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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by voodooido You may want to look things up and read my post before posting. It saves you from looking stupid. I said his 30 million cap hit this year. Look at the link below. His cap hit ...
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04-25-2016, 11:20 PM | #71 |
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Re: Looks like the Norman situation opened some issues with Brees?
Originally Posted by voodooido
I know what you were talking about. You are the one that couldn't understand the meaning of my post. What I was pointing out was that you cannot look at a contract as a snapshot. Yes, 30 million of the 100 million hits this season, but over the term of the contract he makes less per year than any of those QB's. We have floated through the first four years with Brees collecting far less on average than any of those other QB's.
But that is all moot as this year's potential cap hit can and will be mitigated by an extension after the draft. It is NOT Brees' last year as you put it. Now who is the |
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Re: Looks like the Norman situation opened some issues with Brees?
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Good Lord, the past years mean nothing to the 30 million cap hit this year. Again, HE IS MAKING 5.5 MILLION MORE THAN ANY QB THIS YEAR. Manning is at 24.5 million. I don't give a crap about years in the past. His hit this year has kept the Saints from bringing in a Guard, WR, CB, Safety, A Kicker that is worth keeping and a DE. I could go on and on about what his cap hit is doing to us THIS YEAR.
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Re: Looks like the Norman situation opened some issues with Brees?
Originally Posted by voodooido
That's where you are totally wrong. That $30 million figure is meaningless. It can be turned into a $10 figure with the finalizing of a contract extension. If the Saints front office felt like there was a player worthy of making a major move in free agency they would have already finished the Brees deal. What you don't get is that there was nothing out there on the open market that did not have the potential to turn into another Browner disaster. You are hung up on the fictitious $30 million that is in no way causing any sort of cap strain. On the contrary, it is basically a reserve account that can be tapped whenever the need arises.
As I have been preaching for the past two months, or more, there is no reason whatsoever to tap that account until after the draft. Why waste it on stupid free agent moves? |
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Re: Looks like the Norman situation opened some issues with Brees?
In addition, Brees hasn't made a penny this season. You are stating that he makes $5.5M more than any other QB this year. Once again ... wrong. Players only get paid during the regular season, so until the first game of the season their contracts have little bearing. You have no idea what his actual annual salary is going to be until September. Until then the $30 million figure that you are hung up on means nothing.
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Re: Looks like the Norman situation opened some issues with Brees?
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Except that it actually does.
All NFL contracts are about cap management. Contracts are cap friendly early and cap difficult at the end. The point is to give cap relief while it's clear that the player is worth paying, putting off paying the piper until the end of the contract. But this is a situation where the player has lived up to, or outplayed the contract. It's time to pay the piper. You do know that the point is moot. It became moot on February 10th when $10+ million of Brees' 2016 salary became guaranteed. Up until then the dead money was $10 million while the cap hit was $30 million. So clearly that is a cut or extend situation. Even with the additional $10 million on the books, the cap hit still outpaces the dead money by $10 million. Given that let's look at the Saints options: 1. Pay Brees his $20 million salary this year with the $30 million cap hit, and roll the dice after the season that they can find a way to retain his services or start over. 2. Cut Brees now, eat the $20 million cap hit already on the books, and start over. 3. Extend Brees at somewhere near market value and spread out the cap hit over 3-4 more years. So which path do you choose?
Brees has outplayed his current contract. He has put up top 3 HOF numbers for the last 4 years. If he didn't, he'd already be gone and the team would have $20+ million more to spend on those priorities you outlined. So to summarize, neither you nor the Saints can have it both ways. There's no way to have a HOF elite QB and pay journeyman money for it. The difference is that the Saints do understand that. Which is why they will either pay the $30 million this year, and negotiate a new contract next year, or they will extend Brees 3-4 more years at close to market (which is nearly $23 million a year now) and free up some more cap dollars now. I just find it fascinating how the player gets blamed for living up to their contract. Or how the team is blamed for actually getting a good deal over a 5 year contract. SFIAH |
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Re: Looks like the Norman situation opened some issues with Brees?
What he said.
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Re: Looks like the Norman situation opened some issues with Brees?
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I think that first video proved another posters point.. Number 57 for the 49ers should've been charged with aggravated assault. In that video montage, six of those seven hits shown on Manning would be illegal today... It would be amazing to see what Archie could have done under Sean Payton
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Re: Looks like the Norman situation opened some issues with Brees?
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Valid point...
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Re: Looks like the Norman situation opened some issues with Brees?
I call BS. Smoke screen to try to get another defensive player to fall because someone reached for a QB.
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