Eric Wood Restructured

[Yasgur's Farm]

Looks like
•2016 Restructure: $3.775M / 3 years
•2018 Voidable

Best I can figure...
2016 cap goes from ~$5.93M to $4.21M
2017 cap goes from ~$5.93M to $7.58M
2018 cap is $1.26M (or zero dead money)
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-b...ric-wood-5637/
http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/5305/eric-wood

[k-oneputt]

Making room for Gilmore

[Yasgur's Farm]

I'm sure it is... But it only gains us for 2016

[Night Train]

Making room for Gilmore

MMD thinks it's for Fitz

[Yasgur's Farm]

[Ed]

I'm sure it is... But it only gains us for 2016

Mike Rodak
ESPN Staff Writer

"After restructuring Eric Wood's contract, the Bills now have $12.935 million in 2016 cap room. Whatever they don't use to fill roster spots this season can be carried over into 2017."

[jimmifli]

Looks like
•2016 Restructure: $3.775M / 3 years
•2018 Voidable

Best I can figure...
2016 cap goes from ~$5.93M to $4.21M
2017 cap goes from ~$5.93M to $7.58M
2018 cap is $1.26M (or zero dead money)
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-b...ric-wood-5637/
http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/5305/eric-wood

So if we roll over this year's unspent cap, it's essentially an extra year at $1.26?

[swiper]

MMD thinks it's for Fitz

ROFL.

[Yasgur's Farm]

So if we roll over this year's unspent cap, it's essentially an extra year at $1.26?

I think so... But the details are tough to decipher at this point.

[Yasgur's Farm]

Mike Rodak
ESPN Staff Writer

"After restructuring Eric Wood's contract, the Bills now have $12.935 million in 2016 cap room. Whatever they don't use to fill roster spots this season can be carried over into 2017."

I don't think rollover is the motivator here... If we roll over, there's no cap advantage for 2016 or 2017. The fact that they're making room for 2016 cap is telling IMO.

[Ed]

I don't think rollover is the motivator here... If we roll over, there's no cap advantage for 2016 or 2017. The fact that they're making room for 2016 cap is telling IMO.

I would agree. It looks like if they don't use that savings in 2016 and roll it over to 2017, then the restructure doesn't really mean anything. Although I don't really understand the cap implications of adding the voidable year in 2018.

I'm hoping this has something to do with an extension for Gilmore that allows them to front load more bonus money in 2016 and lower his cap hits for any subsequent years. I didn't realize they already had about $10 mil in cap space for 2016. That's a lot more then they need for typical in-season moves, so to create more cap room for 2016 is interesting.

[Yasgur's Farm]

More contract details...

Bills C Eric Wood has agreed to reduce his base salary from $4.775 million to $1 million.
$3.775 million of his base salary for 2016 will be converted into a signing bonus. The contract restructure clears about $2.5 million in cap space. The Bills also added a voidable year to Wood's contract. Wood received PFF's fifth-highest grade out of 40 qualifiers at center last season.

[Night Train]

Maybe for Gilmore but no CB is worth 15 Mil or more. No way in hell.

[Mahdi]

Maybe for Gilmore but no CB is worth 15 Mil or more. No way in hell.

QB, CB, LT, Pass Rusher

Pass and stop the pass

[Mace]

It's fine imho, and very prudent, imho. Woods needs to be here. It's a common action established teams will take to maintain the core of successful teams a while longer.

Probably the only thing that throws me off is that the Bills are an 8-8 team doing 12-4 contender contortions with their cap already and they aren't even a playoff team trying to sustain a run.

[YardRat]

I'm a little stunned PFF had him graded so high.

[DraftBoy]

I'm a little stunned PFF had him graded so high.

I've taken more and more issue with their rankings over the last few years. They've become too subjective and dependent on both the play result and person doing the review.

Their insistence that having their rankings utilized by ESPN/Fox Sports isn't a signal that there rankings are legit as much as they easily digestible for common fans who may only follow their team and want to know how good a player is that they trade for or sign as a FA.

[stuckincincy]

I've taken more and more issue with their rankings over the last few years. They've become too subjective and dependent on both the play result and person doing the review.

Their insistence that having their rankings utilized by ESPN/Fox Sports isn't a signal that there rankings are legit as much as they easily digestible for common fans who may only follow their team and want to know how good a player is that they trade for or sign as a FA.

Perhaps their rankings are of interest to the fantasy football crowd? Dunno.