charles grant retires as Saint

procto · 04-26-2007, 02:03 PM

sorry boys...i cant tell give you a web site but sirius nfl radio just reports charles will retire in NO....7 yr deal

fhs623 · 04-26-2007, 02:05 PM

here's a link confirming it http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6742422?MSNHPHMA

papz · 04-26-2007, 02:08 PM

That's a lot of money. Good we re-signed him though... he's definately the leader of our defense.

WhoDat205 · 04-26-2007, 02:16 PM

Good, I like Grant a lot. When he's going, the D is going.

20mil guaranteed...what does that do to our cap position? I failed calculus 7 in college; is that better or worse than him being franchised?

BRSaintsFan · 04-26-2007, 02:21 PM

I dont know all about the cap situation but I am very excited that we have Grant locked up and do not have to worry about drafting and leveraging this position for next year in case he would have left.

NarwhalHunter · 04-26-2007, 02:23 PM

Double dose of good news today. Now we are pretty free to do whatever we want in the draft.

The cap room it frees up should be helpful... as a franchised player, he was counting for something over 8 million against the cap this year. That 20 million will be prorated over the 7 years, so it will be about 2-3 million a year, plus however much he gets per year from the course of the contract (probably another 3 million or so), depending on how the contract is structured. So we probably have an extra 2 million to play with.

bmismith · 04-26-2007, 03:25 PM

good to see that the Saints locked up Grant. Hopefully, we get DT help in the draft.

mighty12 · 04-26-2007, 07:20 PM

I don't know about this. Players seem to play harder in a contract year, and weaker once they get the contract they want. I hope this doesn't hold true for Grant.

04-26-2007, 02:03 PM	#1
procto Registered Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: bossier city Posts: 56	charles grant retires as Saint sorry boys...i cant tell give you a web site but sirius nfl radio just reports charles will retire in NO....7 yr deal

04-26-2007, 02:05 PM	#2
fhs623 100th Post Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 137	here's a link confirming it http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6742422?MSNHPHMA
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04-26-2007, 03:25 PM	#7
bmismith Rookie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 29	good to see that the Saints locked up Grant. Hopefully, we get DT help in the draft.
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04-26-2007, 02:08 PM	#3
papz Problem? Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Orleans Posts: 11,768	That's a lot of money. Good we re-signed him though... he's definately the leader of our defense.

04-26-2007, 02:16 PM	#4
WhoDat205 Prediction Pain Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 1,082 Blog Entries: 2	Good, I like Grant a lot. When he's going, the D is going. 20mil guaranteed...what does that do to our cap position? I failed calculus 7 in college; is that better or worse than him being franchised?

04-26-2007, 02:21 PM	#5
BRSaintsFan 100th Post Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 449	I dont know all about the cap situation but I am very excited that we have Grant locked up and do not have to worry about drafting and leveraging this position for next year in case he would have left.

04-26-2007, 02:23 PM	#6
NarwhalHunter 100th Post Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hattiesburger with Cheese Posts: 146 Blog Entries: 1	Double dose of good news today. Now we are pretty free to do whatever we want in the draft. The cap room it frees up should be helpful... as a franchised player, he was counting for something over 8 million against the cap this year. That 20 million will be prorated over the 7 years, so it will be about 2-3 million a year, plus however much he gets per year from the course of the contract (probably another 3 million or so), depending on how the contract is structured. So we probably have an extra 2 million to play with.

04-26-2007, 07:20 PM	#8
mighty12 500th Post Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 980 Blog Entries: 1	I don't know about this. Players seem to play harder in a contract year, and weaker once they get the contract they want. I hope this doesn't hold true for Grant.