Saints trade for LB Kwon Alexander

[Proudiddy]

1 minute ago, Smithers said:

They traded Kilo Alonso for him

Yup, definite upgrade 

[Moo Daeng]

4 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

I thought his cap number was a lot bigger than that just from remembering the numbers of the contract. 

Read the article. They don't have to pay anything but the pro-rated salary which was less than 1 million this year. Of which about half has been paid. San Fran is on the hook for all the pro rated bonus related aspects as they would have already paid them.

[Khyber53]

23 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

Per Schefter.

How tf do they keep making these moves and creating cap room?

There's this voodoo priestess who is also an accountant that they consult. Probably requires rearranging a couple on contracts, killing a couple of chickens and Drew Brees gets another mole somewhere.

 

[Proudiddy]

4 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

Read the article. They don't have to pay anything but the pro-rated salary which was less than 1 million this year. Of which about half has been paid. San Fran is on the hook for all the pro rated bonus related aspects as they would have already paid them.

Yeah, you broke it down perfectly, i was just saying, from remembering the original terms when he signed with them, I just thought his number would've been too much for them to absorb.

[Moo Daeng]

11 minutes ago, Smithers said:

They traded Kilo Alonso for him

Then this only takes about $400,000 off their cap space given Alonso's on year contract. Niners must have been really motivated to make the switch. 

[ncfan]

 

 

https://twitter.com/spotrac/status/1323328278778810371?s=19

 

 

[stbugs]

9 minutes ago, ncfan said:

 

 

https://twitter.com/spotrac/status/1323328278778810371?s=19

 

They are in trouble. $100M over and even designating Jordan and Brees as post 6/1 along with releasing Jenkins and Kwon, that’s only $49M in savings. Still another $50M to go.

[ncfan]

6 minutes ago, stbugs said:

They are in trouble. $100M over and even designating Jordan and Brees as post 6/1 along with releasing Jenkins and Kwon, that’s only $49M in savings. Still another $50M to go.

Also keep in mind 

 

Sheldon Rankins is hitting FA

 

And Ryan Ramczyk+Marshon Lattimore are going into their 5th year option where guys normally work on or threaten to hold out unless they get extended

[trueblade]

33 minutes ago, BPF said:

Is this the appropriate area to bring up the fact that we need a competent GM and Hurney needs to go to cleanse the organization of mediocrity 

There is no inappropriate area or time to bring this up. 

[t96]

1 minute ago, ncfan said:

Also keep in mind 

 

Sheldon Rankins is hitting FA

 

And Ryan Ramczyk+Marshon Lattimore are going into their 5th year option where guys normally work on or threaten to hold out unless they get extended

I have a feeling Ramczyk will be one of the odd men out of NO soon, his play has slipped a bit recently (though he's still been great) and they've done a pretty good job of developing OL and may view him as replaceable. If he were to hit FA at some point, I'd love to target him. Was a huge fan of him going into the draft that year, and he's been an absolute mauler in both the run and pass games. He's been the RT in NO, but I think he could play the left side and be a long term solution there for us. Though it's possible they do keep him or if not, they trade him so NFCS rivals can't sign him...

[hsfolk]

10 minutes ago, t96 said:

I have a feeling Ramczyk will be one of the odd men out of NO soon, his play has slipped a bit recently (though he's still been great) and they've done a pretty good job of developing OL and may view him as replaceable. If he were to hit FA at some point, I'd love to target him. Was a huge fan of him going into the draft that year, and he's been an absolute mauler in both the run and pass games. He's been the RT in NO, but I think he could play the left side and be a long term solution there for us. Though it's possible they do keep him or if not, they trade him so NFCS rivals can't sign him...

Ramczyk won't be the odd man out compared to Lattimore

[CarolinaNCSU]

Saints about to trade their first 3 picks or so for future picks because they won't have money to pay those contracts. 

[Panthercougar68]

Meh Kwon has kinda petered off the past year to where he was.

Ever since the ACL and then torn Pectoral he hasn’t been the same.

[CarolinaNCSU]

Playing with the calculator on OTC, before this move even hits...

• Brees as a June 1st cut (retire)
• Cut Michael Thomas (June 1st - only way to save them money really, but it'll be a trade)
• Terron Armstead (Cut)
• Taysom Hill (Cut)
• Janoris Jenkins (Cut)
• Ramcyzk (Trade)
• Lattimore (Trade)
• Emmanuel Sanders (Cut)

And none of their pending FAs signed...they're still 14 million over the cap. BEFORE this Kwon contract hits.