hagan714

see here is were the nfl drops the ball. they want to punish i understand that but in cases like this all things should be put on hold till a better picture of what happened is made clear. till such a time contract situations such as this should be left in limbo.

SaintFanInATLHELL

I have no problem with the first part. Due process is necessary.

The second part is irrelevant to the discussion. The Saints committed to Galette when they signed him to the contract. Nothing about this situation affects that. They owe the guy $12.5 million guaranteed for the roster bonus. The only question is spreading out to get cap relief.

And it really isn't a question. The Saints simply have too many dollars coming to a head not to convert the roster bonus to a signing bonus. It'll free up $10 million immediately and really only forces the same two year commitment that the team made to Galette when he signed the contract. This $12.5 million is essentially the second half of the signing bonus. It was guaranteed to moment Junya put pen to paper when he signed.

If after the 2015 season, the team decides to part ways, they can do a June 1st cut of Galette and then have the ability to spread out the remaining cap hit over two seasons 2016 and 2017.

So there's really no debate other than if they should have signed him to the Huge contract. Junior has already missed all the big escalators because he didn't get 12 sacks in 2014. The team has the ability to spread almost all of the dollars over 4 or more years if necessary.

It was a gamble for the team. But in the end it really was a small one.

SFIAH

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