re: The Saints' top 5 defensive fixes and the free agents who can help

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I have a feeling that any money we actually have to spend will be on Offensive Line and signing cheap depth on D. Starters on D will come from what we already have, bargain shopping, or the draft.

We are simply in to bad of a cap situation to make any significant moves. And our OLine situation is a lot worse than people think.

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i agree with all of this. the cap situation is bareley manageable, and it must be used to fill pieces with cheap depth rather than big market free agents. i actually believe our defense has most of the players intact that can do well in the new system. I see NT and ILB as our only spots that are of great concern. the rest are filled with capable guys and/or guys with potential

Daniel Kaplan from the Sports Business Journal released a series of tweets on Monday suggesting that the NFL is telling teams to project flat salary caps for the next three years.

NFL tells teams to project flat salary caps thru 2015: 2013 ($121 mln); 2014 (122 mln) 2015 (125 mln), and then in 2016 $130 mln.

Benefits will rise sharply though, but media deals will not spike the cap, not even a bit. Offsets from artificially higher caps in 11-13 ...

... and staggering of media deals leads to almost no cap increase projection in 1st year of mega new TV deals.

If NFL projections correct, won't be until the 6th yr of new 10-yr CBA that cap exceeds level in last yr (2009) of capped year in old deal.
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I agree with the article about the secondary. I keep seeing a lot of people wanting a S or CB in the draft or free agency. I think this is one area that will not be changed at all, and the new scheme will bring improved play from the players we currently have.

Cullen Jenkins was just released from the Eagles. Averaged 5 sacks per season at DT the past 2 years. Played Nose Tackle in Rex Ryan's scheme for the Jets right?