Cap Situation Not That Dire

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New Orleans’ salary-cap situation for 2012 isn’t quite as bad as early reports made it sound. League-wide cap figures had the Saints listed with about $106 million already committed toward the 2012 salary cap.

Saints' cap situation not that dire - NFC South Blog - ESPN

jcp026 · 01-16-2012, 12:42 PM

Ok..what's the salary cap? How much space?

UK_WhoDat · 01-16-2012, 12:52 PM

Ha! But that was before we tried to pay Brees / Nicks / Colston / and all.

SaintsRule11 · 01-16-2012, 06:53 PM

If we don't keep Colston I will cry.

RaginCajun83 · 01-16-2012, 07:28 PM

Loomis is a cap genius, somehow I see him keeping all three

gandhi1007 · 01-16-2012, 07:53 PM

As much as I love Colston, if it comes down to only keeping him or Nicks......I'm going with Nicks. There are good receivers with size & hands to be had in the 2nd through 5th rounds this year.

Rugby Saint II · 01-16-2012, 08:35 PM

The article said we should be able to afford resigning Brees, Nicks and Colston. I'd like to believe that.

Danno · 01-16-2012, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II

The article said we should be able to afford resigning Brees, Nicks and Colston. I'd like to believe that.

Almost sounds too good to be true.

I wonder if it would make signing Graham and Greer next year impossible?

I love Colston, but I've seen the future, and his name is Jimmy Graham.

W. Kovacs · 01-17-2012, 08:52 AM

Jimmy Graham MUST be re-signed.

Does anyone know what the 2012 cap will be? I found that it was $120mm for 2011, and I found the formula to calculate it for years going forward but I don't have the income numbers to plug in to the formula to actually get the final figure...

hagan714 · 01-17-2012, 08:59 AM

wait for the numbers.

But 2012 was voided out of Brees’ contract, so the Saints are, for the moment, sitting at about $94 million.

now we have to wait for the nfl soft cap numbers to be released

also

In 2012, teams will have three exemptions worth $1.5 million on three players.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/67...le-interesting

01-16-2012, 12:22 PM	#1
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Danno Truth Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spanish Fort, AL (via NO and B/R) Posts: 24,713	Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II The article said we should be able to afford resigning Brees, Nicks and Colston. I'd like to believe that. Almost sounds too good to be true. I wonder if it would make signing Graham and Greer next year impossible? I love Colston, but I've seen the future, and his name is Jimmy Graham. CharityMike and W. Kovacs like this.

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W. Kovacs 500th Post Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 514	Jimmy Graham MUST be re-signed. Does anyone know what the 2012 cap will be? I found that it was $120mm for 2011, and I found the formula to calculate it for years going forward but I don't have the income numbers to plug in to the formula to actually get the final figure...

01-17-2012, 08:59 AM	#10
hagan714 LB Mentallity Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 15,870 Blog Entries: 68	wait for the numbers. But 2012 was voided out of Brees’ contract, so the Saints are, for the moment, sitting at about $94 million. now we have to wait for the nfl soft cap numbers to be released also In 2012, teams will have three exemptions worth $1.5 million on three players. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/67...le-interesting
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