Pat Dye, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Bills do not publicly discuss terms of player contracts.
Williams' cap number has dropped from $8 million to $6.25 million, while the Bills' cap space has increased from $5.82 million to $7.57 million, according to NFLPA records. Of that amount, the Bills will need to reserve space to reach deals with their draft picks this summer.

[Buffalogic]

He's awesome.

[Topas]

The Bills robbed him. They should pay him 20mill this year for not being able to surround him with an at least semi professional team the last 10 or whatever many years

[Pinkerton Security]

The Bills robbed him. They should pay him 20mill this year for not being able to surround him with an at least semi professional team the last 10 or whatever many years
He obviously agreed to this...his hopes are that money goes towards other FAs that will help put a real team on the field

[Mahdi]

That extra space should be used to sign Terrance Knighton.

Not only do the bills needs him but he would prolong KW career.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

That extra space should be used to sign Terrance Knighton.

Not only do the bills needs him but he would prolong KW career.

I could get behind that

[kscdogbillsfan1221]

I could get behind that


He he would look great covering gronkowski I'm sure.

[YardRat]

If they cut FJax, they'll cut anybody. Watch your back, KW.

[Mace]

If they cut FJax, they'll cut anybody. Watch your back, KW.

Off to a contender he'd go. Still has some left in the tank and would be better suited in a 4-3 anyway. Rotational where he'd be kept fresh, he'd be an impact player.

[Night Train]

Every move the Bills make sucks.

Got it.

:rolleyes:

[Mace]

Every move the Bills make sucks.

Got it.

:rolleyes:

Not EVERY one. It was good they locked up Glenn and resigned Incognito, let go of Bradham, McKelvin, and Brooks.

[coastal]

Best five card stud ever...

[TacklingDummy]

The one who should be taking a pay cut for the way he's played the Bills last 25 games is Dareus.

[EDS]

He obviously agreed to this...his hopes are that money goes towards other FAs that will help put a real team on the field

I suspect his willingness to agree to the pay cut was a financial decision in that he thinks he can make more under this reduced contract than he could make on the open market.

[Saratoga Slim]

I suspect his willingness to agree to the pay cut was a financial decision in that he thinks he can make more under this reduced contract than he could make on the open market.

Maybe. But I kinda doubt he couldn't score $6M somewhere in the current market ridiculousness. He's still a very capable DT.

[The King]

Kyle said Buffalo would be the only team he ever played for. He's sacrificed for this team more than any player I can remember. He's the man.

[EDS]

Kyle said Buffalo would be the only team he ever played for. He's sacrificed for this team more than any player I can remember. He's the man.

Looks like he can earn the money back if he hits certain playing time milestones:

http://www.buffalorumblings.com/buffalo-bills-news/2016/3/17/11252920/kyle-williams-buffalo-bills-pay-cut-play-time-incentives-percentage

[Night Train]

Kyle said Buffalo would be the only team he ever played for. He's sacrificed for this team more than any player I can remember. He's the man.


Somewhere in Nebraska, Chris Kelsay cries...:up:

[Mace]

Somewhere in Nebraska, Chris Kelsay cries...:up:

I still feel bad for Kelsay. I was never super fond of him until I saw him madly trying to chase down receivers he was supposed to be covering inappropriately in a screwed up defense. Oh if I could have willed him to catch them I would have, forehead against the screen, "get him Chris, you can do it !". Occurred to me the dude was giving everything he had and really trying like a maniac without a chance of success. That poor guy, I'll respect him until I die for all the stuff I thereafter saw him madly trying to do that no one should have expected him to.

Caught across the field on a reverse ? So what, here he came rumbling into view, runner already 10 yards past him, running like a maniac in case the guy reversed field and came back his way.

[Ingtar33]

If they cut FJax, they'll cut anybody. Watch your back, KW.

bingo. now his cap hit has been lowered he's probably made himself more likely to be cut. You can say some above average things about how this front office has drafted recently, but how they've behaved elsewhere has been disgraceful.

[Joe Fo Sho]

bingo. now his cap hit has been lowered he's probably made himself more likely to be cut. You can say some above average things about how this front office has drafted recently, but how they've behaved elsewhere has been disgraceful.

Disgraceful? What have that done that's been disgraceful?

[stuckincincy]

I suspect his willingness to agree to the pay cut was a financial decision in that he thinks he can make more under this reduced contract than he could make on the open market.



Could be. He's 33, coming off of IR.

[YardRat]

Disgraceful? What have that done that's been disgraceful?

Hired Wrecks and his staff.
Jettisoned Schwartz, and eventually Henderson.
Ruined the defense.
Cut FJax.
Overspent on toys in free agency.
Played roster ping pong.
Posted a W-L record worse than Doug Moron.
Spent a ****-ton of the owner's money on nepotism.
Waited until March to release an assistant coach, giving him almost zero chance of latching on elsewhere in the league.
Accomplished the unthinkable by taking a team that hasn't made the the playoffs in an embarrassing 16 seasons and actually made the organization more embarrassing with their antics.

Those are just a few off of the top of my head.

[Mace]

You can say some above average things about how this front office has drafted recently,

I'm still not so sure how you can even do that. They overspent for Watkins (a skilled player however), and they got Darby, and a bunch of other guys who get hurt a lot or are mediocre, or can't get on the field, over 3 years of Whaley being involved.