I don't think it's that. We'll, kinda....though that's not a bad thing. It's moreso because there's a totally new staff running s totally new offense and defense. I'd expect there to be a lot of surprises as the team gets remade into the coach's vision. It doesn't mean that they'll be huge spenders. It just means that guys the old regime were high on that were locks to be back, may not be back. For example....and I do mean EXAMPLE, there's no insider info or prognostication in this example, it's just for the sake of an example... If DA was still here, there's no chance the team would move on from Pete Werner. As we go into the off season, fans haven't quite adjusted to the new norm. We could almost predict many of the moves the Saints would make because we knew the tendencies. We knew the offense and defense backwards and forwards. And when DA became coach, it WAS the same game plan. There was no roster expectation adjustment needed to be made by fans. But with new coaches? We should expect totally different evaluations. People who were safe before aren't safe. Players who know the offense and defense aren't here yet. No, the roster won't be totally transformed in one off season, but there will be more changes than we'd see in a typical off season. This means that Werner (just pulling a name out of the hat for an example) could surprisingly not be in the plans. He's a potential trade candidate or cut or whatever. We should expect the roster will look different.
"But what about the salary cap!?!" Long sigh...I'm giving up on explaining that so don't look at me.