saintshrimp

You actually believe Drew will take less money. Do you really believe that? LMAO You're out of your mind I gotta laugh cause you call me nutts.




Do not assume that Drew is as Loyal to New Orleans if they don't franchise him.

AsylumGuido

Where did I say he'd take less money? I said $25M per year fully guaranteed. That would be the largest annual and guaranteed contract to date. That would be a 25% annual increase over his current salary. He is currently getting paid on a contract with a $20M annual salary. The $30M counting against this year's cap exists because of a restructure and does not reflect his actual average.

AsylumGuido

I believe Brees is about as loyal as you can get, but he would be well worth the $25M per season. I don't think Brees would take a "hometown discount" and I equally doubt that the Saints would be so foolish as to ask for one, nor do they need to given the amount of open cap space.

saintshrimp

Hope you get a enjoy watching him this year. It more than likely will be the last time you see him in black and gold. Time will tell. My money is on it is

saintshrimp

I just don't see the point in paying for Kobe beef if your gonna eat it off a Cow pie

AsylumGuido

It's better than paying going rate for a starting QB for horse meat. What you don't understand is that whatever Brees would be paid it won't make a dent in what is going to be available. If Brees gets the $25M per year, or a 25% increase from his 2012 contract rate he will be receiving a lower percentage of the total cap than he was receiving in 2012.

The 2012 cap was $120.6 million. Brees' $20M salary was basically 16.67% of the total cap.

If Brees re-signs at $25M per year, for three years, and the 2019 cap projections are $180 million, then Brees' $25M salary would basically be only 13.89% of the total cap.

While the Saints would be paying Brees more cash, it would be leaving a much greater percentage of cap available than at any point over the previous five years.

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill

lee909

Well as it stands there is around 40ml in open cap next year. Brees,Unger and Snead will eat that before you add rookies and FA unless you push the money back. Then Breaux,Cooks need new deals the years after. It about time we stopped sitting on the cap snd pushing the money back eating millions of dead money each year

saintshrimp

I personally would rather spend money on a great o line and above average defense and take my chances with say a Luke mccown or even a Nick Foles type QB that wouldn't demand high dollor and start looking for a future QB. We have seen the last couple of years where you get with a great QB and nothing else home in Jan. I'd rather be home in Jan one player away than home with 21 players away

spkb25

we do need good lines, but right now there is 30+ mil in dead money. That's the issue, not Drew's salary. Every QB makes 20m, even alex smith. It is the reality right now.

spkb25

wait a minute, there is more dead money right now then what we are paying drew and his average is like 10th or 12th on the list of QB's. His salary is not the problem, the dead money is