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carnuba 
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| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 4:57 pm to BarbeTiger)
props to lofton for the help
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angryslugs 
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| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 4:57 pm to jamal)
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Bduhon55
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| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 5:02 pm to angryslugs)
I am not surprised by the move but I thought some other things would have been done first. I guess it was a quick and easy thing to just get it out of the way.
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Cajun Invasion
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Member since Jan 2012
771 posts
| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 5:12 pm to jamal)
I like this
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blueslover
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| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 5:16 pm to carnuba)
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props to lofton for the help
he's not really doing anything but taking $5million now as a signing bonus rather than a roster bonus later. The team can spread it over the length of the contract capwise that way.
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geauxtigers87
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| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 5:29 pm to blueslover)
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Breesus
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| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 6:02 pm to geauxtigers87)
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drake20
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| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 6:46 pm to landrywasbeast30)
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CocoLoco
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| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 6:55 pm to jamal)
THE Loomis 
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memphstigers23 
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| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 7:00 pm to jamal)
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Our GM is a magician
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Brettesaurus Rex
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Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2009
14059 posts
| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 7:14 pm to mm2316)
I think with that new 4 mil in space, plus cutting Smith and Vilma that would just get us even with the cap limit. When Harper restructures, that will tell us how much leftover we have to spend.
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Gugich22
New Orleans Saints Fan
Who Dat Nation
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23398 posts
| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 7:48 pm to mm2316)
I'm pretty Sure I would have sex with Mickey Loomis.
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Sho Nuff
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Hawaii
Member since Feb 2009
1760 posts
| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 7:52 pm to carnuba)
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props to lofton for the help
I second this. A quick 4 million, 16 more to go 
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Patrick O Rly
New Orleans Saints Fan
y u do dis?
Member since Aug 2011
25678 posts
| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 7:56 pm to Gugich22)
I did. He rocked my world. I paid him for it afterwards.
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THRILLHO
New Orleans Saints Fan
New Orleans, LA
Member since Apr 2006
25408 posts
| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 8:06 pm to blueslover)
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he's not really doing anything but taking $5million now as a signing bonus rather than a roster bonus later. The team can spread it over the length of the contract capwise that way.
This + it's not even an "impressive" move by Loomis. The only newsworthy thing about this move is that it happened to Lofton. Either Brees, Evans, or both will be doing the same thing soon enough.
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shortstop1627
New Orleans Saints Fan
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Member since Aug 2008
1065 posts
| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 8:50 pm to THRILLHO)
Vilma aint going nowhere 
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Sophandros
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| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 8:52 pm to THRILLHO)
Brees has a ~17 million cap figure next year. He already has a signing bonus and I don't know if you can convert non-bonus payment into bonus money when a bonus is already in place.
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hugo_boss
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2012
91 posts
| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 11:00 pm to Sophandros)
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Vilma aint going nowhere
That sucks for us since he was awful last year and the year before.
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THRILLHO
New Orleans Saints Fan
New Orleans, LA
Member since Apr 2006
25408 posts
| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 11:16 pm to Sophandros)
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I don't know if you can convert non-bonus payment into bonus money when a bonus is already in place.
You can convert whatever the frick you want into a signing bonus. Roster bonus, base salary, MAYBE even a given year's prorated signing bonus (no team would ever be in such a bad position to even have to do that).
I think the big reason they started this off with Lofton was their way of saying "We want you to be a big part of this 3-4 defense in the future." It wasn't likely, but Lofton was a quasi-legit possibility at being cut (would save $2.6m). I'm still of the opinion that 4-3 LB/3-4 ILB is the best place to be terrible at on a defense (see: 2009 SB win) and it's the easiest position to find difference makers in the draft (see: last billion DROYs).
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THRILLHO
New Orleans Saints Fan
New Orleans, LA
Member since Apr 2006
25408 posts
| re: Curtis Lofton Restructures Contract (Posted on 2/15/13 at 11:18 pm to hugo_boss)
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That sucks for us since he was awful last year and the year before.
This. Payton is saying all the right things about the leader of the defense for the past 5 years. He's too soft for an ILB and too slow for OLB in a 3-4. He won't be on the team next year except possibly as a vet min backup.
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