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

texasjefe said
I agree with this but an argument can be made that he'll never do enough to justify extending him and his over-rated salary onto more caps, which extends out the nasty dead cap.

The key to gold in the NFL is to get a QB on a first contract so you really can spend big money on lines, weapons, and defense. If you don't have that and you're playing pocket pool with a vet with a known mid-ceiling, then well you're just playing pocket pool, on the field and on the cap.

Fazende's article was net zero. Nothing new, didn't move the needle. But he feels bad for Derek's hurt fees fees.

A Dallas radio guy I like explained fan hate well.

He said that when the team is not winning, then they want to blame someone. They can blame Owner, GM, Head Coach/coordinators, or QB.

With the Saints, we're not hating the owner. Some blame the GM but that gets people rising up in GM's defense.

Owner blamed the coach and fired him so coach is out of the picture.

That leaves the enigmatic poster child of the Dennis Allen era, Derek Carr.

Yep. Everyone craves a “Mascot” to direct their ire at. There was a point where the mascot was DA, then it became Mickey, then wildly for a bit it became Mrs. Benson. Once DA was let go, it needed to turn full fledge to the next person in line, Mickey.

I’m one that’s not as into the blame game/thirst for blood thing and have gained a sort of zen and appreciation for both the luck involved in winning as well as the natural ebb and flow of the league (you will have periods of down times naturally), specifically when talking about the GM level.

I’ll call out incompetence when I see it though (I was very critical about DA and Carmichael), especially if the person involved has never shown they can do the job well, so I am not a Sunshine pumper. I just think we’ve hit a natural rut, a string of bad luck and misfires, and that sometimes takes a bit to dig out of.

We won a lot of football games over a 15 year span, and sometimes the law of averages comes back with a harsh vengeance.