re: 2014 Saints Salary Information

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True but that doesn't matter if we can't free up cash to sign anyone else. I like Sproles but he is no longer worth the cash he is being paid, imo. He is getting older and is going to cost us more money each year as he declines in production. The time is now to replace him. He was a great player for us but we won a Super Bowl without him and we can do it again.

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You're crazy. Sproles contract is not that bad compared to a lot of other players on this roster and he's still a great player in this offense.

Cutting Colson saves nothing. Cutting Lance would free up about 2.5 million. I don't think you will see the WR core get a make over next year.

Will Smith is gone for sure, 11.5 million reasons why. Greer could be cut if he can't perform after the injury that would save around 3 million. Malcolm will likely be gone so that is another 1.5 million or so. Past that there are no obvious cuts that would save enough money for it to make a whole lot of financial sense, so expect some deals to be restructured, especially Brees.

That's incorrect about Colston and Bunkley. Colston actually costs $1.8 mil against the cap if cut(thus losing cap space). Bunkley saves about $1.2 mil if cut but we then have a huge chunk of dead money.

In theory you only cut a player if they save you at least $2 mil but you also take the dead money number into account.

For a guy like Bunkley a restructure makes way more sense because you can save more on the cap that way than cutting him.

For someone like Sproles he saves more cutting him than restructuring unless he takes a huge pay cut.

I had a thread that basically looked at each guy and the possibility of them staying, getting cut, restructuring, or whether they would be resigned or not. I'll have to look for it.

Jenkins is actually not under contract next year and the $1.6 mil was incentive money from what I understand he didn't earn and thus won't be on the cap next year.

Thomas is the most likely RB to be cut if we cut a RB IMO.

People don't want to hear that, but when you look at recent production...

I think cadet is most likely to be cut.

I just hope the who dat nation can take that.

cutting:
smith (11.55m) - bye big fella.

harper (2.18m) - I'd go for it if we draft another safety. he was gone for a good bit of this season and we performed extremely well. vaccaro made him replaceable

greer (3.175m) - that injury looked devastating and he's getting old. he was still a very good #2, but if he can't come back there's no point to keep him

moore (2.531m) - production vs. cost, it isn't there. you're paying him 5mil next year to give you 400-500 ypg. Is it worth it? Some of the bigger games against physical DBs he disappeared.

sproles (3.5m) - 4.25m cap hit, saves you 3.5m. This looks like a restructure unless we plan on drafting de'anthony thomas or someone to replace him. He's getting old, but he still produces and he's shifty

thomas (2.9m) - cap hit is 2.9m, so you save that much. he's still our best back, but if ingram goes lights out in the playoff(s), we could be saying goodbye.

prob (950k) - if he comes back well from injury, he's a solid #3 and a decent #2 DB. costs 2.4mil, and the savings doesn't do much for us.

Total: 26.786mil

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Sproles is replaceable with Khiry Robinson.

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Oh man, I missed this gem. Utter nonsense. Obviously Sproles has declined as a return man but he's still a great talent to have in the backfield.

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I don't see us parting ways with Thomas, Vietnamese guy.

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i don't think so either, it has to be some explosive arse playoff for that to happen. he's cheap @ 2.9m, but the reasoning -IF- and that is a LARGE if ingram played extremely well we could be. chances are less than 1%.