New Orleans Saints linebacker David Hawthorne's deal is salary cap friendly
 

The contract numbers for New Orleans Saints free agent linebacker David Hawthorne have finally hit the NFL books.

Hawthorne signed a five-year, $19 million deal, which included a $3.8 million signing bonus.

The deal is very cap friendly this season. Hawthorne will earn a $700,000 base salary in 2012, giving him a salary cap figure of only $1.46 million.

In 2013, Hawthorne is scheduled to earn a $3 million roster bonus and a $1 million base salary.

In 2014, he'll earn a $1 million base salary and $1 million roster bonus.

In 2015, he'll earn a $2 million base salary and $2.5 million roster bonus.

In 2016, he's scheduled to earn a $4 million base salary.

As of noon Friday, the Saints were approximately $420,000 under the salary cap.

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Thanks papz!

Thx papz.

And cripes. Ingenious or what?

Clue: The answer is not what

That is really good news!

I was hoping for a contract with an annual average of $4M, so this is a very pleasant surprise.

Very nice!

Great job by Loomis!

Also have to appreciate these players for being willing to work with the Saints to allow us to afford them, because if not for that, it wouldn't have mattered how smart Loomis is. That shows me something, that these guys really want to come here and win, instead of complaining about having to defer salary. These are very good players we've signed in Grubbs, Bunkley, Lofton, Hawthorne and re-signing Colston... But taking less money to win makes me feel even better about them.

Good news, now lets get Drew done.

Loomis wrote up this deal, of course it would be cap friendly it's what Loomis does best, I'm hoping somehow that Drew's contract pays him what he deserves but doesnt screw the team's cap number in years to come

Walterfootball.com re-evaluation of the signing of Hawthorne after financial details have been released:

WalterFootball.com: 2012 NFL Free Agency Recap

so FinSaint, who do you think is the better MLB between Lofton and Hawthorne? I know they both can play where needed...

I really don't know. I haven't seen Hawthorne in action that many times, since I rarely catch any of the Seahawks' games.

I guess with the relatively limited knowledge I have of the guys, I'd prefer Lofton as the MLB and Hawthorne on either side if they were to take the field at the same time.

But I guess it would also depend on the type of play Spags was calling, since both are tackling monsters I would expect them both to be on the field at the same time on running plays.

In any case, it'll be really exciting to see the LB corps take shape during the off-season camps and the pre-season games, and to see Spags' mentality toward who fits where in his schemes - and I'm not just talking about these two guys.

Also, some of the things I've read about Hawthorne on couple of the Seahawks' message boards have stated that Hawthorne is somewhat tight with his hips, so his turns are not as fluid as one would perhaps want in their MLB, so he might best fit a role where he doesn't have to do as many tight turns and fall into coverage.

Good signing. Should groom out well in Spags system.

work that cap down some more and we'll get Drew his agent's greedy hands on his money.