Saints at the top of Davante Adams’ wish list [Raiders trade Adams to Jets for conditional 3rd ; Jets paying Adams’ entire remaining salary]

St. Geezy said

Define “clean cap,” and look at what would have to be done to keep it “clean,” and tell me how much different that is compared to what we are doing now.

It all comes down to the coaches and players you choose, and we have failed miserably there. Football games aren’t won on financial budget spreadsheets.

Poor drafting and a (likely) bad decision at HC is what has us where we are, along of course with injuries. We literally signed the league’s highest paid free agent a year ago; finding money isn’t the problem, it’s what we are doing with it and who we are selecting that’s killing us.

Think of the cap as more of a never ending rolling five year budget accounting project rather than a one year/single season thing.

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I don't disagree and I think some can kicking is appropriate to keep good to great young players. But doing that with 30 and over players just doesn't make a lot of sense for this team when it also includes void years. Especially when you are no longer in a truly competitive window. We need to start saving money for the next group of young good to great players.

I certainly agree that they need to draft better but I also think that right now, in the current circumstances, they need to start freeing up some future cap space in hopes that they do draft the right guys and find the right QB to build around. Because if we do, we want to have the money to keep those guys while still having the necessary depth for a competitive window.