salary cap hell!

It is okay to disagree. At the end of the day, neither side can prove it is factually right or wrong, and ultimately neither side can actually change what we do, so what does it even matter? All we can do is sit back and see if we continue this path or not, and see whether it works out or not.
Yes, at the end of the day only ML will decide how we manage our cap, unless Gayle puts her foot down. Don’t see that happening. But what it is doing for myself is making me wrestle with how much of my time I want to invest in this team going forward. I see a slow decline with no hope of significant improvement under our current fiscal management. And as a lifelong Saints fan, that is depressing.