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Re: Saints sign S Sorensen

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Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 948761)

This is true. But it's something that the the players see as real. They talk about it as a factor all the time.

They do? Got any tweets?

Re: Saints sign S Sorensen

I’ve been very busy and have not had much time to check the board. Every time I finally get around to it I think to myself that SURELY we must have signed someone useful by now. Then I see this.

Re: Saints sign S Sorensen

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Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 948720)

I don't blame them on waiting for the WR market to adjust. It is way out of whack.

Please explain how the WR market adjusts? I’m literally going to stare at this page until you elaborate.

Re: Saints sign S Sorensen

No one seems to like this move outside of Sorenson and his agent. I hate the expression "camp body" but it may apply here.

Re: Saints sign S Sorensen

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Originally Posted by TheOak (Post 948794)

Please explain how the WR market adjusts? I’m literally going to stare at this page until you elaborate.

Just like any market adjusts. Supply and demand. As top WR signings slow the going rate will decrease as well.

These were the first signings of free agency via spotrac:

MAR 15 2022
DJ Chark, WR
Signed a 1 year $10 million contract with Detroit (DET)

MAR 15 2022
Russell Gage, WR
Signed a 3 year $30 million contract with Tampa Bay (TB)

MAR 14 2022
Cedrick Wilson, WR
Signed a 3 year $22.05 million contract with Miami (MIA)

MAR 14 2022
Christian Kirk, WR
Signed a 4 year $72 million contract with Jacksonville (JAC)

MAR 14 2022
Zay Jones, WR
Signed a 3 year $24 million contract with Jacksonville (JAC)

Out of 25 free agent signings since only one has been even near that same early high range ...

MAR 24 2022
Marquez Valdes-Scantling, WR
Signed a 3 year $30 million contract with Kansas City (KC)

The market is adjusting downward for the top WR's. It's basic economics and happens every year. It is the proverbial "first wave" versus latter waves of free agency. There are still plenty of WR's out there (supply) and all teams have slowed the pace of signings (demand).

Re: Saints sign S Sorensen

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Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II (Post 948803)

No one seems to like this move outside of Sorenson and his agent. I hate the expression "camp body" but it may apply here.

Good point

Re: Saints sign S Sorensen

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Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II (Post 948803)

No one seems to like this move outside of Sorenson and his agent. I hate the expression "camp body" but it may apply here.

Exactly. The offseason roster is 90 players. Half the players signed originally (many will be replaced during the offseason itself) will not make the final 53, but you still have to have them.

Re: Saints sign S Sorensen

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Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 948813)

Exactly. The offseason roster is 90 players. Half the players signed originally (many will be replaced during the offseason itself) will not make the final 53, but you still have to have them.

Well thank you professor, because none of us knew that already... :rolleyes:

Why don't you go build a tree house out of a coconut or something and let the adults talk for a while...

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Re: Saints sign S Sorensen

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Originally Posted by K Major (Post 948751)

I think he will retire before training camp starts.

For Jenkins, Terrell reports, the changes are considerable. Jenkins took a pay cut to reduce his base salary to the league minimum in both 2022 ($1.12 million) and 2023 ($1.165 million), the final two years of his contract. Unlike most restructures, he did not receive a signing bonus and no void years were added. This is the same maneuver the Saints took with Drew Brees prior to his retirement to help ease the salary cap hit once he was ready to step away from the game.

Jenkins, 34, could also be considering retirement. He’s won two Super Bowls in two different NFL cities and has wide-ranging business interests outside of football. There’s another shoe waiting to drop unless he’s planning to play out his deal while earning the veteran’s minimum. Whether that means retirement or an extension (which the Saints would have done in the first place) is unclear. If he does decide it’s time to retire from football, the Saints could designate him a post-June 1 cut (again, as they did with Brees) and carry minimal dead money charges of $3.95 million in 2022 and 2023.

Re: Saints sign S Sorensen

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Originally Posted by The Dude (Post 948777)

I’ve been very busy and have not had much time to check the board. Every time I finally get around to it I think to myself that SURELY we must have signed someone useful by now. Then I see this.

Lol........