Saints trade DT Khalen Saunders to Jacksonville

Halo · 08-18-2025, 12:48 AM

Quick post-game transaction, the Saints send DT Saunders to Jacksonville for, as yet, undisclosed return.

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SmashMouth · 08-18-2025, 02:29 AM

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Danno · 08-18-2025, 07:14 AM

Fortner was terrible.

K Major · 08-18-2025, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by Danno

Fortner was terrible.

Was he? I believe the “plan” for Fortner is to be a backup OC, freeing Simpkins to concentrate on playing OG & Radunz to man up Pennings spot until he is back healthy.

I kinda like the moves Coach Moore & his staff are making to somewhat “improve” the depth at o line.

K Major · 08-18-2025, 09:51 AM

I don’t believe Khalen was making the team anyway with this new scheme.

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.

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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, 12:48 AM	#1
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08-18-2025, 07:14 AM	#3
Danno Truth Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spanish Fort, AL (via NO and B/R) Posts: 24,759	Re: Saints trade DT Khalen Saunders to Jacksonville Fortner was terrible. K Major likes this.

08-18-2025, 09:48 AM	#4
K Major Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedford, TX Posts: 24,887 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Saints trade DT Khalen Saunders to Jacksonville Originally Posted by Danno Fortner was terrible. Was he? I believe the “plan” for Fortner is to be a backup OC, freeing Simpkins to concentrate on playing OG & Radunz to man up Pennings spot until he is back healthy. I kinda like the moves Coach Moore & his staff are making to somewhat “improve” the depth at o line. AsylumGuido and SmashMouth like this.

08-18-2025, 09:51 AM	#5
K Major Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedford, TX Posts: 24,887 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Saints trade DT Khalen Saunders to Jacksonville I don’t believe Khalen was making the team anyway with this new scheme. SmashMouth and BakoSaint like this.

08-18-2025, 09:26 AM	#6
BakoSaint 1000 Posts + Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 2,449	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
BakoSaint 1000 Posts + Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 2,449

08-18-2025, 09:38 AM	#7
iceshack149 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fairbanks, AK Posts: 4,469 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. SmashMouth and frydaddy like this.

08-18-2025, 11:16 AM	#8
SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 39,206 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.