clumping platelets
12-30-2002, 06:38 AM
Your resident capologists are feverishly :rolleyes: working on updating y'all on the 2003 cap situation of the Bills'.
Just a very brief outlook:
44 players signed for 2003 (however, a couple like DT Robertson, WR R. Allen, and RB Dinkins status is unclear)
Salaries: $36,869,250
Bonuses(all types): $16,621,416
Dead cap: $7,998,853
Total: $61,489,519
Projected cap: $73,900,000
Bills' under 2003 cap by $12,410,481
This can potentially be less due to cap adjustments from NLTBE debit (Bills had a 2002 debit of over $2 million mostly from AVP performance in 2001)
UFAs: Sign with any team of their choice
DE Ahanotu: it appears Bills want him back
K Hollis: PLEASE bring him back
C Conaty: Unknown but likely to test FA
RB Bryson: Career in jeopardy? I wouldn't re-sign
LB Newman: Likely to test FA
WR Price: Regardless of comments, most likely to test FA
WR C. Johnson: I would re-sign for minimum
LB Favors: I hope he returns and is given chance to be the #4 OLB and a special teams ace
RFAs: other teams can negotiate
RB Morris: minimum qualifying offer yields 5th rd pick compensation. Could attract interest in FA.
LB Polk: 7th rd compensation. Could also attract interest in FA
QB T. Brown: No compensation but can match if tendered. Not likely to attract much attention
DT Larsen: 6th rd compensation. Bills' probably will not tender min. qualifying offer
EFAs: only Bills can negotiate
FB Crosby: becoming solid lead blocker and will get tendered
P Moorman: alternate to the Pro-Bowl....absolutely will be tendered.
DE Office: likely to be tendered but will have fight to make team
Assuming minimum qualifying offers for those RFAs and EFAs with exception of Larsen....Bills will then technically have 50 players under contract. The tender offers will take up approx. $3 million of the cap
Bills' under by about $9.4 million
all salaries count vs cap until more than 51 players are signed, then only the top 51 salaries count vs cap. Also, the minimum salaries are usually adjusted each year and that will likely take up a few hundred thousand of the cap, but not clear exactly as too how much at this time.
Have more soon :hitself:
Just a very brief outlook:
44 players signed for 2003 (however, a couple like DT Robertson, WR R. Allen, and RB Dinkins status is unclear)
Salaries: $36,869,250
Bonuses(all types): $16,621,416
Dead cap: $7,998,853
Total: $61,489,519
Projected cap: $73,900,000
Bills' under 2003 cap by $12,410,481
This can potentially be less due to cap adjustments from NLTBE debit (Bills had a 2002 debit of over $2 million mostly from AVP performance in 2001)
UFAs: Sign with any team of their choice
DE Ahanotu: it appears Bills want him back
K Hollis: PLEASE bring him back
C Conaty: Unknown but likely to test FA
RB Bryson: Career in jeopardy? I wouldn't re-sign
LB Newman: Likely to test FA
WR Price: Regardless of comments, most likely to test FA
WR C. Johnson: I would re-sign for minimum
LB Favors: I hope he returns and is given chance to be the #4 OLB and a special teams ace
RFAs: other teams can negotiate
RB Morris: minimum qualifying offer yields 5th rd pick compensation. Could attract interest in FA.
LB Polk: 7th rd compensation. Could also attract interest in FA
QB T. Brown: No compensation but can match if tendered. Not likely to attract much attention
DT Larsen: 6th rd compensation. Bills' probably will not tender min. qualifying offer
EFAs: only Bills can negotiate
FB Crosby: becoming solid lead blocker and will get tendered
P Moorman: alternate to the Pro-Bowl....absolutely will be tendered.
DE Office: likely to be tendered but will have fight to make team
Assuming minimum qualifying offers for those RFAs and EFAs with exception of Larsen....Bills will then technically have 50 players under contract. The tender offers will take up approx. $3 million of the cap
Bills' under by about $9.4 million
all salaries count vs cap until more than 51 players are signed, then only the top 51 salaries count vs cap. Also, the minimum salaries are usually adjusted each year and that will likely take up a few hundred thousand of the cap, but not clear exactly as too how much at this time.
Have more soon :hitself: