salary cap hell!

As an outsiders view looking in?

The Saints are doing what the Pats did (and I'm no fan of the Pats mind you) at the end of Brady's run. They had pushed a fair amount off to try and "win just one more."

The Saints are doing that as well, but Brees is gone and refusing to rip the band aide off.

Sure, you can continue kicking the can down the road but as a few posters have correctly noted this is simply limiting options every season. Sure the Saints can get under the cap each year but there is a cost to that.

Add to this Carr was essentially at a discount this year and increases for mid level play at best?

At some point the bill comes due. While I can somewhat agree with the idea that its really a series of 5-year caps league wide, the Saints method of dealing with it is strange to say the least. it would make sense if Brees were still playing, but now? Not really.

IMO opinion the folks saying that (paraphrasing) while its not fully crippling, the Saints starting every season "in the red" narrows down options each year.