vtiger72

I think the Lions have said the franchise tag isn't ruled out, but I doubt they can make the space to use it. That being said, I can't imagine the Saints being able to create enough room to sign Suh. Suh wants to become the highest paid d-lineman, surpassing J.J. Watt.

Watt signed a 6/100 deal with 20+ guaranteed.

It's 16.6 aav...so if Suh gets that, even with bumping some money to future years, He's going to count at least 10 million to the cap in 2015. With already needing to clear money, I cannot see anyway the Saints fit a Suh deal under the cap, especially when teams like Oakland with already 30 million under the cap are rumored to be interested.