Nick Wright On The Saints Salary Cap

I would differ alot with the context. In March of each year, we're over the fail of the prior season and geeked on free agency and the draft. When this thread was made in 2023. Saints were making a deal with Carr. We were in full offseason believe mode.

Now we're almost 2 seasons after that... 2 seasons with alot of herpa derpa, blown games, massive injuries, Pete C last year, locker room problems, a deer-in-the-headlights low-personality head coach, poor depth at multiple positions, solid players lost without a 2nd contract here, and a bottoming out with a HC fired.

It hasn't been a pretty two years for Loomis.

Now that Allen is gone, Loomis right now garners the vast majority of fan disappointment -- including the cap -- now that Loomis' strategic choices when Payton left has been marked by mediocrity being the high point. Carr will always garner some blame since his career ceiling is long known, but Carr gets less flack now given the injuries to him, the line, and the receivers. Which is a Loomis issue, the lack of depth... which a salary cap buys.
No team with any amount of cap space says "let's pay starter $ to back-ups because we know we will be decimated by injuries". It's just does not happen. Depth is obtained with good drafting,which we have not done lately