Re: Living in the now proven to be sound strategy for New Orleans Saints
 

That's one way to keep pushing the cap each year.

$ = must equal value.

Even if you're doing well at your position, if you're not performing at a level that justifies your salary, you get released (or traded in Sproles case). That maximizes the talent under the cap.

Sproles and Moore are examples of performing well, but not well enough to justify the compensation based on market value.

Bunkley's salary was recently adjusted to reflect his market value base on his performance.

This is the reason I would like to see the Saints take an inside linebacker in the first or second round of the draft. Both Lofton and Hawthorne are being paid more than what their performance justifies. This season both need to prove they are worth the money they're making. If one or both still underperform, having a talented ILB waiting on the sidelines would give the Saints leverage in negotiating a new salary for both of them.

Re: Living in the now proven to be sound strategy for New Orleans Saints
 

If CJ Mosley is there at 27, I'd sprint to the podium knocking over any and all men women and children in my way.

1. CJ Mosley ILB/OLB Alabama
2. Donte Moncrief WR Ole Miss
3. Stanley Jean-Baptiste CB Nebraska

Oh my, no need to watch the rest of the draft, we'd just draft a few small school guys I never heard of.

Re: Living in the now proven to be sound strategy for New Orleans Saints
 

It all comes full circle in 2017. That will be the the beginning of the end :messedup:
3 years and counting. lets go get us some rings baby.:bng:

2017 FA $2016 cap hit
Drew Brees QB UFA NO TBD 35 $27,400,000
Marques Colston WR UFA NO TBD 30 $10,500,000
Ben Grubbs G UFA NO TBD 30 $10,300,000
Jahri Evans G UFA NO TBD 30 $10,200,000
Brodrick Bunkley DT UFA NO TBD 30 $6,112,500
David Hawthorne ILB, LB UFA NO TBD 28 $5,510,000
Kenny Vaccaro S UFA NO TBD 23 $2,998,772
Pierre Thomas RB UFA NO TBD 29 $2,765,000

Re: Living in the now proven to be sound strategy for New Orleans Saints
 

I don't know about #1 or #3 on your list but I sure would love to see Moncrief in a Saint's uniform.

Re: Living in the now proven to be sound strategy for New Orleans Saints
 

So, the salary cap is like a debit card? You can't spend what you don't have. Unless you are smart like Mickey Loomis and borrow money from the future to pay for now. It's beautiful. Loomis uses it more as a credit card somehow.......I don't know how. I'm not an accountant.

Re: Living in the now proven to be sound strategy for New Orleans Saints
 

Well just because we shove salary into future years doesn't mean we'll actually pay it.

We can cut, re-re-structure, or keep. It simply kicks the decision down the street.