salary cap hell!

I don't know if it's even possible given the structure and financials of the team to strip it down and be way over the cap to re-invest in new players and have enough draft capital to field a competitive team this year.

People just think the Saints can cut or move a bunch of players and all of a sudden come way over the cap.

The. salary. cap. does. not. work. that. way.

Now, the Saints might be incrementally working to be smarter and have more money under the cap each year now that Brees is gone and some key players getting up in age.

Getting more flexibility within the cap doesn't happen in one year. I suspect if the Saints continue to have mediocre or poor seasons, more money will be available because players won't have the negotiating power to demand higher salaries like they would be on a winning team.

These annual panicky threads about the Salary cap are getting old and most of the hand-wringers don't know how the SC works.