Originally Posted by RefsRobbedUs (Post 876163)

Kiko is making 6.3 m with no dead money; he definitely will be cut.

Rankins is making 7.6 m; no dead money if cut.

Robinson is getting cut.

That alone gives us 22m in space.

Originally Posted by Rsanders24 (Post 876167)

Rankins isn’t getting cut...traded...maybe. You still have no QB, need a #2 WR. If you get rid of Kiko you need two LBs at a minimum.

Cap will definitely be an issue this offseason.

Originally Posted by ChrisXVI (Post 876172)

Kiko has a torn ACL now too so he definitely won’t be in the equation. I’d definitely entertain trade offers for Rankins.

Originally Posted by Rsanders24 (Post 876156)

TA will probably have his deal reworked again. Jenkins was the best player in the secondary by far yesterday. Everyone else was absolutely abysmal except for CGJ and he was ok. Maybe Easton is Peat’s replacement and the Saints knew they weren’t bringing him back next year.

I don’t know if it was scheme for Lattimore or if he was just having a bad game but he just looked so frustrated yesterday.

Originally Posted by RefsRobbedUs (Post 876171)

You can replace Kiko with a rookie. He is not worth 6m.

Originally Posted by blackangold (Post 876196)

Not looking good at all... big changes needed and the cap situation is just more of a reason why we can’t bring back Drew... going to need a somewhat cheap QB to clear the balance sheet for next year. I think Taysom can be re-signed for a reasonable amount, then draft a rookie QB. We don’t need extra offensive weapons, we need a QB that can throw on a rope more than 10 yards.

Originally Posted by ChrisXVI (Post 876045)

I’m a little surprised more hasn’t been made of this. In the other thread we talked about Brees costing us $21.3 mil in dead cap next season regardless of whether he’s re-signed or not. If we sign him to another two year deal as we’ve been doing he’ll be costing us close to $50 mil in cap space.

Teddy Bridgewater will account for $4 mil in dead cap.

We can cut Janoris Jenkins and save $11.25 mil with no dead money. Or, we can extend him and knock down that $11.25 mil cap hit by quite a bit. Problem is, he turns 32 next season. How much do you want to invest in a 32 year old CB?

Same issue with Larry Warford. He has a $12.875 cap hit next season (last year of his deal.) Do we extend him at 29 years old? Cutting him frees up $8.5 mil but then we’re left having to replace both our LG and RG.