Saints trade DT Khalen Saunders to Jacksonville

BakoSaint · 08-18-2025, 09:26 AM

Its not entirely nothing lost, but the loss comes from Mickeynomics. We lost 2.5 million. In March we restructured Saunders contract to get under the cap, converting about $2.5 million of his base salary and roster bonus into an immediate bonus, and wrote him a check. This is at the same time that we were trading for Dalvin Godchaux and giving him guaranteed money. If we were not always scrambling to get under the cap from the biggest deficits in the leahue, we wouldn't have had to guarantee extra money to a player who was a very forseeable cut/trade.

Ironically, we did the same with Ruiz on the same day. I wish we would cut or trade Ruiz because we need a move like that to send the message that a new sheriff is in town and being one of DA's draft golden boys isn't enough any more, you actually have to produce occasionally.

https://overthecap.com/saints-restru...lary-cap-space

iceshack149 · 08-18-2025, 09:38 AM

I'm glad Saunders is gone. I do believe that he means well encouraging kids to run with their confused gender dysphoria but it's so dangerous.

SmashMouth · 08-18-2025, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by BakoSaint

Its not entirely nothing lost, but the loss comes from Mickeynomics. We lost 2.5 million. In March we restructured Saunders contract to get under the cap, converting about $2.5 million of his base salary and roster bonus into an immediate bonus, and wrote him a check. This is at the same time that we were trading for Dalvin Godchaux and giving him guaranteed money. If we were not always scrambling to get under the cap from the biggest deficits in the leahue, we wouldn't have had to guarantee extra money to a player who was a very forseeable cut/trade.

Ironically, we did the same with Ruiz on the same day. I wish we would cut or trade Ruiz because we need a move like that to send the message that a new sheriff is in town and being one of DA's draft golden boys isn't enough any more, you actually have to produce occasionally.

https://overthecap.com/saints-restru...lary-cap-space

That'll be for another day, unfortunately. Rome was not built in a day.

08-18-2025, 09:26 AM	#1
BakoSaint 1000 Posts + Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 2,457	Re: Saints trade DT Khalen Saunders to Jacksonville Its not entirely nothing lost, but the loss comes from Mickeynomics. We lost 2.5 million. In March we restructured Saunders contract to get under the cap, converting about $2.5 million of his base salary and roster bonus into an immediate bonus, and wrote him a check. This is at the same time that we were trading for Dalvin Godchaux and giving him guaranteed money. If we were not always scrambling to get under the cap from the biggest deficits in the leahue, we wouldn't have had to guarantee extra money to a player who was a very forseeable cut/trade. Ironically, we did the same with Ruiz on the same day. I wish we would cut or trade Ruiz because we need a move like that to send the message that a new sheriff is in town and being one of DA's draft golden boys isn't enough any more, you actually have to produce occasionally. https://overthecap.com/saints-restru...lary-cap-space neugey likes this.
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08-18-2025, 09:38 AM	#2
iceshack149 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fairbanks, AK Posts: 4,475 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Saints trade DT Khalen Saunders to Jacksonville I'm glad Saunders is gone. I do believe that he means well encouraging kids to run with their confused gender dysphoria but it's so dangerous. jnormand, SmashMouth, Rugby Saint II and 2 others like this.

08-18-2025, 11:16 AM	#3
SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 39,239 Blog Entries: 29	Re: Saints trade DT Khalen Saunders to Jacksonville Originally Posted by BakoSaint Its not entirely nothing lost, but the loss comes from Mickeynomics. We lost 2.5 million. In March we restructured Saunders contract to get under the cap, converting about $2.5 million of his base salary and roster bonus into an immediate bonus, and wrote him a check. This is at the same time that we were trading for Dalvin Godchaux and giving him guaranteed money. If we were not always scrambling to get under the cap from the biggest deficits in the leahue, we wouldn't have had to guarantee extra money to a player who was a very forseeable cut/trade. Ironically, we did the same with Ruiz on the same day. I wish we would cut or trade Ruiz because we need a move like that to send the message that a new sheriff is in town and being one of DA's draft golden boys isn't enough any more, you actually have to produce occasionally. https://overthecap.com/saints-restru...lary-cap-space That'll be for another day, unfortunately. Rome was not built in a day. jnormand and Rugby Saint II like this.

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