re: Kikaha tore his ACL?

Are you fricking kidding me???

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So how dependent are the Saints on a Brees extension before they have the capability to bring in a Hardy or Freeney?

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Not at all. There's probably a dozen other players that could restructure to free up cap space right now. Also, Freeney and Hardy are probably going to get one season veteran minimum contracts + maybe an $80k signing bonus. That $80k might be all that would count against the cap in signing either of those players.

I thought everyone other than Brees who could have restructured did.

Looking at the roster now, there are fewer restructure options than I assumed. It doesn't matter, though. Doesn't matter. We have $1.7m in cap space. Our 51st highest paid players is making the 2nd year vet minimum ($550k). A one year veteran minimum deal pays a player whatever their minimum salary is (in the case of Freeney, probably around $1.2m), but only counts against the cap as a 2nd year minimum player ($550k). Basically, if we sign Freeney at a 1 year vet min, whatever his signing bonus is (can't go over either $60k or $80k, I forget which) is the only cap hit.

Well i don't wish injury on anyone, but I'm not stressing over it like our season is lost, he's just 1 player, next man up. Its not like we had any type of pass rush with or without him in the lineup. Get over it

Played 58 percent of a historically bad defense and we have fans acting like we lost Drew Brees. Smh, I guarantee that not 1 saints player is panicking over Kikaha

No one on the team is a proven pass rusher besides Jordan. If we lost Jordan, thrn there's a reason to panic, but Kikaha is a second year player who drifted the second half of the season. Rankins will be a nice addition, but Fairly is known for taking plays off. What can Kikaka do that Richardson can't?

Mike D said we will very likely make the call to Freeney

Obviously you have you're sold on Kikaka so you have no objectivity. We had 31 total sacks as a team last year and Jordan had 10 of those. Fairly has never been a 4 down player and has always taken plays off,if u think he's changed ok, put your money on Fairly. Rankins is unproven but his motor is without question one of the best that I've ever seen. Blaming Rob Ryan and Dennis Allen for lack of production and place no blame on the players is just obsurd. Jordan played in the same defense and ended up with 10 sacks. I didn't even like the draft pick, Kikaha is injury prone just like Romeus was in 2012. Why would you draft a player in the second round who already tore his acl twice? Kikaha is another Martez Wilson when healthy, not more, nothing less. No matter where Richardson or Edebali or Kikaka played near the line, on the edge or interior, nobody got it done with the exception of Jordan. Pass rush takes skill with hand movement but most of all it takes effort.