3/10 - Rumblings : Projected present cap space

[Mace]

Projected, not concrete, but a good general ballpark roundup.

The thought, Buffalo has around $19.5 million atm, and restructuring Dareus & Glenn (converting salary to signing bonus which you can spread out over term) could gain another $14.7 million as needed.

This was pre-Corey Graham cut, so add another $4 to around 23.5 million.

http://www.buffalorumblings.com/buffalo-bills-nfl-free-agency-2017/2017/3/10/14880926/buffalo-bills-free-agency-salary-cap-reset-micah-hyde

[Ed]

I just posted this in another thread, but A. Williams release saves $4.2 mil this season, not the $1.7 mil originally reported since he was designated as a post-June 1 cut. So the Bills current cap space should be around $25-26 mil right now.

[Mace]

I just posted this in another thread, but A. Williams release saves $4.2 mil this season, not the $1.7 mil originally reported since he was designated as a post-June 1 cut. So the Bills current cap space should be around $25-26 mil right now.

Was just reading about that elsewhere, actually he was changed to post June 1 so :


Mike Rodak ESPN Staff Writer

The NFL has corrected its transaction log from Thursday and designated Bills safety Aaron Williams as a post-June 1 cut, per ESPN NFL Insider Field Yates. That means Williams' full $6.625 million cap hit stays on the Bills' books until June 1, at which point they save $4.2 million off their 2017 cap and take a $2.425 million dead-money charge against their 2018 salary cap. Had Williams not been designated a post-June 1 cut, his release would have only saved $1.775 million against the Bills' 2017 cap but not caused any dead money charge in 2018.

So they're around 18 million atm and the 4.2 frees up after June 1.

Edit : corrected my woeful math.

[jamze132]

Doubt anyone else restructures this offseason...

[Night Train]

Doubt anyone else restructures this offseason...

Why not ? They get instant cash in the form of a healthy signing bonus and the team gets cap relief.

Win/Win.