Per OverTheCap.com we have $2,138,782 available in cap space...

» Over the Cap- New Orleans Saints 2014 Salary Cap and Contracts

And Sportrac.com says we have 3,618,782 available in cap space with no reference to the Strief contract nor the Keenan Lewis new cap number...

New Orleans Saints Salary Cap - 2014 Breakdown

Since the Keenan Lewis difference between the two sites is 100k/ Cap Hit in 2014 they are either both correct or both wrong... Unless Loomis restructured a deal for 100k in cap space, which he didn't. Also since the Strief deal is 2m in cap hit for 2014 which is reflected on overthecap but not spotrac, I suspect they are both wrong as there is only a 1m delta between the two sites.

If you notice overthecap shows that Cap Space number is "Est."

All in all.... overthecap shows less money to work with so no, it isnt a prelude to a graham contract. That will come with the restructure of Grubs and Evans. 7m + 2.1m to Jimmy Graham is 9.1m. Leaving you with $0.00 to sign draft picks, practice squad, take the team to Sonic...

Understand the money has to come from somewhere, but I don't see BOTH Grubbs and Evans get their deals reworked...



And their currently showing the Non-Exclusive Tag money against Graham, so if Loomis has that much too work with this season, he may guarantee more money down the road to keep Graham at that cap number this season...