2022 New Orleans Saints: Roster Outlook

Rugby Saint II · 12-22-2022, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Or they need players for special teams since several have gone to injury. But, I believe we seldom cut players to save money. We sometimes do not re-sign a player that is wanting more money than they feel they are worth. There's a difference.

When the covid pandemic caught up to the Saints they weren't allowed to follow the usual salary cap increase accounting method we've followed lately. I believe that you're we lost a lot of valuable talent because we couldn't afford to keep them. Which is my point. We lose players that we can't afford to keep and quite often it's because of the never ending contract extensions.

AsylumGuido · 12-22-2022, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II

When the covid pandemic caught up to the Saints they weren't allowed to follow the usual salary cap increase accounting method we've followed lately. I believe that you're we lost a lot of valuable talent because we couldn't afford to keep them. Which is my point. We lose players that we can't afford to keep and quite often it's because of the never ending contract extensions.

Yes, the COVID cap hit everyone hard. But, we had the space to sign each of those players that left so it wasn't that we couldn't afford them, but that we decided we didn't want to keep them for that price. That's what I was trying to stress. It's like that $50,000 car that you can afford, but you know you don't need because the $35,000 one, although not as fancy, allows you to have that extra budget to use in some other way ... like a trip to Europe.

12-22-2022, 01:54 PM	#1
Rugby Saint II Bounty Money $$$ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5800 Airline Dr. Metairie, LA. Posts: 24,133	Re: 2022 New Orleans Saints: Roster Outlook Originally Posted by AsylumGuido Or they need players for special teams since several have gone to injury. But, I believe we seldom cut players to save money. We sometimes do not re-sign a player that is wanting more money than they feel they are worth. There's a difference. When the covid pandemic caught up to the Saints they weren't allowed to follow the usual salary cap increase accounting method we've followed lately. I believe that you're we lost a lot of valuable talent because we couldn't afford to keep them. Which is my point. We lose players that we can't afford to keep and quite often it's because of the never ending contract extensions.

12-22-2022, 02:39 PM	#2
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,574	Re: 2022 New Orleans Saints: Roster Outlook Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II When the covid pandemic caught up to the Saints they weren't allowed to follow the usual salary cap increase accounting method we've followed lately. I believe that you're we lost a lot of valuable talent because we couldn't afford to keep them. Which is my point. We lose players that we can't afford to keep and quite often it's because of the never ending contract extensions. Yes, the COVID cap hit everyone hard. But, we had the space to sign each of those players that left so it wasn't that we couldn't afford them, but that we decided we didn't want to keep them for that price. That's what I was trying to stress. It's like that $50,000 car that you can afford, but you know you don't need because the $35,000 one, although not as fancy, allows you to have that extra budget to use in some other way ... like a trip to Europe.

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