Michael Thomas holding out of Saints camp for new deal (turned down saints offer, wants to be highest paid in league)

[PleaseCutStewart]

3 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I'm all for the Saints paying him out the nose. He's never had a 100 yard game against us. Bradbury matches up very well against all of the opposing #1 WRs in our division. Mike Evans, Julio Jones, and Michael Thomas are all absolutely elite NFL WRs but none posted a 100 yard game against us last year despite our weak pass rush and Bradbury is the primary reason for that.

Cap not being able to cover anybody in the slot was also a big factor... Why take a chance throwing to your #1 when you have an easy 15-20 yards throwing at Cap

[GoPanthers123]

Makes sense, get the money while Brees is still there.  

[Xtreme]

[saints4lifeagain]

42 minutes ago, uncfan888 said:

Same but it finally cooled off some in Charlotte the past few days

The last 2 days have been nice. Tomorrow, back to hell. 

[Xtreme]

1 minute ago, saints4lifeagain said:

The last 2 days have been nice. Tomorrow, back to hell. 

Feels like September out there today. Super nice! 

[Iron Saint]

2 hours ago, Basbear said:

Both want new deals, Payton and Drew went on record in saying Hill was the best player in in the league. 

Brees said he's the "most dangerous" in that discussion with Peter King. Unfortunately for society, he's also equally dangerous off the field as well considering his record...

[Eric4280]

Yeah, awesome, bite from the hand that feeds you. He’s an above average receiver that looks elite in brees offense. Ruffle all the feathers.

[Beast_3000]

8 hours ago, CarolinaNut said:

he's good but he's not $20mil a year good..that offense and brees making him a lot of money

Agreed, but I am on the bus that hopes he gets overpaid. 

[kungfoodude]

18 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Owners can only spend x amount of money on players due to the hard cap. Taking $20M per year just leaves a helluva lot less for your teammates. If the NFLPA actually cared about it's entire membership they'd be pushing for max contract stipulations like the NBA has and probably for a significant bump in minimum salary. That would be beneficial for the majority of the players who aren't non-stars.

Yeah but the NBA also has a soft cap. 

[Captain Morgan]

Saints just released WR Cam Meredith...he just couldn't overcome the injury the Bears thought he had when they released him.   Saints gambled and lost.

Now Thomas has even more leverage.

Michael Thomas

 

✔@Cantguardmike

 

 

We ain’t finna play like we ain’t made for it.

 

 

Michael Thomas

 

✔@Cantguardmike

 

 

And I can lose it all tomorrow if I move the wrong way.

 

[Jesse]

Whenever the Brees bubble hits they're gonna be SOL. I'll love to them try to sign him, Kamara and Lattimore while dealing with Brees back-ended contract.

[LinvilleGorge]

On 7/26/2019 at 6:34 AM, kungfoodude said:

Yeah but the NBA also has a soft cap. 

Still, their player market is much more limited than it is in the NFL. Imagine what a guy like LeBron or Anthony Davis or Steph Curry would get if it weren't for max contracts. It would create a much better competitive balance if they'd get rid of the max contracts but it would take money out of the pockets of those second and third tier players.

[ACobra289]

Seems like I read somewhere a few days ago they were really close on a deal. Haven't seen any updates recently though.

[kungfoodude]

3 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Still, their player market is much more limited than it is in the NFL. Imagine what a guy like LeBron or Anthony Davis or Steph Curry would get if it weren't for max contracts. It would create a much better competitive balance if they'd get rid of the max contracts but it would take money out of the pockets of those second and third tier players.

I don't really have a problem with the way the NBA does things. It is a decent mix of allowing players to have some control while stacking the deck in the home teams favor. 

I don't think the max contract thing is even as big of a deal to the elite guys. They all just want to team up in places they want to be or situations they want to be in.