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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by AsylumGuido The Saint have six picks in the upcoming draft, only one fewer than the norm. They also have close to $120 million in convertible cap that they intentionally built into their existing contracts via base salaries ...
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12-01-2022, 10:14 AM | #11 |
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Re: Who would Payton Bring With Him?
Originally Posted by AsylumGuido
Sure, the Saints do indeed have six picks in the upcoming draft, missing is the big one.
I get the strategy Loomis and Harley is using, and have seen the interviews too. The flaw as I see it is being committed to a player way after their prime. At some point the cap does need to be cleaned up to avoid this, and/or to make another run at a championship. Michael Thomas may be a great example of what I am talking about. If the Saints wanted to move on from him for any reason, it looks like 2023 is the very first opportunity to do so. It appears if they would have tried to move on from him sooner that it would have created an issue of having to clear even more cap space to move him. The same appears true for guys like Cam Jordan, Andrus Peat, Alvin Kamara, and several others. I am not trying to say the Saints were looking to move on from any of them, but if there is a need to move on they simply could not do it. I do agree with your point that several other teams may or will start using this approach to the cap, but it needs to be used with extreme caution or it could easily sink a franchise. |
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12-01-2022, 10:39 AM | #12 |
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Re: Who would Payton Bring With Him?
Can't Guard Mike is gonna cost you quite a bit of coin to let go in 2023.
And I know, you can "cut him" in June but the cap needs to cap compliant in March. But hey, I'm just a couch GM/cap guru |
12-01-2022, 10:40 AM | #13 |
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12-01-2022, 11:04 AM | #14 |
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Re: Who would Payton Bring With Him?
Originally Posted by K Major
I'm in the same boat, this is the site I generally use to try and make some sense of it:
https://overthecap.com/player/michael-thomas/4760 |
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Re: Who would Payton Bring With Him?
I doubt it, but it's possible if Allen is let go. I'm not sure Payton returns yet to anyone. He's making top head coaching pay right now while working a fraction of the hours. I haven't seen him looking more relaxed in years.
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Originally Posted by MatthewT
You are assuming they would WANT to move on from Thomas. They are putting a lot of time and effort into getting Thomas healthy again just to get rid of him.
As for the "Harley" method of contract management, I believe you have to buy in completely for it to work as intended. |
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Re: Who would Payton Bring With Him?
Originally Posted by AsylumGuido
You doubt it? lol That's the only conclusion from your 'insider info'.
Why does Dennis Allen need to go? 2023 you have both Dennis Allen and Sean Payton on payroll. Its a no brainer that Sean is HC, he is the only person on payroll that resembles a head coach. You do realize that while you are the only one that looks at your app, the rest of the world can see twitter and are privy to your insider info? |
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