preserving True Cap Space) than any other team in the league. The Saints begin the offseason as one of just a few teams “over the salary cap” (which isn’t actually true from the perspective of True Cap Space) and will have more difficult “creating cap space” (i.e. His cut only saves $1.25 million but they have other players ready to step in…$3.25 million in cap will be saved by cutting Thomas Morstead Salary Cap Analytics by Bryce Johnston Cutting him now saves $3.2 million…Zach Streif already seems resigned to the fact that his time in New Orleans is over. They can create $4.5 million if they cut him…Marques Colston has had a great run with the Saints but the offer they gave him a few years back seemed to indicate they were ready to move on then but he surprisingly accepted the offer. Spiller would be another possible June 1 designation due to his large dead money charge….I don’t know what the logic was in acquiring Dannell Ellerbe and I certainly don’t see the logic in keeping him at a $5.9 million cap number. By designating Browner a June 1 they can gain $2.25 million in cap room to use to sign rookies in the summer…CJ Spiller’s signing proved to be even worse than the Browner one and he should also be cut. Brees will not take the Brady type discount so if they are not trading him then they need to extend him…Cameron Jordan can have his cap umber lowered by converting some of his salary to a signing bonus, which may be necessary if Brees’ contract is not re-done…Extending Max Ungers contract could be an option.Īs I was writing this the Saints already began their purge by releasing Jahri Evans, Ramon Humber, and David Hawthorne, which is likely just the start…The team will receive almost no cap relief by releasing Brandon Browner which makes him a strong candidate for a pot June 1 designation.
His cap number of $30 million is going to block them from applying the franchise tag next year so they may as well just get this out of the way to avoid having to restructure other contracts for cap relief. Since it seems to be a given that the team will bring back Drew Brees this season the Saints would be best suited to extend him now for cap relief. The only reason to really bring any of the others back is if this is all they can sign within their limited cap space. Free Agents to Let WalkĪlmost all of the Saints free agents are minimum salary veteran types. He played well for the team as an emergency signing. Given his age I can’t see him going anywhere else…Rafael Bush spent most of the season on IR and could be a cheap option to improve the secondary next year…Tim Hightower will only cost the minimum and is probably worth keeping at that price. Unrestricted Free Agents: 16(2 with 50%+ playtime)īen Watson has the best season of his career taking on the Jimmy Graham role. Current Estimated 2016 Cap Space: -$4.9 million
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