Saints restructure Ramczyk to vet minimum per Jason Fitzgerald of Over The Cap
What really exasperated the cap hell created by Loomis' strategy was covid and its effect on the salary cap. That created a huge mess he has chasing since then.
Why do people say COVID cap reduction is to blame?
Every team was equally affected. But only one team's fanbase still remembers the covid cap year or haha blames it as some sort of boogeyman on the grand scheme. Only one GM regularly surrenders dead cap money that would've each season paid for 5 solid depth guys or better.
All the Loomis dead caps of the recent past season cleared the cap for teams that averaged a mere 7.5 wins the past four seasons, with no playoffs. Their ceiling has been 9 wins, and they just sunk to a new low with 5 wins, their worst season since the 2005 3-13 vagabond season.
Injuries? I believe they are in part the result of the aging and overstressed roster which is the result of the dead capping.
It's all circular now. The cap is robbed once they're under it each year, the number of draft picks gets robbed, depth is robbed, the QB they brought in did not cash in with improved play, and the coach voted by the league's players as 'the worst coach in the NFL' was fired in-season.
Alot of you say the cap will be cleared in 2 years, but I think it's going to be more. The recovery from reconstructive cap surgery may be 3-4 years once all the dust settles, or worse if Loomis can't quit his addiction.