re: Free Agent Shopping

Boswell from Rice is on the top of most Kicker boards. I dunno if he rates good enough to even justify a draft pick tho.

Some may prefer the kicker on the cheap and ride the kicker merry go round for a few years. Ya know, a different vet or rookie or two every year until they fail, then bring in another.

Denver & Seattle had the top two FG kickers in % good at 94-86%. The Saints were 30th at 75%. I contend that Nick Folk's 33 of 36 (being 11 more pts than NOLA FGs) would have been the difference in at least two more wins this season.
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Maybe a cap situation update would be useful here-

Current 2014 Saints about $139mil. That's expected to be $12-15mil OVER the cap to start off with

Okay, cut Will Smith, subtract $11.5mil, still OVER the cap a few mil

Cut some more to get to EVEN

Now find some money if ya want a new deal for-
Malcolm Jenkins
Zack Strief
Brian De la Puente
Parys Haralson
Shayne Graham
Luke McCown
Jimmy Graham
Will Herring
Ramon Humber
Charles Brown
Keyunta Dawson
Eric Frampton
Robert Meachem

Allot some cash if ya want to retain RFAs-
Tom Johnson
Rafael Bush
Joe Morgan
Jed Collins

Okay, do all THAT and you are ready to spend. How much ya got? CAP HELL only gets harder the more contracts that are rolled forward.