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I'm about to make your day KMajor...

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Oh hell yeah! Now Dennis Allen just has to keep him motivated :bng:

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:broccoli: .. I'm loving it. This guy can be a key piece to clogging up the middle when he wants to be.

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We quietly have upgraded the defense immensely this free agency period

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Somewhere RaginCajun puts his fist through a wall lol. I'm happy with it. Considering we don't have a single 3 technique DT on our roster I really don't want to solely rely on a rookie. Nothing's official yet but I'm hoping it happens.

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incentives contract baby lets get it done

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similar situations:

2015 Spiller (Pats also were interested, even offered him a contract, we overpaid)

2016 Failrey. Let's hope this is structured like Laurinaitis contract...

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Good thing we don't have the cap space to overpay too much...

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Talk about a MASSIVE interior line :bng:

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So then there's this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kinda quietly, the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Saints?src=hash">#Saints</a> have had a really nice offseason. Tough cap situation, but they're doing work -- Laurinaitis, Fleener, Fairley...</p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/713394031921905665">March 25, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

(how do you embed tweets on this site?)

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NFL Network just reported the Saints are expected to sign Fairley once the team gets the necessary cap space

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They are 100% signing him. I love this move.

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C'mon DA, just keep him motivated!

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Don't like this signing but if he's turned his life around and they want him, the. I'm all for it. I cheer for the team first, players second

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We still have to reign in the punter salary...

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Ok Brees...sign a fair extension and let's get moving here. Even with Hill going to Chicago, there's no way we have the cap room for this and any other unprocessed contacts and future contracts without him restructuring and extending.

Would like to see it happen sooner rather then later so we can move forward here.

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It's done deal. When players publicly do this, it's almost guaranteed. They already know.

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We don't have money...
We have the lowest cap space in the league...
We need to restructure....


Meanwhile in Loomis' office:

http://www.netanimations.net/Obama-b...-money-gif.gif

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Has Morestead even been approached by the FO on a restructure? Really surprised if they haven't.

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So that's where the money comes from.... :-D :-D

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First rule of Loomising is you don't talk about Loomising
Scond rule of Loomising is you don't talk about Loomising

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YES!!!!!!

The guy has pro-bowl potential.. But admittedly he also has bust potential as well.

I must admit, this move has me pretty fired up. He's a perfect 3-tech DT to pair alongside Jenkins. His upside is unquestionable. We should now be able to get some push up the middle, which will make Cam Jordan's job a lot easier, and whoever ends up playing JACK (Kikaha, Tull, Edibali, draft pick etc...)

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Wow, shows how desperate we're to get a 3-Tech Defensive Linemen (Hope he can stay healthy and show the maturity needed right now)...

Mark Ingram, Kenny Vaccaro urge Nick Fairley to join Saints - New Orleans Saints Blog- ESPN

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Plus you got the new "chop block" rule going into affect ... he gonna' draw some penalties or they're not going to be able to slow him down using conventional blocking methods, in theory, :).

Be careful of too much fanfare though ... it seems to go to his (Fairley) head and then he rests on his laurels. I'm just hoping his stint in STL woke him up a bit, :neutral:.

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I agree with you. Maybe the last round of FA woke him up and he got his head screwed on right and decided to grow up. I am willing to take the risk and say yes. Incentives are the key in his contract.

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So has he actually signed or even spoke to anyone yet?

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Not yet; but there is too much smoke not to be at least a spark of fire.

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Gotta make room. We probably have a deal in place, we just need the other shoe to drop

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