Aints giving Thomas 100m.. 61m guaranteed

[GoPanthers123]

Imagine the salt when Saints choke in the playoffs again.  Last years loss was due to Brees interception in OT when they had the game in their hands.  

[bababoey]

1 hour ago, TheRumGone said:

They need to draft a Brees replacement to stay competitive. If they can do that then this deal won’t be bad if you have a qb on a rookie contract. It’s still an insane amount of money for a wr. But if Brees’ contract is off the books (and the dead money) they should be able to resign most of their key players. It all hinges on the qb replacement. Brees is a FA in 2020 and I THINK his dead money is like 20 mill in 2020, 2021 combined but nothing after that.  

I really don’t know if they can resign Brees after this year (if he’s still playing at an elite level) and still pay their other young talents coming up. I doubt he takes a significant pay cut. This could actually be Brees’ last season with the saints.

Brees has a 26 million cap hit for the Saints if he doesn't play for them next year.  If he does it will be under a new contract and probably about the same amount.  With that and Thomas new contact they have about 180 million counting toward 2020 with under 45 players under contract.  I don't know what the cap will be for 2020 (probably around 200 million) but they have moved so much money down the road to make room for Brees that eventually they are going to pay for it.  Might be next year might be 2 years from now but they are going to have 3 or 4 really good players, 12-15 guys on rookie contracts and them everyone else is going to be vet min guys. 

[JawnyBlaze]

Michael Thomas is good, maybe even great but he benefits from having Brees. The Saints are the anti-Falcons.  In NO the QB makes the WRs look better than they are. In Atl the WRs make the QB look better than he is. 

[MountaineerChemist10]

2 hours ago, Wyank said:

play looked clean to me.  Good ref.

Haha good point 

[bigdog10]

Saints giving Thomas 100mm

Falcons going to have to give Julio 101mm

both with aging QBs. They had both better win it all this year because those windows are going to come slamming shut. 

[Saca312]

2 hours ago, saints4lifeagain said:

In what world is MT not in the same conversation as Julio, AB, and Hopkins?

Agreed. Michael Thomas has had top tier play for a good bit of time. He deserves to be in that conversation.

[CPcavedweller]

Time for Cam Jordan to skip camp and demand a new contract...

Then Brees saying he needs a new contract so he can play another 4 years...

Then Kamara wanting Bell money...

Then whoever the dude is at corner....

Saints are fugging themselves. Thomas gets hurt, they are screwed. 

[CarolinaNCSU]

The long assumed Saints cap hell has been worked around by kicking the can AND the forgotten part of them drafting their asses off over the last few years.  Had they not hit on a lot of these dudes, on cheap contracts, they would've been the 6-10 to 7-9 team we used to see annually.  Brees next season will be interesting, does he retire or does he take the rest of their cap space by himself? He's not worth an insane number anymore, so what would he be happy with? 

Even if Brees is gone, the talent still there won't necessarily result in Trevor Lawrence territory.  I'm all for a 5-11 team without Brees being stuck in purgatory for a few years. 

[t96]

2 hours ago, saints4lifeagain said:

In what world is MT not in the same conversation as Julio, AB, and Hopkins?

He just flat out isn’t even close to as dominant as those guys. Product of Brees and Payton.

[TheRumGone]

51 minutes ago, bababoey said:

Brees has a 26 million cap hit for the Saints if he doesn't play for them next year.  If he does it will be under a new contract and probably about the same amount.  With that and Thomas new contact they have about 180 million counting toward 2020 with under 45 players under contract.  I don't know what the cap will be for 2020 (probably around 200 million) but they have moved so much money down the road to make room for Brees that eventually they are going to pay for it.  Might be next year might be 2 years from now but they are going to have 3 or 4 really good players, 12-15 guys on rookie contracts and them everyone else is going to be vet min guys. 

They need to cut bait with Brees after this year imo. Dead money hit for 2020 is 21 million. Goes to 5 million in 2021. Right at the time they can extend their stars like lattimore and kamara. Get a qb on a rookie contract. 2020 will be a rough year for them but it’ll come open after that.

[Ricky Spanish]

2 hours ago, Peppers90 NC said:

Tyreke Hill is the most dangerous receiver in the game

And outside the game as well...

[Peppers90 NC]

2 minutes ago, Cracka McNasty said:

And outside the game as well...

haha i thought about adding something of that nature

[KillaCamNewton]

17 minutes ago, t96 said:

He just flat out isn’t even close to as dominant as those guys. Product of Brees and Payton.

not even close. and like someone else said, Tyreek Hill might not be a "complete" receiver but he has way more of an impact on a game than Thomas does

[saints4lifeagain]

57 minutes ago, CPcavedweller said:

Time for Cam Jordan to skip camp and demand a new contract...

Then Brees saying he needs a new contract so he can play another 4 years...

Then Kamara wanting Bell money...

Then whoever the dude is at corner....

Saints are fugging themselves. Thomas gets hurt, they are screwed. 

Cam just got paid.

 

51 minutes ago, t96 said:

He just flat out isn’t even close to as dominant as those guys. Product of Brees and Payton.

 Lazy argument. Never had anybody put up the numbers Thomas is is Brees and Payton’s system.