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Brees renegotiates


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I'm kind of surprised we are not trying to trade for him. Half kidding. 

I swear it's like NO cheats with their cap. Maybe he just keeps unretiring and pushing some dead cap back every year. Or they make him a minimum player every year and just don't activate him. 

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1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

Here's how I understand the logic behind it...

Brees knows he's not going to get paid either way because he's retiring, so his salary being on the books only affects the Saints negatively with no benefit..

To fix this, he reduces his salary to league minimum. The Saints can't get entirely away from his contract, but this does a lot to lessen the impact of it.

And the Saints can definitely use the cap relief.

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Brees is getting paid the same money he’s owed, the Saints are just spreading out the cap hit so they can get more space this year. This basically confirms retirement.. the question now is will they have enough cap room to sign Winston if another team gets involved, or will Taysom be the guy.  For our sake I hope they pay Jameis lol 

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12 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Here's how I understand the logic behind it...

Brees knows he's not going to get paid either way because he's retiring, so his salary being on the books only affects the Saints negatively with no benefit..

To fix this, he reduces his salary to league minimum. The Saints can't get entirely away from his contract, but this does a lot to lessen the impact of it.

It's a "team player" sort of thing, and the Saints can definitely use the cap relief.

Well said. 

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12 hours ago, Waldo said:

I'm kind of surprised we are not trying to trade for him. Half kidding. 

I swear it's like NO cheats with their cap. Maybe he just keeps unretiring and pushing some dead cap back every year. Or they make him a minimum player every year and just don't activate him. 

i think they just don't have marty hurney running their books

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