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Front Office's Salary Cap Page
(Last Updated on February 29, 2008)
Welcome to Our 2008 Salary cap page! Right here is where we keep you updated on the Bills salary cap situation with cap figures of key players. Although not as important in the past since the team has plenty of cap room, we are constantly adding and modifying the list of players. All figures are approximate. Since the Bills are among the many teams that have adopted a "cash to the cap" mentality, we will try to keep that figure updated as well when that information becomes available. Continue to go to our main front office page for the latest roster moves and all 2008 player contract signings, restructurings, & extensions as well as the details behind them!
NFL Projected 2008 Salary Cap Figure:  $116 Million
Bills Cap Money Allocated For 2008: approx. $91 Million: - The Bills are now under the cap by approx. $25 Million. as of 2/27
Bills Actual Money Allocated For 2008: approx. $72 Million: - The Bills are now under the cash to the cap money by approx. $44 Million. as of 2/27
The cap figure the Bills have now is based on estimates made in the media and our archived contract terms. Below is a list of approximate cap figures from 2008 (in blue) for key players, we will update the list throughout the offseason. We stress that these numbers are our best estimates and may vary somewhat. It does not include money that need to be used to pay the rookies, which will amount to more than the $5 Million they spent last year because of inflation and more picks that they have this year. Keep in mind the cap figures isn't the same as the cap hit if they are cut. If a player is cut amortized portions of their bonus goes against the cap figure. In bold we give you the money the player would make this year (the cash to the cap figure) along with comments on what we think the team may do with certain players. Subtract that number from the cap figure gives you the amount saved by the release of a bubble player. Some things not totally figured out by us are the LTBEs (likely to be earned incentives), they count differently against the cap. This year there are only a couple of players that the team would consider releasing that would open up significant cap room as they have not back loaded too many contracts over the past few years. They also don't need to free up money since the team is well under the cap and has ample room to make moves. The fact that the team is a small market team may stop them from giving out the big signing bonuses that other teams do. We will update and fine tune these numbers as we get more information from various media sources. The initial numbers are out of the Buffalo News:
 DE Aaron Schobel $8.7M - $7.1M cash to cap. Result of new deal signed.
G Derrick Dockery $6.4M - $5M cash to cap.
OT Langston Walker $6M - $5M cash to cap.
K Rian Lindell $1.6M - 1.5M cash to cap.
DE Chris Kelsay $5M - 3M cash to cap.
OT Jason Peters $4.4M - 3.3M cash to cap.
DT Larry Tripplett $3.8M - Release frees up $2.7M in real dollars and saves $1.1 Million on cap.
TE Robert Royal $2.3M - $1.8M cash to cap. May be released to open up money if replacement is found.
CB Terrence McGee $4.1M - $3.1M cash to cap.
WR Lee Evans $3.1M - $2.25M cash to cap. May get new deal.
WR Roscoe Parrish $4.26M - $3.7M cash to cap. Result of new deal signed.
P Brian Moorman $1.2M - $1.1M cash to cap.
DE Ryan Denney $3.1M - $2.3M cash to cap.
QB J.P. Losman $3.06M - $1.9M cash to cap. Likely to be traded to free up some room.
C Melvin Fowler $3M - $1.8M cash to cap.
WR Josh Reed $2.9M - $2.4M cash to cap. May be cap casualty if replacements brought in.
S Donte Whitner $2.7M - $765,750 cash to cap.
LB Angelo Crowell $2.3M - $1.7M cash to cap. May get new deal.
RB Marshawn Lynch $1.8M - $381,720 cash to cap.
DT John McCargo $1.5M - $1.1M cash to cap.
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