Curtis Lofton to visit Saints

FinSaint · 03-24-2012, 08:55 AM

Originally Posted by SaintsRule11

We can restructure other contracts and we are likely dropping Vilma anyway, which would save about $4 million in cap space. The deadline to get under the cap isn't for months anyway. The priority is to build a great team first and worry about the cap later.

I'm not totally convinced that the Saints will be cutting Vilma, because it all depends on what type of a punishment (if any) he'll get for his involvement in the BountyGate, and what his health situation is now and going forward.

Like I've already stated in other threads, if Vilma gets a year-long suspension, financially the best course of action for the Saints would be to keep him as a player, because that way they'd free up the most salary cap room.

If he can play at (at least) a 95% level this coming season and he doesn't get suspended, I do think that the Saints should go forward with him as the starting MLB, because once again it would probably end up being financially the best way to go. Jonathan Vilma playing at a 100% health level (i.e. 2009) would definitely be worth the $6.6M cap hit, IMO.

03-24-2012, 08:55 AM	#36
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,964	Originally Posted by SaintsRule11 We can restructure other contracts and we are likely dropping Vilma anyway, which would save about $4 million in cap space. The deadline to get under the cap isn't for months anyway. The priority is to build a great team first and worry about the cap later. I'm not totally convinced that the Saints will be cutting Vilma, because it all depends on what type of a punishment (if any) he'll get for his involvement in the BountyGate, and what his health situation is now and going forward. Like I've already stated in other threads, if Vilma gets a year-long suspension, financially the best course of action for the Saints would be to keep him as a player, because that way they'd free up the most salary cap room. If he can play at (at least) a 95% level this coming season and he doesn't get suspended, I do think that the Saints should go forward with him as the starting MLB, because once again it would probably end up being financially the best way to go. Jonathan Vilma playing at a 100% health level (i.e. 2009) would definitely be worth the $6.6M cap hit, IMO.
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