salary cap hell!

Elvis said
That is simply incorrect. There are roster moves they cannot make and there is a limit to the number of new players you can bring in when you can't get rid of the old players. There are only 53 spots. It's nice that we all feel warm and fuzzy about Cam and that we're sticking with him because he's been here forever, but he should not be on the roster anymore if we're being honest with ourselves. His contract being repeatedly restructured makes him impossible to cut or trade. We wouldn't keep Taysom to play 37% of snaps if it weren't for the $16.9 million in dead money we'd incur. Would we really pay Ramczyk $17 million base and probably restructure him for cap reasons with that knee if we weren't already in cap hell? These are real world limitations that we overlook when we sign a mid tier player or two and call Loomis a genius, but the roster is getting worse year after year because of these moves.

Thats incorrect that there’s roster moves the Saints cannot make. If the Saints needed to cut Taysom, like they will with Michael Thomas, they could post-June 1 release him. They don’t have to because Taysom’s still a very productive player benefiting the team.

When the Saints wanted to land a short term franchise QB, they cleared the space to land Carr on a significant contract.

When they needed to replace Jenkins and Williams at the Safety positions, they made the room to sign two above average-great starters in Mathieu and Maye at significant salaries.

Ramczyk’s cap situation just recently developed as a major issue. And the Saints appear to intend on replacing Ramczyk with either the #14 or #45 picks. The dead cap eventually fades off of the books once he retires. Dead cap and high cap hits comes with extending players who performed at an all-pro level or very high level at the time of their contract extensions. They’re either extended or the team goes through musical chairs at the positions with lesser players.

The Saints can sign a starting OL or pass rusher in FA if necessary. They’ve proven that they’re able to make cap room for any of their intended roster moves at any time.