jfalconsp Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 The bounty scandal may be a thing of the past, but that doesn’t mean the New Orleans Saints are in for a quiet offseason. Coach Sean Payton has to get reinstated from his season-long suspension and presumably signed to a new contract extension. His previous deal was voided by the NFL due to some language in the contract and that’s led to speculation that Payton could jump elsewhere. There still could be some turbulence on that front. But even if things go smoothly with the reinstatement and the contract, the Saints still face a huge offseason issue: the salary cap. At the moment, the Saints have $137.5 million committed toward the 2013 cap. That’s second only to the New York Jets ($142.5 million). The exact cap won’t be set until the spring, but the NFL has told teams to prepare as if the cap is going to be $120 million. It’s likely to be a little higher than that, but the Saints are going to be way over whatever the cap is. That means they’re going to have to make some difficult choices because they have a lot of veterans with big cap numbers. Undoubtedly, they’ll restructure some deals and quarterback Drew Brees, who has the biggest cap figure at $17.4 million isn’t going anywhere. But the Saints, who also will need to make room to re-sign some of their own free agents and pursue players from other teams (and, later on, sign a draft class), almost certainly will have to release some big-name players to get under the cap by March. I’m looking at the individual cap figures for 2013 and here’s a list of guys that jumped out at me as being candidates for restructure or release:Defensive tackle Brodrick Bunkley, $4.7 millionReceiver Marques Colston, $6.6 millionGuard Jahri Evans, $9.8 millionCornerback Jabari Greer, $5.4 millionGuard Ben Grubbs, $7.3 millionSafety Roman Harper, $7.1 millionLinebacker David Hawthorne, $4.8 millionLinebacker Will Herring, $1.9 millionLinebacker Curtis Lofton, $7.1 millionReceiver Lance Moore, $4.7 millionDefensive end Will Smith, $14.5 millionLinebacker Jonathan Vilma, $8.6 millionI know, not TATF. But it should be fun to watch them cut a bunch of players and try to have enough money to sign their draft class on top of seeing there Payton goes next offseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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1989Fan Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 maybe Lofton will be all butthurt of the Saints cut him ad come back to ATL on the cheap to be a 2 down LB.Lance Moore not being in NO would be great as well.There are alot of players that wll be easy cuts when you weigh their production vs the cap hit.Defensive tackle Brodrick Bunkley, $4.7 million -GONEReceiver Marques Colston, $6.6 millionGuard Jahri Evans, $9.8 millionCornerback Jabari Greer, $5.4 millionGuard Ben Grubbs, $7.3 millionSafety Roman Harper, $7.1 million - GONE/RESTRUCTUREDLinebacker David Hawthorne, $4.8 million - GONELinebacker Will Herring, $1.9 millionLinebacker Curtis Lofton, $7.1 million - GONE/RESTRUCTUREDReceiver Lance Moore, $4.7 millionDefensive end Will Smith, $14.5 million - GONELinebacker Jonathan Vilma, $8.6 million - GONEThat's like 42M right there. Will Smith is the only one of them, and maybe Lofton, that really would even effect that already poor defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiccolas Cage Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 maybe Lofton will be all butthurt of the Saints cut him ad come back to ATL on the cheap to be a 2 down LB.As much as I hate him, the idea of Lance Moore in the slot isnt terrible eaither (as long as his contract says he hs to wear 0 or 2 eye blacks, because wearing just one is gay)What would be even more gravy is if he tried to come back because he wants to "play for a championship team." lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Pimp Named Slickback™ Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 (edited) Interesting development. Edited December 13, 2012 by Mr_Van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Flare Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconsAboveBoard Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I am absolutely positively astonished at Roman Harper's salary cap hit for 2013. . .Are you serious?!?!that sorry mofo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconsAboveBoard Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 but anyway . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuggle'2 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I am not proud of how I feel but there is a real sense of schadenfreude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Negatorris Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 If they let Grubbs go.. Bring him home TD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4dabirds Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 A lot of those deals get restructured. Lance Moore is not going anywhere, but Will Smith is probably gone as is Vilma. They'll get Lofton to restructure, because they see him as one of there better D guys. Roman Harper is probably gone too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanATL1988 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 will smith at 14 mil. Holy crap what a waste of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Pimp Named Slickback™ Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 The million dollar question is, will Goodell be blamed for this too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-dawg Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 maybe Lofton will be all butthurt of the Saints cut him ad come back to ATL on the cheap to be a 2 down LB.Lance Moore not being in NO would be great as well.There are alot of players that wll be easy cuts when you weigh their production vs the cap hit.Defensive tackle Brodrick Bunkley, $4.7 million -GONEReceiver Marques Colston, $6.6 millionGuard Jahri Evans, $9.8 millionCornerback Jabari Greer, $5.4 millionGuard Ben Grubbs, $7.3 millionSafety Roman Harper, $7.1 million - GONE/RESTRUCTUREDLinebacker David Hawthorne, $4.8 million - GONELinebacker Will Herring, $1.9 millionLinebacker Curtis Lofton, $7.1 million - GONE/RESTRUCTUREDReceiver Lance Moore, $4.7 millionDefensive end Will Smith, $14.5 million - GONELinebacker Jonathan Vilma, $8.6 million - GONEThat's like 42M right there. Will Smith is the only one of them, and maybe Lofton, that really would even effect that already poor defense.you do realize when you cut a player that does not make the cap hit go away, right? It can help/hurt depending on how the contract was structured. Cap hit for cutting a lot of these guys would be big as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Pimp Named Slickback™ Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 They'd likely try to move some of these guys for picks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOEinPHX Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 My heart just aches for those guys.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMT11 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 godamanit take evans or grubs - anyone on offense - Laughton @ 7 mil!!!??? WTF halz nah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpjumper Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 They'll just try to get them to restructure and backload again...this keeps happening to them and somehow they survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulitik Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Looks like they will have to go back to under the table envelopes to keep any talent on that team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerSteve Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 They'll just try to get them to restructure and backload again...this keeps happening to them and somehow they survive.^^^^ Exactly. Every team in the league deals with this every year and it basically gets handled with restructuring. Much ado about nadda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of God Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 That is TATF. What you talkin bout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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