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If the Saints release Harper, his 2013 salary-cap number will drop from $7.1 million to $1.75 million (a pro-rated portion of his signing bonus), with another $1.75 million still on the books next year.

I didn't realize so much cap could be saved by cutting Harper....5.35 million. That would be enough to get a starting safety in FA who could actually cover on occasion. At the very least the man needs to help lower that cap number.

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Posted by HMTVBrian2

Baton Rouge

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Posted on 2/26/13 at 5:49 pm to monroesaintsfan

Believe it or not he has a pretty good fit in Rob Ryan's scheme, even though he's not worth near that much money.

He likes to employ his strong safety a lot like Williams used him, since both run defenses based around the Buddy Ryan 46, where the strong safety roams around down in the box and doesn't have to cover deep very much.

THey may just try to get him to rework the thing to save some cash instead of outright cutting him. He'll probably end up looking better next year if he's still on the team.

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Posted by AlexMSU

Lake Charles, LA

Member since Feb 2013

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Posted on 2/26/13 at 6:25 pm to monroesaintsfan

Good read, the most relieving info that I saw was all of the young db's and dl's for the cheap.. Hicks, Johnson, walker all around 500k and hopefully all of them can rotate around the line and contribute this year! I really want to see p-rob play his natural man coverage this year behind a potentially solid 3-4 pass rush, I think he and Harper significantly improve in Rob Ryan's scheme

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