So we all know (most of us anyway) that the Saints cap management leaves something to be desired. Per Over the Cap we are 62 million over the cap for 2025 before we even finish out this season. I don't remember which one said it, but 104.5 made a reference last week that 8 players over the age of 30 account for over 108 million in cap space for 2025. I know everyone thinks the cap is fake and Mickey can just magickly manipulate it to do whatever he wants but signing a free agent and actually managing the cap responsibly are two different things.
So in order to get under the cap you more than likely have to re-structure contracts once again kicking the preverbal can down the road shoe stringing future cap to just comply with that years numbers. We have a mid talent QB that we choose to extend that has cap hits of 50 million, 28 million and 17 million starting next year. We have an all time great player in Cam Jordan who has a cap hit of 23 million, 15 million, 7 million and 2.3 million starting next year and chances are he's not going to be around next year. We have Demario (again who's an all time great) who has a cap number of 17 million, 9 million, 4.5 million and 1.5 million starting in 2025. Taysom Hill, 18 million, 10 million, 4 million starting in 2025. The list goes on and on and on and on.
There's no easy way out of his. As attractive as 1 of 32 jobs is any coach coming in has to realize and accept a lot. Derrick Carr will be on this roster possibly through 2026. It'll be 2 possibly 3 years (assuming they actually do it) before the cap is manageable and a large portion of 2025 and 2026's cap space will be allotted to players that either will be on the severe decline or more than likely not on the team at all. I said this in another thread, we will need a 2006/2017 draft just to be able to tread water.
Like it or not, this is not an overnight or even a 1 season fix.