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They had and still have the money to give him if they wanted. They made a decision to get rid of him and do not doubt the trouble he was causing throughout the preseason was more of a factor than the contract demands.

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Don't forget they had a ton of cap space that they had cleared for the run after Deshaun Watson.

C.J. Gardner-Johnson’s behavior towards Saints coaches reportedly paved way for trade

Scott Rogust - Aug 30

The New Orleans Saints trading defensive back C.J. Gardner Johnson to the Philadelphia Eagles shocked many. But according to one report, it was bound to happen.

On Aug. 30, the day of the NFL's roster cutdown deadline, the New Orleans Saints made a rather shocking decision. They decided to trade safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson and a 2025 seventh-round pick to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a 2023 fifth-round pick and a 2024 sixth-round pick. The move made Philadelphia's active offseason that much better. But why would the Saints trade away their talented defensive back?

According to New Orleans Football's Nick Underhill (subscription required), the Saints let it be known that they were not going to re-sign Gardner-Johnson "on his terms." Not only that, but Underhill reports that Gardner-Johnson "stopped taking coaching."

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I'm having mixed feelings and trying to remember the particulars of Sean Payton's hiring. If Loomis was hired as GM and was the main guy responsible for interviewing and hiring Payton, who was a huge success, maybe we should give him a chance to find the next successful Saints head coach from the outside. But if his decision is to plod along with Allen and most of the current staff into next season and we ain't looking much better in January, that is where I'd start to roll my eyes and really feel we need a new GM as well.

My patience though with Loomis is growing thin, because if we are losing a lot of games paying for all those trade-ups in the draft and the dead-money cap limitations really start to hit home and lead me to believe we need a different financial approach to roster building.

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The way that Kai Harley has set up our salary cap has given us a lot of extra money to use on acquiring players. Last year we had an extra 25.7 million dollars to spend because of our financial structuring. I like Loomis, but he really is just being counter and does not have the qualifications for personnel to be a GM. And Jeff Island failed miserably his last go round so I don't think he's an option. He's good at what he does now though!

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Key word.

All that money was soon spoken for.

Had that money been allocated to Johnson, none of those issues would have arose.

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I think CGJ leads the NFL in int's right now, 6 i think, to hand him over for a bag of balls like papz said, lunacy.

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Spin it how u want but very few teams let go of or trade poorly like a talent CJG was, that dude was just a plain stud. And being disruptive was them not giving him the money on a new contract. That's because of cap he!! we're in.MONEY!!

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But we aren't in cap hell. And we have the money. For whatever reason (ie. his refusing to take coaching, demanding more than they felt he was worth) he's gone and at least they got something for him in exchange.

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Guido is delusional

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I thought we made an offer to Marcus Williams and he just chose to walk.