N/S Jets release WR Davante Adams [Davante Adams signs with Rams, 2 yr/$46M] (8 Viewers)

[soggymoss84]

A ridiculous and untenable proposed scenario.

Depends on how badly they wanted to play together You act like guys have never taken paycuts to play together before

 

[TribuneUK]

Depends on how badly they wanted to play together You act like guys have never taken paycuts to play together before

It doesn't depend. It's just reckless fantasy.

No one in the NFL has ever taken a $10m pay cut to get their guy signed for $10m, let alone the prospect of a player who was making $38m signing for $10m....

 

[RaginSaint93]

Wow didn’t see that coming

 

[HouseCall]

West Coast dudes love the West Coasy.
Go figure.

 

[football]

Better situation than the Jets. More than likely Kupp is gone .

 

[St. Widge]

That dude wasn't taking a pay cut. Sometimes people on here are delusional.

To be fair, there was more chance of Carr taking a pay cut than Adams taking $10 million to play here. The Rams always made the most sense.

Carr was always highly unlikely to take a pay cut but the only reason he would have is if he actually though the Saints would cut him and he could not make up the money as a free agent. He was never going to cut his salary to sign Adams or any other player. Derek is always going to get his money.

 

[St. Widge]

It’s called a proposed scenario, nobody said that it would happen.

The post by SWJJ was just a hypothetical. But a lot of people thought that Adams would take a discount to play with Carr and some thought that Carr would take some sort of pay cut to sign Adams.

 

[SaintsMan209]

This guy is overrated and getting old super fast. I would rather have Mike T.

 

[tim martin]

good team to go too. kupp is shot

 

[Snakehead]

To be fair, there was more chance of Carr taking a pay cut than Adams taking $10 million to play here. The Rams always made the most sense.

Carr was always highly unlikely to take a pay cut but the only reason he would have is if he actually though the Saints would cut him and he could not make up the money as a free agent. He was never going to cut his salary to sign Adams or any other player. Derek is always going to get his money.

Carr had no reason to take a pay cut with the escalating salaries of QBs. Carr's not the future, but he's the present while we work on the future. I'm cool with that.

 

[St. Widge]

This guy is overrated and getting old super fast. I would rather have Mike T.

MT is done. Adams is still a good player, much better than MT was when he last played, but he costs too much and is too old for the Saints.

 

[HouseCall]

Carr had no reason to take a pay cut with the escalating salaries of QBs. Carr's not the future, but he's the present while we work on the future. I'm cool with that.

He’s also pretty much past big pays without a significant playoff run - so he’d be a fool to not max out his big contract.

That’s why you always have to be careful when you sign an expensive vet QB. The rate of return is almost always diminishing.

 

[St. Widge]

Carr had no reason to take a pay cut with the escalating salaries of QBs. Carr's not the future, but he's the present while we work on the future. I'm cool with that.

I don't disagree. I think the Geno Smith trade and word that he was going to get a $40 to $45 million deal ended any chance of Carr taking a cut. Before that, at least you could say that Geno Smith, who is a good comp far Carr is only getting $25 million so if we cut you that is what you will get. But once Smith was traded and the price of his next contract was set, all that was over and the Saints lost what very little leverage they had.

As far as Carr, I'd have rathered go with Fields, Rattler, or a rookie to try to find The Guy, but I don't think going with Carr is a bad thing. It's a decision to try to be competitive this year which I'm fine with especially for a first year HC. My preference would be to start the search for a young QB this year and eat the cap hit this year, but I don't have a huge issue with keeping Carr for a year.

That might change if Loomis goes nuts in free agency and starts going all in with restructures for other players. But, I really don't think that is going to happen. I think he will sign 2 or 3 mid-level guys to fill holes and then some low priced guys, but nothing crazy.

 

[Snakehead]

I don't disagree. I think the Geno Smith trade and word that he was going to get a $40 to $45 million deal ended any chance of Carr taking a cut. Before that, at least you could say that Geno Smith, who is a good comp far Carr is only getting $25 million so if we cut you that is what you will get. But once Smith was traded and the price of his next contract was set, all that was over and the Saints lost what very little leverage they had.

As far as Carr, I'd have rathered go with Fields, Rattler, or a rookie to try to find The Guy, but I don't think going with Carr is a bad thing. It's a decision to try to be competitive this year which I'm fine with especially for a first year HC. My preference would be to start the search for a young QB this year and eat the cap hit this year, but I don't have a huge issue with keeping Carr for a year.

That might change if Loomis goes nuts in free agency and starts going all in with restructures for other players. But, I really don't think that is going to happen. I think he will sign 2 or 3 mid-level guys to fill holes and then some low priced guys, but nothing crazy.

Exactly, that Geno Smith trade and rumored contract sealed the deal with Carr's contract. Fields is going to get some interest, but I'd still like to bring him in and let him be the guy after Carr.

 

[Stinkers]

Depends on how badly they wanted to play together You act like guys have never taken paycuts to play together before

Exactly, didn't Tom Brady get a few guys to follow him to Tampa and sign cap friendly deals? Including Gronk?