Saints sign Curtis Lofton

FinSaint · 03-25-2012, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by Danno

Can't help but think they know Vilma's gonna get suspended for the entire season.

If not, I'm OK with Vilma at WLB.

So long Jo-Lonn Dunbar, you were one of my personal favorites.

I was thinking the exact same thing when I heard about the signing, because Lofton's contract should have at least about a $5-6M cap hit in 2012.

Of course it could be less, but I don't think so because he had competing offers from both the Bucs and the Failclowns, unless they were able get him to agree to a very heavily end-loaded contract.

So, this leads me to think that they already know that Vilma will be suspended for the year, and therefore, they know it will free up $5.4M in cap space added to the $1.3M the Saints apparently had left - makes that ~$6M cap hit possible to fit under the salary cap.

I don't know, but that was just what I began to think after I heard about this signing.

|Mitch| · 03-25-2012, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by FinSaint

I was thinking the exact same thing when I heard about the signing, because Lofton's contract should have at least about a $5-6M cap hit in 2012.

I was thinking that the Falcons offered him 3-4 million and Lofton wanted 8-9 million a year?

I'm probably wrong though

FinSaint · 03-25-2012, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by |Mitch|

I was thinking that the Falcons offered him 3-4 million and Lofton wanted 8-9 million a year?

I'm probably wrong though

It could be, but the problem is that none of financial details have been made public, at least I haven't seen any.

The Failclowns offered him a low-ball offer back in January I think, which Lofton outright turned down. But I don't know if the offer they gave him now was more competitive or if it was the same they gave him earlier.

I'd love it if Lofton's contract was $3-4M/yr, but I just get the feeling that it'll be more than that, of course I have no evidence to support it.

And for the bad knees claim I just don't understand how that can be the determining factor since Tatupu's knees are probably in a worse condition and he's older than Lofton. The fact that he didn't miss any games after his knee surgeries during the 2011 off-season leads me to believe that he'll be fine - I heard that they also did a scope later during the season, which removed all of the post-surgery scar tissue etc., so he should be fine and pain free.

I think that Nolan didn't really see Lofton fitting into what he wants to do defensibly, and therefore, the Failclowns had a fairly low figure in mind what they were willing to offer Lofton to re-sign.

03-25-2012, 11:24 AM	#1
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,964	Originally Posted by Danno Can't help but think they know Vilma's gonna get suspended for the entire season. If not, I'm OK with Vilma at WLB. So long Jo-Lonn Dunbar, you were one of my personal favorites. I was thinking the exact same thing when I heard about the signing, because Lofton's contract should have at least about a $5-6M cap hit in 2012. Of course it could be less, but I don't think so because he had competing offers from both the Bucs and the Failclowns, unless they were able get him to agree to a very heavily end-loaded contract. So, this leads me to think that they already know that Vilma will be suspended for the year, and therefore, they know it will free up $5.4M in cap space added to the $1.3M the Saints apparently had left - makes that ~$6M cap hit possible to fit under the salary cap. I don't know, but that was just what I began to think after I heard about this signing.
	"I'm not bashing people, I'm bashing their opinions because in my opinion their opinion is wrong" - Danno

03-25-2012, 11:28 AM	#2
\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	Originally Posted by FinSaint I was thinking the exact same thing when I heard about the signing, because Lofton's contract should have at least about a $5-6M cap hit in 2012. I was thinking that the Falcons offered him 3-4 million and Lofton wanted 8-9 million a year? I'm probably wrong though

03-25-2012, 12:33 PM	#3
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,964	Originally Posted by \|Mitch\| I was thinking that the Falcons offered him 3-4 million and Lofton wanted 8-9 million a year? I'm probably wrong though It could be, but the problem is that none of financial details have been made public, at least I haven't seen any. The Failclowns offered him a low-ball offer back in January I think, which Lofton outright turned down. But I don't know if the offer they gave him now was more competitive or if it was the same they gave him earlier. I'd love it if Lofton's contract was $3-4M/yr, but I just get the feeling that it'll be more than that, of course I have no evidence to support it. And for the bad knees claim I just don't understand how that can be the determining factor since Tatupu's knees are probably in a worse condition and he's older than Lofton. The fact that he didn't miss any games after his knee surgeries during the 2011 off-season leads me to believe that he'll be fine - I heard that they also did a scope later during the season, which removed all of the post-surgery scar tissue etc., so he should be fine and pain free. I think that Nolan didn't really see Lofton fitting into what he wants to do defensibly, and therefore, the Failclowns had a fairly low figure in mind what they were willing to offer Lofton to re-sign.
	"I'm not bashing people, I'm bashing their opinions because in my opinion their opinion is wrong" - Danno

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