Elvis' 2025 cap and roster cleanup proposal

The flaw in that thought process is the assumption that we are able to spend more due to our strategy. Despite being up to our neck in cap charges in 2024, the Saints were 22nd in cash spending. They are projected the same right now, despite having tremendously less space available than every other team. It’s unlikely we will climb up the chart much and we’ll likely fall further down the list, which is the result of maxing out every year.

Nope. You're thinking of the cap as being a series of static unrelated years. Cash spending is irrelevant.