Elvis' 2025 cap and roster cleanup proposal

Ghost said

Or maybe it’s a better/different way to say it: the rest of the 31 teams start at $100 on the maximum cap each year, the Saints start at $80.

Now I can see that argument that the $20 was already spent the year prior or it’s being spent next year but that $20 (or less) isn’t available for building the team in the current year.

That really appears to be the point of disagreement. I don’t think there is any disagreement on how it works as set up by the NFL, rather how one team chooses to apply it.

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My issue is that every year we are talking about how there are players that the team should move on from that we simply can't because we already kicked their money into this year and they would count on the cap regardless. That's why people don't like the idea of cutting Carr. They don't want to pay the bill for 2023/2024 in 2025. They want to refinance it with interest and pay it next year or the year after or the year after while chasing that elusive playoff spot that we haven't reached in the past 4 years.

It's not even just one contract, there are several players that probably shouldn't cost what they do to be on the roster anymore. Like Cam, Demario, Tyrann and probably Taysom who have a combined cap hit of $61.8m cap hit this year, and it would cost $10m more in dead money to cut. That wouldn't be the end of the world if we had cap space and depth but we're starting $54m in the hole and don't have anyone behind them. So the can on those guys is likely to be be kicked one more time as well.