Re: New Orleans Saints salary cap situation heading into 2021
 

Where we are in 2021:
- No QB (having candidates is not having a QB).
- 105M over the 2021 cap

The penalty for exceeding the Cap is "fines of up to $5 million for each violation, cancellation of contracts and/or loss of draft picks."

To fully understand how daunting of a task this well be, I have put options in context.

The 2020 cap was $198M and we are more than 50% over it. $105M is no where as jaw dropping as the number of players it takes to make up that number.

Gutting the team to tank a season wont get us on the field next season. That is not an option we are too deep. The below cuts only gets us to half and after that it takes 2-3 players to clear $10M in space.

Drew Brees - Cut him and save 12M
Kwon Alexander - Cut and save 13M
Marshon Lattimore - Cut and save 10M
Janoris Jenkins - $7M
Nick Easton - $6M
Terron Armstead $6M

We would effectively be looking at a 25 man roster to play 2021 with a cut and restart scenario. I suspect some of the above names will be gone and Loomis will be restructuring the remaining contracts.. meaning in essence we are looking at the 2020 team for a couple more years.

B1tching about Peat is similar to complaining about a single grain after getting a dump truck of sand unloaded in your eye. While certainly a head scratcher it is not on the radar of impact.

Re: New Orleans Saints salary cap situation heading into 2021
 

I’m not sure I’ve seen this addressed anywhere, but since Brees is still under contract for 2021 and will likely be retiring... wouldn’t it be possible for him to rework his contract with a massive pay cut in ‘21 and then announce his retirement? Wouldn’t that free up a lot more money?

Re: New Orleans Saints salary cap situation heading into 2021
 

Well it would have to be approved by the league so I doubt that could or would happen. They can move money around to make his base salary the league minimum with the rest bonus and that’s how they can split the cap cost over the next two years with a post June 1st retirement.

Re: New Orleans Saints salary cap situation heading into 2021
 

Here is a good reading piece on the Saints cap.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/a...-restructures/

This portion stood out for me ...

The Saints need to extend either cornerback Marshon Lattimore or right tackle Ryan Ramczyk's contract since only one can be designated as a franchise player in 2022. Lattimore and Ramczyk, both 2017 first-round picks, are scheduled to play 2021 under $10.244 million and $11.064 million fifth-year options. Locking up Ramczyk may be more essential because 2021 is also left tackle Terron Armstead's contract year.

Re: New Orleans Saints salary cap situation heading into 2021
 

Looms better back the truck up to a pharmacy. He's not going to sleep for awhile. Do they test executives for Adderall?

Re: New Orleans Saints salary cap situation heading into 2021
 

Don’t worry... Payton has experience stealing pills from our medical staff’s supply.

Re: New Orleans Saints salary cap situation heading into 2021
 

K, I’m not sure we can afford the franchise tag cost associated with a CB or an OL. Maybe a FB..., maybe.

Re: New Orleans Saints salary cap situation heading into 2021
 

That’s for next off season. We have fifth year options for both of them so we have to extend one of them this off-season since we only have one franchise tag.

Re: New Orleans Saints salary cap situation heading into 2021
 

How do you see his "character flaws" on the football field?

And Hill doest have Touch on the football he's a poorer mans Jay Cutler

Re: New Orleans Saints salary cap situation heading into 2021
 

Jean doesn't expect anything better from Winston but you have patience for Taysom Hill who is 31 and clearly not a better thrower of the football......Headscratcher