Is Drew Brees holding the saints hostage?

blackangold · 01-20-2020, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

First of all, Brees will still be a better all round QB than either of the other two three years from now ... in my opinion. That said, you must understand that the cap is fluid. We can easily retain two of the three. Currently Brees is counting $21.3 million against the 2020 cap even though he is not under contract. That figure can, and will, be lowered by as much as 2/3rds with a new contract with voidable future years. The final cap ceiling has yet to be finalized, but it should be north of $200 million and the Saints have an additional $3+ million rollover from 2019.

Sure, you can kick the can down the road, I assumed that will happen should Drew come back, it's just another poisoned contract but get you by 2020.

However even with that extension for Drew the cap is still extremely tight and with all of the holes we have paying 15m per year for a backup QB isn't likely to happen.

I don't agree with Drew being better 3 years from now, but we've gone down that road. No one is changing their minds on Drew now. To be clear you would rather have Brees and see the other two playing elsewhere.

01-20-2020, 03:20 PM	#11
blackangold 1000 Posts + Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 3,422	Re: Is Drew Brees holding the saints hostage? Originally Posted by AsylumGuido First of all, Brees will still be a better all round QB than either of the other two three years from now ... in my opinion. That said, you must understand that the cap is fluid. We can easily retain two of the three. Currently Brees is counting $21.3 million against the 2020 cap even though he is not under contract. That figure can, and will, be lowered by as much as 2/3rds with a new contract with voidable future years. The final cap ceiling has yet to be finalized, but it should be north of $200 million and the Saints have an additional $3+ million rollover from 2019. Sure, you can kick the can down the road, I assumed that will happen should Drew come back, it's just another poisoned contract but get you by 2020. However even with that extension for Drew the cap is still extremely tight and with all of the holes we have paying 15m per year for a backup QB isn't likely to happen. I don't agree with Drew being better 3 years from now, but we've gone down that road. No one is changing their minds on Drew now. To be clear you would rather have Brees and see the other two playing elsewhere.
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