New Orleans Saints salary cap situation heading into 2021

gosaints1 · 01-22-2021, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by K Major

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.

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

Rsanders24 · 01-23-2021, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by gosaints1

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

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.

01-22-2021, 10:06 PM	#1
gosaints1 500th Post Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 576	Re: New Orleans Saints salary cap situation heading into 2021 Originally Posted by K Major 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. K, I’m not sure we can afford the franchise tag cost associated with a CB or an OL. Maybe a FB..., maybe.
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01-23-2021, 11:08 AM	#2
Rsanders24 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Baton Rouge, LA. Posts: 1,482	Re: New Orleans Saints salary cap situation heading into 2021 Originally Posted by gosaints1 K, I’m not sure we can afford the franchise tag cost associated with a CB or an OL. Maybe a FB..., maybe. 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. K Major likes this.