The cap situation is Loomis and Co. Why don’t you post all the cap moves that Loomis has made the past three years? Because those show that the same strategy that was deployed when Payton was here is the same strategy used today.
Loomis was in win now mode when Brees was QB and Loomis is still in win now mode four years later. That is why the cap is a mess and the use of draft picks have been questionable.
Open your eyes and also see that Loomis clearly believes in sign a FA QB and draft one late on hopes of finding your franchise QB. Payton leaves and drafts a first round QB immediately in his new situation. I believe people think that Payton had more control than what they believe. And I believe he left because he was sick of the way the team was managed and had been trying to leave since Tom Benson died as he was probably the moderator between Loomis and Payton.