Breaking: Saints are signing Taysom Hill to a 4-year, $140 million contract extension

[trueblade]

9 hours ago, TrevorLaurenceTime22 said:

Loomis is the kick the can king, I'm not sure why people think this is genius Hurney did it constantly in his tenure...   

The high opinion of Loomis is because he spends his cap on guys who actually perform. He also drafts really  well so they have quality depth and are developing future starters to fill holes, or lose them in FA for big contracts and high comp picks.

The Panther's GMs have rarely done these things.

[shaqattaq]

6 hours ago, Thorrez said:

The basic idea here is that this guarantees Hill is a free agent next year.

Hill is doing the team a solid for cap relief, had they just tucked on the years at current rate of $12M he might actually outplay it. And with that losing a lot of money in those years. Could happen if he turns into a starter at QB, not a large chance but player tend to believe they are the best ever.

So this way he is free at test the market next year, or in the off chance of him turning into the second coming of Elway either play for the ridiculous number or get a really good longer deal. Without it he could be tagged at a relative bargain.

And he gets more up front cash as a kicker.

What the saints actually gives up is the change to resign him as a mid pack qb starter deal. So they probably no longer think he can be that.

The options for next March:

1. NO cuts him. He still gets his $16 M, just over 2 years instead of 1. Unlikely, since it would still leave $7.75M dead money on their cap.

2. NO restructures again with a similar type deal so that me continues to get low-tier QB pay. This is most likely IMO.

3. Hill plays so damned well, that they have to let this restructure play out or give him, at least, a far more favorable extension. He's basically betting on himself.

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, trueblade said:

The high opinion of Loomis is because he spends his cap on guys who actually perform. He also drafts really  well so they have quality depth and are developing future starters to fill holes, or lose them in FA for big contracts and high comp picks.

The Panther's GMs have rarely done these things.

To be fair, the credit for the Saints drafting more properly belongs to Jeff Ireland. The pro personnel side of things was under Terry Fontenot, who's now GM of the Falcons.

It's going to be interesting to see if things change since they lost Fontenot (almost lost Ireland too).

[Basbear]

On 3/14/2021 at 8:04 PM, SizzleBuzz said:

Taysom deserves to take that big bad meany billionaire owners' money...

...good on him.  

Sorry for the positive pie, since it off-sets your triggered poop. You should be proud! Triggered poop is worth 100x normal pie, Im jelly at you ability to get it! 

[TrevorLaurenceTime22]

11 hours ago, trueblade said:

The high opinion of Loomis is because he spends his cap on guys who actually perform. He also drafts really  well so they have quality depth and are developing future starters to fill holes, or lose them in FA for big contracts and high comp picks.

The Panther's GMs have rarely done these things.

Those Jarius Byrds man great signings... dude is living off the 2017 draft.

[Basbear]

1 minute ago, TrevorLaurenceTime22 said:

Those Jarius Byrds man great signings... dude is living off the 2017 draft.

They had three seasons of 7-9, then that insane 2017 saved the Saints. Honestly form 2017 on, no matter the number of picks or where they are, they have maybe the best results. Makes me sick.

[philit99]

Now Winston gets a 1 year $12 million contract. Just how the fug do the Saints manage to sign large contracts so far in the hole, while we struggle like hell.

Edited March 16, 2021 by philit99

[TrevorLaurenceTime22]

4 minutes ago, philit99 said:

Now Winston gets a 1 year $12 million contract. Just how the fug do the Saints manage to do these things and we struggle like hell.

They are pushing a snowball up a hill every offseason rolling more and more money into future cap years, Under the current CBA it's been sustainable but it's likely to be addressed during the next.