ICE74129
04-21-2006, 05:45 PM
And not about the CBA, but about Ralph or a new owner stepping it up.
"Tagliabue seemed to suggest that the viability of the Bills had more to do with the willingness of the owner to invest in the club than with the bargaining agreement.
The team's long-term prosperity, said Tagliabue, "turns more on who the quarterback is and who the running back is than on the specifics" of the contract with the National Football League Players Association."
We have about 11-12 mill available now. Not much out there to sign, I agree with that, but we could have made a run at Cullpepper or Brees if we wanted to. That is apperant now.
What gets me is lets say our rookie cap number is 3 mill. That leaves 8+ mill to spend. lets say we carry over 6 mill after bonuses earned blah blah blah to next year. That is 6 mill + 13 mill in dead cap we get back and a guaranteed 7 mill increase in the cap. That = about 26 mill under next years cap to complete the revamping of this team. Hell I will say 22 mill on the conservitive side.
here is the problem, Ralphie better find about....oh...45 mill in Signing bonus money to come with, and he just doesnt' have it. But MrG does and can get it. THAT is our biggest problem right now. An owner that doesn't have the money for SB's.
If we have 26 mill, Wash 10, Dallas 10, NE 10 All three other teams can top us for signing top FA's because their owners can out bid us on bonus money which can be stretched out over the contract.
I am not ripping on ralph, but we need to realise it isn't the CBA that will be keeping us from fielding a really competitive team, its an owner that just doesn't have the money to give players the bonuses other teams can.
"Tagliabue seemed to suggest that the viability of the Bills had more to do with the willingness of the owner to invest in the club than with the bargaining agreement.
The team's long-term prosperity, said Tagliabue, "turns more on who the quarterback is and who the running back is than on the specifics" of the contract with the National Football League Players Association."
We have about 11-12 mill available now. Not much out there to sign, I agree with that, but we could have made a run at Cullpepper or Brees if we wanted to. That is apperant now.
What gets me is lets say our rookie cap number is 3 mill. That leaves 8+ mill to spend. lets say we carry over 6 mill after bonuses earned blah blah blah to next year. That is 6 mill + 13 mill in dead cap we get back and a guaranteed 7 mill increase in the cap. That = about 26 mill under next years cap to complete the revamping of this team. Hell I will say 22 mill on the conservitive side.
here is the problem, Ralphie better find about....oh...45 mill in Signing bonus money to come with, and he just doesnt' have it. But MrG does and can get it. THAT is our biggest problem right now. An owner that doesn't have the money for SB's.
If we have 26 mill, Wash 10, Dallas 10, NE 10 All three other teams can top us for signing top FA's because their owners can out bid us on bonus money which can be stretched out over the contract.
I am not ripping on ralph, but we need to realise it isn't the CBA that will be keeping us from fielding a really competitive team, its an owner that just doesn't have the money to give players the bonuses other teams can.