2019 New Orleans Saints: Roster Outlook

AsylumGuido · 12-14-2019, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by ChrisXVI

We have an interesting situation with Kiko Alonso next season. He’ll be in the last year of his contract with a $6.4 mil cap hit. We would save all of that with no dead money by releasing him. That’s not to say we should cut him, but it’s a nice chunk of change.

He could also be restructured as part of an extension and that hit could be reduced to a fraction of the $6.4M for 2020.

jeanpierre · 12-14-2019, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

He could also be restructured as part of an extension and that hit could be reduced to a fraction of the $6.4M for 2020.

That's the program I'd get behind...

AsylumGuido · 12-14-2019, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

That's the program I'd get behind...

The $6.4M could be converted to a signing bonus and spread out over a five year contract with the first two years guaranteed. A low base salary the first year could easily get the cap hit for 2020 down to under $2M.

jeanpierre · 12-14-2019, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

The $6.4M could be converted to a signing bonus and spread out over a five year contract with the first two years guaranteed. A low base salary the first year could easily get the cap hit for 2020 down to under $2M.

I was mistaken, he's 29 yo, information I'd read misinformed and had him as 26; so I wouldn't extend him by more than a year, two tops...

But you're right, guarantee extra money and at his age, I'm sure we could cut his cap number to a third over three years...

12-14-2019, 12:11 PM	#1
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,703	Re: 2019 New Orleans Saints: Roster Outlook Originally Posted by ChrisXVI We have an interesting situation with Kiko Alonso next season. He’ll be in the last year of his contract with a $6.4 mil cap hit. We would save all of that with no dead money by releasing him. That’s not to say we should cut him, but it’s a nice chunk of change. He could also be restructured as part of an extension and that hit could be reduced to a fraction of the $6.4M for 2020.

12-14-2019, 12:18 PM	#2
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: 2019 New Orleans Saints: Roster Outlook Originally Posted by AsylumGuido He could also be restructured as part of an extension and that hit could be reduced to a fraction of the $6.4M for 2020. That's the program I'd get behind...

12-14-2019, 12:51 PM	#3
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,703	Re: 2019 New Orleans Saints: Roster Outlook Originally Posted by jeanpierre That's the program I'd get behind... The $6.4M could be converted to a signing bonus and spread out over a five year contract with the first two years guaranteed. A low base salary the first year could easily get the cap hit for 2020 down to under $2M.

12-14-2019, 09:33 PM	#4
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: 2019 New Orleans Saints: Roster Outlook Originally Posted by AsylumGuido The $6.4M could be converted to a signing bonus and spread out over a five year contract with the first two years guaranteed. A low base salary the first year could easily get the cap hit for 2020 down to under $2M. I was mistaken, he's 29 yo, information I'd read misinformed and had him as 26; so I wouldn't extend him by more than a year, two tops... But you're right, guarantee extra money and at his age, I'm sure we could cut his cap number to a third over three years...

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