lol@Saints

[Captain Morgan]

Barnwell just did an article about teams facing the worst cap struggles next year....here's what he said about the Saints.

 

New Orleans Saints

Commitments for 2017: $132.9 million
Free Agents: Drew Brees, Max Unger, Nick Fairley, John Jenkins, James Laurinaitis (if 80 percent of snaps played)

I've written about the Saints' cap management at length in the past on multiple occasions, so I won't reiterate many of those complaints again. The good news is that their cap situation is better in 2016 once the $10 million in dead money owed to Junior Galette comes off the books. That $10 million is there thanks to a contract restructuring before his release.

Both Drew Brees and Max Unger will be free agents after the 2016 season. Derick E. Hingle/USA TODAY Sports

The big question, of course, is Brees. The Saints were unable to sign their star quarterback to an extension this offseason, one that would have likely reduced Brees' league-high cap hit of $30 million and created badly-needed flexibility to improve one of the worst defenses in NFL history. Franchising him in 2017 isn't an option, either, given that the Saints would owe Brees a staggering $43.2 million for one year. Brees' camp knows that, and as former member of the NFLPA Executive Board, Brees is surely thinking about what his situation might mean for the players' union. He's not going to take a massive discount to appease Saints fans or accommodate New Orleans' poor cap management.

The Saints need to find a way to pay Brees and re-sign Unger, the center who they acquired as the centerpiece of the Jimmy Graham trade. How can they help pull it off?

• Designate Jairus Byrd as a post-June 1 release. Byrd was supposed to be the last piece of the puzzle for the Saints when they signed him to a six-year, $54-million deal in March of 2014, but he has been alternately injured and ineffective. The onerous structure of the deal (similar to Galette's) made it impossible to move on from Byrd before 2017, and even then, the Saints will have to push some of the spending into the future to create cap room. Designating Byrd as a post-June 1 release will lower his cap hold in 2017 from $11.7 million to $3.4 million, creating $8.3 million in space, while leaving a $4.6 million charge on the books for 2018.

• Release C.J. Spiller. The Saints would have loved to cut Spiller this offseason, but the way they structured his deal means that it would actually cost more to release him ($7 million) than keep him ($4.5 million). Next year, that flips: they'll save $2.4 million by moving on from the home-run threat.

• Cut Zach Strief. If 2015 first-round pick Andrus Peat shows signs of life this year, the Saints could free up $2.9 million by cutting Strief, their longtime right tackle, and moving Peat outside.

 

 

Ravens and Cowboys also in bad shape...whole article here.

 

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/page/BarnwellNFLPreview160801/predicting-nfl-teams-facing-salary-cap-crunch-new-orleans-saints

 

 

[Pimpdaddy]

...love they are drowning in their own poo...

[SmokinwithWilly]

It's almost like Hurney wrote Bresus's contract. On a good note for the Taints, Manzel can be had as a FA. Would probably only cost them some hookers and blow.

[Burnout189]

Ahahahaahaha.............ha.

[bleedsgreenandgold]

Ole Mole Face trying to go straight no lube on their cap space...I love it.