Reggie Bush and the CBA

stevend said
A team will offer Reggie a multi-year contract with a load of guaranteed money. It's not about a 1 year 5.5 million contract. If he renegotiates with the saints it will be at least a 3-4 year deal.

If money is equal I think there is no doubt Reggie will be a Saint. But I think there is little chance that money will be equal.

I know that it will not be a 1-year deal but the way in which the media is approaching the subject is in the context of 1-year. What do I mean? Well, they continue to point to our cap situation this year. Well, if you apply the formula I did above, you can see how Reggie's new deal can easily be afforded by the Saints this year. In subsequent years, the cap will increase, which will further allow his deal to be accommodated.

My thinking is that Bush will get about a 4-year deal, $22 million with $12 million guaranteed. That allows him to make up the $11.8 million he would have made this year while giving the team tremendous cap relief. You could see the Saints possible tack an additional two years on the deal, though the true deal would still be a 4-year deal. I do not know how the CBA might impact them doing his, however, since the new CBA is suppose to be make it harder to cut veterans for cap purposes. Notwithstanding, my expectation is Bush will be a Saint. Maybe then the conversation from the media will be that the Saints paid him more than they wanted to pay him. Or maybe they will express how surprised they are that he chose to re-sign with the Saints given "all that we have heard" about him wanting out.