For all you people *****ing about the Browns jumping into FA and not the Bills...

[Michael82]

There's a huge difference between the two teams....(Numbers taken from ESPN's article)

Cleveland Browns - $27.1 million UNDER the cap
Buffalo Bills - $14.1 million UNDER the cap

Now, I don't know if you realize this or not...but $13 million is a HUGE difference. Cleveland had tons of money to spend, thats why they went nuts. Buffalo needs to go into this slowly because they only have $14 million and big signings can eat up that money instantly. Like you said, they have a lot of needs. They need to stretch out that money as much as they can. Yes, they can free up more money by making some more cuts or restructuring/extending deals...but that is something you do only when you need the money.

http://proxy.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2349505


Now everybody....

[patmoran2006]

Mikey.. I agree with you for the most part..
I'm not saying LUNGE into FA and get after everybody..

However, Buffalo could EASILY be under $20 million with a few simple moves.. and even at $14 million there is A LOT they can do.

For example.. Carolina just signed Ma'ake Kemoeatu for five years and $27 million, yet his 2006 cap figure is going to be under 2.5 million.

[YardRat]

Yes, they can free up more money by making some more cuts or restructuring/extending deals...but that is something you do only when you need the money.

I'm not *****ing, and the fact that a lot of players' whose names have been bounced around are still out there (which could be a good sign for us), but let's face it....they need the money.

I'm sure we'll see some cuts and re-structuring, along with a couple of signings, eventually.