jnormand

Terrible. We could almost pay 2 MORE Drew contracts with that.

neugey

Or locked up Josh Norman.

AsylumGuido

Once again, cap space did NOT play a factor in not signing Norman at all. Saints had tons of cap space available with a deal Brees was ready to do at the time.

AsylumGuido

Everyone please take the time and read this so I don't have to continue to repeat. $37 million in dead money in the current year means nothing. The Saints have over $9 million in 2016 cap space. The dead money isn't keeping the team from signing anyone. The fact is that there is no one to sign.

Dead money means even less next year where the total dead money figure stands at a paltry $7.8 million and with the usual converted roster bonuses and 2016 unused cap carry-over, coupled with the next Brees extension and a Cam Jordan restructure will leave the Saints with $55 million in free cap space.

Those are REAL FACTS.

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

jnormand

Of course I meant per year. I think he's at what...23 million. It's just crazy.

Look I understand sometimes mistakes are made. And maybe that's why they are cutting bait with Spiller. Maybe they're trying to trim the roster even if these guys are paid a lot of money. But man I hope they learned a lesson.