Saints Cap Moves: Derek Carr restructured, Erik McCoy restructured; J. Williams released; cap space is at -$8,543,537

St. Geezy said
Tell yourself whatever you have to tell yourself to hold onto the hope that you were right all along, even if that includes believing our new head coach is being manipulated and is lying.

All I know is that if the team had decided to go against my own wishes and moved on from Carr, I wouldn’t be on here complaining about it all day every day like some.

Learn to cope and move forward with ways we can fix the team based on the framework that’s being laid out.

This is entertainment…watch it, follow it, critique it if you must, but don’t act like you know what’s best and scream it to the ceiling every time the team’s philosophy doesn’t flow with how you and all your GM and coaching experience would build a team. We aren’t GMs and complaining endlessly isn’t going to change anything.

What’s the point of being a fan if you’re just going to be mad at every single thing the team does at this point? You know we aren’t going forward with the vision you and others had, so find a way to cope.

Just my advice.

I guess the most puzzling thing about this thread is that it seems people are shocked that this happened. I know Elvis made an interesting "what if" thread about the salary cap, but I surely thought that everyone knew that THIS (not cutting Carr) was the most likeliest scenario, Carr is restructured. Outside of an insane Superbowl run, it was going to be easier to cut ties with him next off-season compared to this one. That was always the most likely outcome. Why have Carr eat up the cap for a year and then have to sign a veteran anyway? This was always the most logical outcome. Even Denver waited a year when Payton was obviously ready to move on to a new QB. Moore gets the space to start adding his pieces, a year to evaluate Rattler in his system, and a softer salary cap hit over 2 years when Carr is likely cut next off season.

Dastheat_9 said
We are going to pay 50 million dollars to players not on the team, and they are going to end up paying Derek Carr 150 Million Dollars. This is just insane to me for a team with no pro-bowlers. Why didn’t we just wash it all. Start from scratch next year with these draft picks.

Because that's not how the salary cap works. You can't just cut everybody since that money immediately counts against the cap. To do so would mean, the Saints go over the cap and no money to pay new players replace those let go. Letting it play out this year helps considerably. They will even be in a better place to let players go come August if need be. Yes, it's painful when you choose to pay the wrong players, but that's being rectified through Dennis Allen's firing and contracts expiring over the next year.

This isn't the problem some of us are making it out to be. "We" ( i have to laugh at that and correct it)...watching the Saints pay $50 million to players that are not on the team is a lot better than being a fan of a team not willing to pay $50 million to players that are the heart and soul of their team. We're lucky to have an ownership that wants to win and will invest in doing so. The Saints are currently shackled with Payton's bad contracts (Taysom) and Allen's (Carr), but there's plausible way through them. This is the way.