dead money kills us again

B4YOU said
The average team has 26M in dead money. We were the 7th most with 36M in September and 9th most (see Over the Cap) as of yesterday, maybe. These teams making last minute trades may climb ahead of us on that list.

The problem is the league high 56M we are over the cap for next year. We can’t be sellers and don’t have picks/cap to be buyers. We will be forced to extend players with guaranteed money and make the following year’s cap just as bad. We will over pay for aging players while losing young talent, see this offseason. This is a recipe for a slow decline, especially without a QB on a rookie deal.

It’s only a recipe for a slow, steady decline if you extend the wrong players and scout/draft/sign players poorly.

Two of our first three picks look like home runs, and a third could turn out to be really good, too. Not to mention Shaheed and the guys who are on IR.

This ain’t the same old Saints of the 70s-90s organizationally. Maybe it’s worth seeing how they attack perceived issues before predicting doom and gloom.