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.

03-25-2012, 11:24 AM	#24
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

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