Saints planned to interview Mike McCarthy; McCarthy didn’t garner enough interest from Saints and will take a year off

Elvis said
It's not really a different discussion. It hurt the strategy because it wasn't / isn't a good strategy and it's never even benefited the team in any meaningful way. The Covid shortfall was much smaller than what we've had to eat sitting on Ram's contract. We took on $17m in dead money to cut Galette. That $15 million should not be an excuse in 2025 and we certainly didn't learn from it because we're still doing it.

People believe what they want to believe because it fits their narrative. The fact that only 1 team could not overcome a 15 mil decrease in the last 5 years used to be considered a fact, until it doesn’t line up with a narrative. The reason no other teams manage their cap like the saints is telling in how bad the strategy is. ML playing with dogecoin, until it bit him.