If we have to decide, which is your choice? Salary cap may prevent us keeping both.
Although analyzing the Bills' financial picture in future years is always an inexact science, ESPN Stats & Information pegs the Bills to have about $35 million in 2017 cap space given a conservative estimate of a $160 million league-wide salary cap. The number will increase when the Bills carry over their unused salary-cap space from this season (currently $12.15 million, according to the NFLPA), but it also will decrease as more players get deals for next season. Buffalo has only 35 veterans or drafted rookies under contract for 2017; eventually, the top 51 deals will count against their cap.
With those considerations in mind, here are a few situations that can play out in the coming months involving the Bills' top two free agents next spring, Gilmore and quarterback Tyrod Taylor:
Although analyzing the Bills' financial picture in future years is always an inexact science, ESPN Stats & Information pegs the Bills to have about $35 million in 2017 cap space given a conservative estimate of a $160 million league-wide salary cap. The number will increase when the Bills carry over their unused salary-cap space from this season (currently $12.15 million, according to the NFLPA), but it also will decrease as more players get deals for next season. Buffalo has only 35 veterans or drafted rookies under contract for 2017; eventually, the top 51 deals will count against their cap.
With those considerations in mind, here are a few situations that can play out in the coming months involving the Bills' top two free agents next spring, Gilmore and quarterback Tyrod Taylor:
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