re: Fairley expected to sign with saints

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Htran, bonethug, can we realistically afford him?

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Without making a move I think he'll just fit if at the minimum this year (top 51 rule in effect so he replaces a guy making half a mil and would be at most 700k ish if for the minimum).

Otherwise we'd have to do something to make room.

But we have to make a move anyway to sign the rookies so they must be confident the Brees deal will happen.

Also you don't need to sign a player after agreeing to terms (though you risk losing the player), so we can have a handshake deal now and wait to make space to make it official.

Edit:
Just saw this is a multipage thread and has probably been answered.