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2024 Saint and beyond (Cap and contractors)
Posted on 11/6/23 at 10:11 am
Posted on 11/6/23 at 10:11 am
I've seen that the Saints will be 70+ million over the cap in 2024 with what they have committed so far in contracts.
With all the horrible contracts they have on the books from chasing a ghost, How do they move forward? Keep in mind most if not all of these veteran restructured contract are untradeable simply because they will cost much more to have the player off the team.
How do you fix this team without adding much more to the already horrible contracts we have?
I know Mickey will find a way to restructure players and sign FAs and sign our picks but I'm thinking the only real way out of this is to ride out the bad contracts we have and add as much rookie depth as possible and hope we hit a few home runs in 2024 and 2025.
Or are the Saints trapped in a cycle of having to do bad restructures just to get under the cap every year.
With all the horrible contracts they have on the books from chasing a ghost, How do they move forward? Keep in mind most if not all of these veteran restructured contract are untradeable simply because they will cost much more to have the player off the team.
How do you fix this team without adding much more to the already horrible contracts we have?
I know Mickey will find a way to restructure players and sign FAs and sign our picks but I'm thinking the only real way out of this is to ride out the bad contracts we have and add as much rookie depth as possible and hope we hit a few home runs in 2024 and 2025.
Or are the Saints trapped in a cycle of having to do bad restructures just to get under the cap every year.
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Posted on 11/6/23 at 10:12 am to Snipe
Honestly, it may be time to harvest what you can from some of the veteran players and go into rebuild mode. This team is getting old and we have too much invested in older players.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 10:16 am to Snipe
We've been saying this for over a decade now. I think if things play out in a way that makes it conducive to rebuilding we'd have done it / we will do it.
It just hasn't really played out that way yet. Being in a soft division definitely doesn't help. It's tough getting a top 5 pick and landing a highly touted QB prospect when you have a veteran roster of mostly good guys and you play in the NFC South. There's no universe in which we don't win at least 6 or 7 games, even in a "bad luck" year like last season where we lost so many 50/50 games.
Also, we have been more disciplined with moves recently. We've retained a lot of our draft picks and that's a low key way of rolling over the roster and making it cheaper.
There's no reason why we can't win the NFC South this year and next year while still getting a healthier long-term financial future.
It just hasn't really played out that way yet. Being in a soft division definitely doesn't help. It's tough getting a top 5 pick and landing a highly touted QB prospect when you have a veteran roster of mostly good guys and you play in the NFC South. There's no universe in which we don't win at least 6 or 7 games, even in a "bad luck" year like last season where we lost so many 50/50 games.
Also, we have been more disciplined with moves recently. We've retained a lot of our draft picks and that's a low key way of rolling over the roster and making it cheaper.
There's no reason why we can't win the NFC South this year and next year while still getting a healthier long-term financial future.
This post was edited on 11/6/23 at 10:18 am
Posted on 11/6/23 at 10:46 am to Snipe
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Or are the Saints trapped in a cycle of having to do bad restructures just to get under the cap every year.
Unfortunately this is the way for the next several years even if their intent was simply to fix the contracts and get in a more manageable cap situation. As you point out, they are 70M+ over the cap next year (includes a $20M cap increase over 2023) and they only have 42 players under contract. So not only do they need to shave the $70M to get under, they also need to figure out how to add another 11 active players and 6-10 PS guys.
Plus, they are already starting 2025 $35M+ over the cap, and that roster only has 37 players.
Posted on 11/7/23 at 7:21 am to Snipe
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