Saints Cap Moves: $27,092,090 cap space ….. 8 restructures, 3 extensions, 3 pay cut, 1 release [All current cap moves are in OP]

Hubig said
None of the moves the Saints have done moves the needle for me. I don't think the roster is nearly as bad as some people think but you haven't done enough to escape the perpetual tires spinning in the mud of mid.

None of these moves take you from 7 to 10 wins. There could be a surprise rise of someone under a new coaching staff. Still gonna be .500 football if the injuries aren't bad.

Slight counterpoint--

Whether the team is currently bad or mediocre, the steps to get back to good are the same. They have to draft well (scouting), they have to develop well (training), they have to prepare well (coaching), and they have to have favorable health (physical fitness).

This is year one of a new coaching regime. There are no ties that bind to the Payton era on the coaching staff except OL Assistant Jahri Evans and Pass Rush Specialist Brian Young (who, technically, is a Haslett-era holdover). By all reasonable expectations, all four of the things I put in parentheses in the last paragraph will be approached differently by the new head coach & his assistants.

Unlike when Haslett and Payton were hired, Moore can't make massive changes here in year one of his coaching tenure. The good news is that they're set up to do so next season if that's what he prefers to do. Both his coaching and the fan reaction to it would have to be alarmingly, disastrously bad for him to not get to year two of his tenure.

I'm willing to play out the string, because nobody believed in the 2000 Saints and nobody believed in the 2006 Saints. My hope is that this team shocks the world again.