Bills get more cap space today

[Wally The Barber]

The Buffalo Bills are receiving some salary cap space today as part of a move they made months ago.

Safety Aaron Williams was designated as a post-June 1st cut when he was released back in March, and now that it is after June 1st, his $4.2 million cap savings is officially added on the team’s salary cap. Buffalo had $11.558 million in cap space prior to today, so they now have $15.758 million in cap space to work with or eventually carry over to next year. This figure includes the top 51 players of the 87 currently on the roster, including the recently drafted rookies.
Following his release, Williams didn’t meet with a team until May 3rd when his former coach, Doug Marrone, brought him in for a visit with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He says he is healthy and would like to continue his career but no team has signed him yet.





http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2017/6/2/15723980/buffalo-bills-salary-cap-aaron-williams-savings-post-june-1-cut

[sukie]

Re: Bills get more cap space today

Perhaps we are not done with this receiving corps yet.

[Night Train]

Re: Bills get more cap space today

They will keep it in reserve or consider raising their offer to TE Gary Barnidge. He states he is waiting for a better offer and a chance to start... but making nothing may be weighing on him now at this late date. We'll see.

[YardRat]

Re: Bills get more cap space today

I think they'll use it on Barnidge.

[Cali512]

Re: Bills get more cap space today

I'd cut clay for Barnidge

[feldspar]

Re: Bills get more cap space today

I'd cut clay for Barnidge

Cutting Clay would result in $13.5 million in dead cap money.

He's set to count $9 million against the cap this year.

So, you do the math.

[swiper]

Re: Bills get more cap space today

I'd cut clay for Barnidge

LOL. That sounds about right.

[feldspar]

Re: Bills get more cap space today

LOL. That sounds about right.

Not really...unless you want to pay $13.5 million to have Charles Clay off the team

That's less money that was added to the cap because of the Aaron Williams situation, which added $4.2 million to the cap, apparently. We'd lose money by cutting Clay (not save it), and STILL have to pay Barnidge...wouldn't make a lick of sense to do that.

May as well have Barnidge AND Clay, because that would probably be cheaper than having just Barnidge, really....obviously more economically sound, at least.

If Tyrod has a problem throwing intermediate passes to the middle of the field again, what's the difference who our tight ends are anyway.

[Mace]

Re: Bills get more cap space today

My thought is that this isn't a team that's a step away from anything much. So use this as a training and evaluation year, decide your core building block players, and roll the money over into next year where it can be better used to accomplish something as a more solid step in a real plan.

No more band aids.

[Guest]

Re: Bills get more cap space today

Not really...unless you want to pay $13.5 million to have Charles Clay off the team

That's less money that was added to the cap because of the Aaron Williams situation, which added $4.2 million to the cap, apparently. We'd lose money by cutting Clay (not save it), and STILL have to pay Barnidge...wouldn't make a lick of sense to do that.

May as well have Barnidge AND Clay, because that would probably be cheaper than having just Barnidge, really....obviously more economically sound, at least.

If Tyrod has a problem throwing intermediate passes to the middle of the field again, what's the difference who our tight ends are anyway.

I hated the Clay signing then and I hate it even more now.

Just Whaley trying to screw the Dolphins.

NOT a logical football personnel improvement move.

[Arm of Harm]

Re: Bills get more cap space today

Not really...unless you want to pay $13.5 million to have Charles Clay off the team

That's less money that was added to the cap because of the Aaron Williams situation, which added $4.2 million to the cap, apparently. We'd lose money by cutting Clay (not save it), and STILL have to pay Barnidge...wouldn't make a lick of sense to do that.

May as well have Barnidge AND Clay, because that would probably be cheaper than having just Barnidge, really....obviously more economically sound, at least.

If Tyrod has a problem throwing intermediate passes to the middle of the field again, what's the difference who our tight ends are anyway.

I'm not disagreeing with you. However, if Clay isn't part of the Bills' long-term plans, they might still be better-served by cutting him now rather than later. Sure, it makes the cap situation a little worse for this season, while also eliminating a good player. (A good player who hasn't reached his potential here due to his quarterback's limitations.) But the nice thing about cutting him this year is that then you get his dead cap money off the books this year, so that you start with a clean slate down the road. It's not as though the Bills are contending for anything in particular this season anyway. Better to get all the bad-tasting medicine out of the way at once, now, so that this type of stuff isn't dragging us down in the future.

[swiper]

Re: Bills get more cap space today

Not really

I was referring to that statement made by that particular poster. It was a dumb suggestion, I agree.