Cheapest o-line in football??

[yordad]

Butler 2.5 mil
Hangartner 1.4 mil
Wood 1.9 mil
D. Bell .45 mil
Levitre .9 mil
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Approx. 7.15 million for our entire starting line.

Peters alone makes over 10 million per year (ave).


I think we have the cheapest O-line in the league by far. I would say they held up pretty good vs the Patriots, but if Bell strings together a couple good games, the Bills might want to considering giving him a raise.

Thoughts? I don't really have any conclusions. This was more of a FYI. Feel free to draw some and share.

[X-Era]

Re: Cheapest o-line in football??

Butler 2.5 mil
Hangartner 1.4 mil
Wood 1.9 mil
D. Bell .45 mil
Levitre .9 mil
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Approx. 7.15 million for our entire starting line.

Peters alone makes over 10 million per year (ave).


I think we have the cheapest O-line in the league by far. I would say they held up pretty good vs the Patriots, but if Bell strings together a couple good games, the Bills might want to considering giving him a raise.

Thoughts? I don't really have any conclusions. This was more of a FYI. Feel free to draw some and share.

You cant see Russ with a smile from ear to ear? Russ will have a problem with us having the cheapest o-line in the league?

[yordad]

Re: Cheapest o-line in football??

LOL, the entire blind side of Edwards makes less the 1.5 million.

[Jaybird]

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Is this a surprise??

We start 2 rookies and one second year player who was a 7th round draft pick.. And congrats to Jason Peters he gets a mill for every time his man kills the Qb

[yordad]

Re: Cheapest o-line in football??

Is this a surprise??

Not to me. I've been saying it for weeks. I just thought YOU might like to see the figures. You are welcome.

[Jaybird]

Re: Cheapest o-line in football??

Not to me. I've been saying it for weeks. I just thought YOU might like to see the figures. You are welcome.

Thanks boss!

[yordad]

Re: Cheapest o-line in football??

Thanks boss!

Oh gez. Why are you calling me boss? Did I step on your pinky? Try to stick to the subject.

[Jaybird]

Re: Cheapest o-line in football??

just using street lingo.

[Lexwhat]

Re: Cheapest o-line in football??

Butler 2.5 mil
Hangartner 1.4 mil
Wood 1.9 mil
D. Bell .45 mil
Levitre .9 mil
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Approx. 7.15 million for our entire starting line.

Peters alone makes over 10 million per year (ave).


I think we have the cheapest O-line in the league by far. I would say they held up pretty good vs the Patriots, but if Bell strings together a couple good games, the Bills might want to considering giving him a raise.

Thoughts? I don't really have any conclusions. This was more of a FYI. Feel free to draw some and share.

My thoughts are...

Wood and Levitre are solid players, and will only improve. However, a few years down the line, it's possible we may extend one and let the other one go.

My other thought: At $2.5 million, I wouldn't say Butler is that overpaid. However, he's not a "great value" either.

If Bell works out for us at LT, I think that the Bills would be smart to draft 2-3 O-Linemen in the draft next year (one starting RT and another 1-2 for depth).

Our depth is horrible.

[NorthCarBills]

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LOL, the entire blind side of Edwards makes less the 1.5 million.

You have to be competitive with the starting QBs salary LOL

[TigerJ]

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The salaries are pretty much due to the relative youth of the line. It they develop as expected, Buffalo really has a moral obligation to renegotiate salaries. Bell is on his rookie deal. I'm guessing for a late round pick, it's probably a three year deal, maybe 4. I will bet that the Bills will need to bump that to 2 or 3 million. They should get at least a couple years from Wood and Levitre on their rookie deals before there is some grumbling. Butler is only an average player, so he doen'st have a lot of leverage, but I would guess that in five years, provided the line stays intact, it's going to be a pretty expensive line.

[Joe Fo Sho]

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How the frick do we not have like 50 million dollars in cap space?

[Ground Chuck]

Re: Cheapest o-line in football??

You're forgetting the signing bonuses.

[yordad]

Re: Cheapest o-line in football??

You're forgetting the signing bonuses.

Feel free to make it in depth.

[yordad]

Re: Cheapest o-line in football??

You have to be competitive with the starting QBs salary LOL

Trent makes like half a million, lol. That left side 1.5 million is three times more expensive then the QB.