Go Back   New Orleans Saints Forums - blackandgold.com > Main > Saints

Rankins to J E T S !

this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by TheOak Very aware of that, as well as that any of those cuts has a direct impact on our game and starting line up. Would elevate PJ Williams, Patrick Robinson, or Hurst/Griffin to starters. The last cuts ...

Like Tree17Likes

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 03-22-2021, 09:59 AM   #6
500th Post
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 576
Re: Rankins to J E T S !

Originally Posted by TheOak View Post
Very aware of that, as well as that any of those cuts has a direct impact on our game and starting line up.

Would elevate PJ Williams, Patrick Robinson, or Hurst/Griffin to starters. The last cuts are generally the most painful. Keep in mind that is also the 51 number not the all in number.

All in we have to shed:
-6.3M To get under cap
-4M 6 Draft picks at league minimum
- 2M(est) Practice squad

Still have -14M to go to start the season 1M-2M in the black.

Word is the cap could climb to/past 200M, we desperately need the extra 15M in space that would provide.
Won’t there be two more “offsets” to the salary cap, similar to this year; one in 2022, and also 2023, both roughly the same, a negative $15.7M, difference between $198.2M and $182.5M? My understanding was the league didn’t want a huge salary cap reduction this year, anticipated to be down in the $150M neighborhood, so the NFL with the owner’s and player’s blessings, agreed to spread that huge cap reduction out over the next three years.

Daniel Kaplan, sports business writer:

“The salary cap, absent the NFL’s and NFLPA’s agreement to borrow from future years, would have been in the $150 million to $160 million range given the pandemic losses. But knowing the new TV deals will roughly double media income, the sport is comfortable dipping into that future largess to soften the 2021 cap decline. Future caps will rise significantly but will have to take into account this season’s borrowing of future revenue.”

https://theathletic.com/news/nfl-set...s/0WCzkKHuwVmQ

I’m not as concerned as others may be, with getting under and signing the roster, a very good roster I think also, as much as I am about the upcoming draft. Looks like our lateral freedom to sign any veterans to fill needs are going to be limited. Not only this upcoming season, but possibly the next two as well. Drafting well is always important, but now it feels almost critical. Add in dead money, which is creeping up there and will increase significantly post 6/1, stating the draft is critical is a huge understatement.
SmashMouth likes this.
gosaints1 is offline   Reply With Quote
 

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:23 PM.


Copyright 1997 - 2020 - BlackandGold.com
no new posts