Drew Brees contract

It would be a net cap hit, would it not? Aka if he signed for 20 mill then the cap hit is not 38 mill - would still be 20. It's just the first 18 he signs for is already hitting us no matter if he's with us or not. I think...

If he re-signs with the team, the cap hit is only $6 million per year plus whatever is on his new contract.

It only hits $18 million in one year Iif he is not we-signed.

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Why would other players take a pay cut to give Drew another huge contract. They deserve their pay just as much as Drew.

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That's what I said The one person people bring up alot is Fleener. But if I was on my 6th concussion, and had to play one of the most demanding positions in the Saints offense, many analysts have said that about the TE in Payton's offense, I wouldn't wanna take a paycut.

We currently are projected to have about $32-33 mil in cap space. The $22 mil figure is based on this past year's cap and it will go up at least $10 mil.

Brees already counts $6 mil against 2018's cap. If he hits FA he will count another $12 mil against the cap, taking our cap space from $32 to $20 mil.

They won't let that happen and he will get extended beforehand, but even if it did I mocked up a 5 year deal that voids after 2 years that would only add $10 mil on this year's cap ($5 mil salary and $5 mil signing bonus).

We're likely looking at around $20 mil in cap space after Brees resigns and before any other adjustments. We'll have plenty of space to make some big moves if we want to.

Need resolution
Nick Fairley 7 Million

Potential Restructures or Cuts
Zach Strief 3.8million/1.1 guaranteed
Nathan Stupar 2.1 million/400K guaranteed
Coby Fleener 8 million/4.8 guaranteed
Thomas Morestead 4.8 million/700K guaranteed

Saints have leverage on several players in order to create additional cap space. Many of these guys would probably agree to a pay cut if you raised their guarantees.

That's not correct.

He currently counts $6 mil against the cap, and if he hits FA he'll count another $12 mil on the cap, bringing it from $32 mil to $20 mil in space.

If he then signs a new deal that gives him $20 mil in salary and new bonuses this year we'd have no cap left.

Even if we used my hypothetical contract which is about as low as they can get his cap number with really hurting next year and the year after we'd still be left with only $10 mil in space. For reference that'd be $18 mil old money and $10 mil new money for $28 mil total ($6 mil of that already counting on the cap).

That's why it's vital he extends before FA.

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Yeah that's correct. We will get hit with an 18 mill cap regardless. But anything over 18 million will just add. So if we sign for 20 million it's only a 20 million cap hit. If he walked it would be an 18 million cap hit.

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Wrong, so wrong.

If you guys think Drew is signing for anything less than 25 mill a year, your crazy. I figure with the qb market it will be 26-28 mill a year.