re: We're looking to be between 2-3 mil under the cap.

"I heard you need a cap update"

Over the cap has been about half a mil low vs. the NFLPA's count and spotrac has been all over the place on the high side.

Going straight from overthecap we would be at $3.72m under with the $1.4m hold on Bush still in play and Bailey and Bunkley accounted for. Add in the half mil they've been off and we are about $4.2m under.

And Bush may cost more or less than the $1.4m depending on structure. It was an incentive laden deal and the split is not likely to be 50/50 between the years. So I'm guessing he'll actually cost less than his original $1.4m.

So we may be about $4.5m under.

Edit:
If you go by the reported number in the op and factor in Bailey, we are just about $4m under not accounting for Bush's adjustment.

So yeah we should be between $4-4.5m under.

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Going straight from overthecap we would be at $3.72m under with the $1.4m hold on Bush still in play and Bailey and Bunkley accounted for. Add in the half mil they've been off and we are about $4.2m under.

And Bush may cost more or less than the $1.4m depending on structure. It was an incentive laden deal and the split is not likely to be 50/50 between the years. So I'm guessing he'll actually cost less than his original $1.4m.

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Yeah, my accounting for Bush was a worst case scenario in which his hit was half the deal or $2.25M. That is where mine differs a bit from your calculations. $3.1 to $3.7 roughly.

I am pretty sure they included the roster bonus when they claimed the savings he'd be getting ($2.85M) and so it is assumed that it will count.

I think in the end, the Saints will be between $3.5 and $4M after this. If they can sign a guy like Goodwin for the Vet minimum, this team would have no major holes, would just need a few areas for upgrade like ILB, coverage OLB, and WR depth/quality.

I just want us to keep signing random FA's (goodwin being the #1 on my list), just so I can hop onto falcon life and read the meltdowns

Boy the reaction if we did sign Sidney Rice or Miles Austin.

BTW, do not want either.

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Where is that info coming from?

Also, their math is a little off. If we have a little less than $4m, Bush at most takes $750k over his $1.4m already on the books, but has been reported(unconfirmed) to be less than $2m.

So more than likely we are around $3.5m at worst and around $4m at best.

We are not doing great with this math stuff, i am seeing a 2 mill range on here.

If you take the original reported number from the NFLPA like I did($4.8m), add in Bailey($4.8m - $1.25m = $3.55m), take out the contract he replaces(top 51 rule; $3.55m + $420k), we are at $3.97m.

Depending on Bush, we either have a little more or a little less. It shouldn't be less than $3.5m though.

Edit:
If you believe the less than $2m figure reported for Bush, that's $1.9(or less) - $1.4(original tender) = $500k. $4m - $500k - $3.5m.

It could be even lower and potential we have up to $4.5m.