Someone Explain This Poo To Me

[chknwing]

Saints turn Juinor Galettes $12.5 million into signing bonus.  How the hell is that allowed.  And the biggest question, why the hell didn't Dave do this with Deangelo and or Stewart and take carolina out of cap hell earlier.

[Jeremy Igo]

They call it restructuring.

[Nick_81]

Still back loads the poo out of it.  It's definitely only helping right now.  Makes the future that much worse.

[chknwing]

They call it restructuring.

 

I've never seen a restructure of a whole salary that big turned into a signing bonus before

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

You mean do what Marty hurney did every year for some temporary cap relief?

Doing that with a bunch of players is how you get into cap hell because it blasts guaranteed money all over the back end of a contract and makes them unreleasable.

[Chaos]

I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. Wonder how many of you even get that?

[chknwing]

I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. Wonder how many of you even get that?

 

what a wimpy statement

[Nick_81]

I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. Wonder how many of you even get that?

[Jeremy Igo]

I've never seen a restructure of a whole salary that big turned into a signing bonus before

It's what they may do with Charles Johnson this year.

[ed bell]

It's a good trick for that extra cap boost, but when you kick the can down the road too often eventually you find yourself in a mess.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

the saints are probably going to restructure a bunch of contracts this offseason, free up cap room, cut one or both of their overpaid guards, and everybody will pat them on the butt and talk about what a great general manager loomis is

 

that's a team that will instantly collapse when brees hangs it up.  they'll have a challenging cap situation thanks to the restructures and because they haven't drafted particularly well they'll have a hard time being competitve for years probably.

[UNCrules2187]

Because it's what dumb teams do.

[SOJA]

saints know that they have only a few years left before they slip into the shitter 

[Growl]

the saints are probably going to restructure a bunch of contracts this offseason, free up cap room, cut one or both of their overpaid guards, and everybody will pat them on the butt and talk about what a great general manager loomis is

that's a team that will instantly collapse when brees hangs it up. they'll have a challenging cap situation thanks to the restructures and because they haven't drafted particularly well they'll have a hard time being competitve for years probably.

Galette is 26 and about to enter his prime. Why would they want to release him?

They'll have an elite player now and in the future, and as cap space comes available by the natural progression of the roster over the years, they'll be in position to sign quality free agents both in the present and forward.

Hurney gave backloaded contracts to aging players at a near-meaningless position

That was his error. Not the philosophy of pushing money back. It's a fairly common practice around the league that allows teams to get the best possible roster both now and in future years.