Loomis says Saints won't ditch Vilma for Lofton

Danno · 03-26-2012, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by SaintsBro

I fear that the Saints will just end up having to take a lot of cap hits for defensive players who will not be playing most of the year, or at all, and they will HAVE to let those players go with the cap hits, simply in order to have enough bodies to have 11 men on the field on defense all season...forcing the Saints to move on to cheaper, lesser known players in a lot of positions. The cap hits from lost players are going to be the real teeth of the punishment for the team.

IIRC, suspended players' salaries do not count against the cap.

I'm sure they don't count against the 53, but I seem to recall getting an exemption for their cap figure also.

If we cut them, many of their cap figures skyrocket.

I'll try to find more info on cap exemption for suspended players.

03-26-2012, 01:45 PM	#17
Danno Truth Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spanish Fort, AL (via NO and B/R) Posts: 24,758	Originally Posted by SaintsBro I fear that the Saints will just end up having to take a lot of cap hits for defensive players who will not be playing most of the year, or at all, and they will HAVE to let those players go with the cap hits, simply in order to have enough bodies to have 11 men on the field on defense all season...forcing the Saints to move on to cheaper, lesser known players in a lot of positions. The cap hits from lost players are going to be the real teeth of the punishment for the team. IIRC, suspended players' salaries do not count against the cap. I'm sure they don't count against the 53, but I seem to recall getting an exemption for their cap figure also. If we cut them, many of their cap figures skyrocket. I'll try to find more info on cap exemption for suspended players.

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