2022 New Orleans Saints Off-Season Decisions

AsylumGuido · 01-20-2022, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II

As long as Gayle is willing to pay what ever the FO needs then this team seems to have an excellent accounting blueprint. We have one of the best rosters in the NFL after using this principle. Didn't the NFL nix one of our accounting principles recently saying it was unfair?

Yup. It was an attempt to do a sign and trade for Jadeveon Clowney in 2020.

The NFL nixed the New Orleans Saints sign-and-trade for Jadeveon Clowney

“The sides discussed parameters of a deal in which Team X would’ve signed Clowney to a one-year, $15 million contract and paid him a $5 million signing bonus. Then, Team X would’ve immediately traded Clowney to the Saints, who would’ve sent Team X a second-round draft pick, as well as a player to take additional salary off New Orleans’ books. The Saints would’ve paid Clowney’s remaining $10 million salary.

“Just one problem: The teams got word late Saturday the NFL was unlikely to approve such a deal,” they continued.

The Browns were the team that the two mentioned in the article as “Team X” but they noted that wasn’t confirmed. It’s rather unprecedented to sign a free agent only to immediately trade them, one reason the NFL may have not wanted the trade to go through.

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AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,622	Re: 2022 New Orleans Saints Off-Season Decisions Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II As long as Gayle is willing to pay what ever the FO needs then this team seems to have an excellent accounting blueprint. We have one of the best rosters in the NFL after using this principle. Didn't the NFL nix one of our accounting principles recently saying it was unfair? Yup. It was an attempt to do a sign and trade for Jadeveon Clowney in 2020. The NFL nixed the New Orleans Saints sign-and-trade for Jadeveon Clowney “The sides discussed parameters of a deal in which Team X would’ve signed Clowney to a one-year, $15 million contract and paid him a $5 million signing bonus. Then, Team X would’ve immediately traded Clowney to the Saints, who would’ve sent Team X a second-round draft pick, as well as a player to take additional salary off New Orleans’ books. The Saints would’ve paid Clowney’s remaining $10 million salary. “Just one problem: The teams got word late Saturday the NFL was unlikely to approve such a deal,” they continued. The Browns were the team that the two mentioned in the article as “Team X” but they noted that wasn’t confirmed. It’s rather unprecedented to sign a free agent only to immediately trade them, one reason the NFL may have not wanted the trade to go through.
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