jeanpierre

Per Over the Cap, the New Orleans Saints Total Cap Number is $160,655,043 with the Top 51 at $159,305,043; (Offense: $76,245,123 Defense: $62,973,185 Special: $5,340,000)

Source: New Orleans Saints Salary Cap - Over the Cap

I'd consider the following targets for 2016 salary cap address...

Player Name	2016 Cap No.	Action	Dead Money	Savings
QB Drew Brees	$30,000,000	Post 6/1 Cut	$10,000,000	$20,000,000
FS Jairus Byrd	$10,900,000	Post 6/1 Cut	$3,400,000	$7,500,000
OG Jahri Evans	$8,200,000	Post 6/1 Cut	$5,300,000	$2,900,000
CB Keenan Lewis	$6,350,000	Post 6/1 Cut	$3,600,000	$2,750,000
CB Brandon Browner	$6,300,000	Post 6/1 Cut	$4,050,000	$2,250,000
LB Dannell Ellerbe	$5,900,000	Post 6/1 Cut	$700,000	$5,200,000
WR Marques Colston	$5,900,000	Pre/Post 6/1	$2,700,000	$3,200,000
RT Zach Strief	$4,543,750	Post 6/1 Cut	$1,100,000	$3,443,750
LB David Hawthorne	$4,510,000	Pre/Post 6/1	$2,260,000	$2,250,000
RB CJ Spiller	$4,500,000	Post 6/1 Cut	$1,250,000	$3,250,000
KP Thomas Morstead	$4,450,000	Post 6/1 Cut	$950,000	$3,500,000
LB Ramon Humber	$1,068,000	Post 6/1 Cut	$167,000	$901,000

It's not that my way is the right way, I just make the right way my way...

jeanpierre

A few observations...

Cutting Jairus Byrd post 1 June puts the Saints right at the projected salary cap...

If Westbank's Injury (K Lewis) looks serious, he could be vulnerable to release...

Jahri Evans is virtually guaranteed a roster spot with his cap number and that's too bad...

Evans hasn't played to his contract in three years and Loomis must fix that issue...

Browner is another contract that is prohibitive to release; pray he wins Comeback Player of the Year?!?

If Browner does, Aaron Glenn should be the first NFL assistant coach to win Coach of the Year!!!

Ellerbe has really flashed at times, but his injury time and cap number make him a likely cap casualty...

Even if Andrus Peat has a great offseason and camp, Strief still provides excellent depth per costs...

Guess we'll find out if it was injury or Payton's doghouse with Spiller and his cap number...

There's no way Morstead is worth those numbers and if a linebacker or NT could be had with Ellerbe and Morstead's savings, it should happen...

Humber's value in depth and special teams is greater than his cap number...

It's not that my way is the right way, I just make the right way my way...

jeanpierre

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