Saints up to date salary cap situation

Merl said
1. The Saints cap space isn't really known by fans. According to spot trac it is 3.5m and overthecap says 5M.

2. The drafted rookie pool will be more that 1.8M. Last years 24th pick was Josh Jacobs and his deal for the 1st year was a rookie minimum salary and a 6.99m signing bonus that is prorated over 4 years for a cap charge of 1.675m. Ruiz will have a slightly more then add in the signing bonus from the 2 third round picks. I believe those will add upto above 2m.

3. Winston is reported to sign for 1 year so there is no proration and I doubt he agreed to anything less than 5-6m.

4. There would be no difference on savings of either cutting or trading Warford. That number is 7.75m. The roster bonus has for this year has been paid by the Saints and can not be transferred if traded.

2. Not sure if you considering that the rookies knock another player off the top 53. So deduct around 0.7 mil for each contract. You might be, just not sure.

3. I'm hearing rumors of a very cheap contract. I would think in that range but we will see. They might do a void year again.

4. There is a difference. In a trade guaranteed salary goes to the other team. The current team just has to cover the prorated signing bonus. Warford had 0.75 mil guaranteed salary according to OTC.