NOF: Saints in position to get under the cap with ease and create another $30+ million in cap space to add new players

BayouSAINTJoe said

Because at the arse end of it you're ultimately sticking yourself with a high priced player through their inevitable decline....and keeping them on the cap for years when they're off the roster.

It cripples our flexibility

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Right? I don't see why people can't see how this works. Nobody that is criticizing kicking the can is doing so because they think we can't get under the cap and add a few guys. We're saying it because it locks us into guys that we might want to move off of to make the team better. For example, a declining DE for a better one at the same cap number. To do that now means you have to eat the dead money (if even possible) AND also pay the new guy. Which is probably why we're not going to get better at DE this off season.