Maybe we should trade Brees?

Supertek · 03-09-2012, 01:00 PM

Hope Brees stays with us and yes he should be pissed. Why for gods sake should he have been paid less than Vick and the rest not even in the top ten. Trade him never especially to Dallas. Need to have this cleared up before training camp. Think Payton is going to take a pay cut? I think not. The team screwed him with the tag and I think not only about the money it is the thought of the whole deal that stinks. I can see the tag being used at times but not to your leader that guy you take care of period.

FinSaint · 03-09-2012, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by Supertek

Hope Brees stays with us and yes he should be pissed. Why for gods sake should he have been paid less than Vick and the rest not even in the top ten. Trade him never especially to Dallas. Need to have this cleared up before training camp. Think Payton is going to take a pay cut? I think not. The team screwed him with the tag and I think not only about the money it is the thought of the whole deal that stinks. I can see the tag being used at times but not to your leader that guy you take care of period.

After the first sentence, it all became unraveled.

The offers Saints gave to Brees would've made him the highest payed player in the league, but it was the structuring of them that Brees' side couldn't agree to.

The staff's salaries do not count towards the salary cap, which is the issue here - fitting Brees' salary under the cap as well as all the other players'.

The Saints were forced to place the tag on Brees because he turned down the afore mentioned contract offers, he didn't get screwed, but the Saints did because they could no longer place the tag on some other FA.

03-09-2012, 02:01 PM	#2
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,963	Originally Posted by Supertek Hope Brees stays with us and yes he should be pissed. Why for gods sake should he have been paid less than Vick and the rest not even in the top ten. Trade him never especially to Dallas. Need to have this cleared up before training camp. Think Payton is going to take a pay cut? I think not. The team screwed him with the tag and I think not only about the money it is the thought of the whole deal that stinks. I can see the tag being used at times but not to your leader that guy you take care of period. After the first sentence, it all became unraveled. The offers Saints gave to Brees would've made him the highest payed player in the league, but it was the structuring of them that Brees' side couldn't agree to. The staff's salaries do not count towards the salary cap, which is the issue here - fitting Brees' salary under the cap as well as all the other players'. The Saints were forced to place the tag on Brees because he turned down the afore mentioned contract offers, he didn't get screwed, but the Saints did because they could no longer place the tag on some other FA.
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03-09-2012, 01:00 PM	#1
Supertek 500th Post Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Harvey La. Posts: 611	Hope Brees stays with us and yes he should be pissed. Why for gods sake should he have been paid less than Vick and the rest not even in the top ten. Trade him never especially to Dallas. Need to have this cleared up before training camp. Think Payton is going to take a pay cut? I think not. The team screwed him with the tag and I think not only about the money it is the thought of the whole deal that stinks. I can see the tag being used at times but not to your leader that guy you take care of period.