Speculation Lattimore - Possible Trade Partners Now That June 2nd Has Passed (1 Viewer)

[SigFreudianSlip]

We have a very good poker hand in this case. We can go into 24 with a super loaded CB room. If we are competitive by mid season, we hang on to all of them for depth. If we hit the skids, get what you can from a contender. MLB teams have mastered this.

Agreed but in MLB they usually get good value back. It seems like the picks NFL teams usually get for the outgoing player are much less than the worth of the player.

I'm hopeful as I have been that things are truly smoothed out now and Latt stays and retires as a Saint.

 

[SweetT]

Although the flames have simmered on this topic since Lattimore showed up for mini camp practices, the embers still smolder.

Here's another speculation piece by Bleacher Report, published on July 11th, 2024, written by Alex Ballentine - Excerpts:

7 Bold Predictions for 2024 NFL Training Camp​

The dawn of NFL training camp marks the last trade window before the regular season.

The chance for a coaching staff to see what everything looks like with pads on can be the impetus for pulling the trigger on a trade they may have avoided.

When the Saints see what the secondary would look like with Paulson Adebo and Kool-Aid McKinstry as their starting outside cornerbacks, they might be willing to see what they can get for Marshon Lattimore.

The 2017 first-round pick has been a good player for the Saints when healthy. But he's 28 years old and has played in just 17 games over the last two seasons.

As the Saints look to retool while constantly facing a salary-cap space deficit every offseason, they need to evaluate who they are willing to pay.

The Saints' choice to restructure Lattimore's contract in January might have provided a sneak peek into their plan for him.

Rather than convert his salary into a traditional bonus that would have spread out the money, they gave him an option bonus that won't officially kick in until the week before the regular season.

That means that any team that trades for him before then would be on the hook for the bonus. That's an unusual detail that could signal the Saints have been thinking about a trade for a while.

Their selection of McKinstry in the 2024 draft deepens that speculation. If that's been the plan all along, then they are running out of time.

Multiple teams with cap space should be interested in Lattimore, including the 49ers, Packers and Vikings.

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I don't agree that the dawn of training camp marks the last trade window before the regular season. Of course, that would be the ideal time, for both player and team in order for player to get time to gel with new coaches, teammates and system. The author clearly states that the restructured contract has an option bonus due Lattimore that kicks in the week before the regular season. So, effectively, anytime between now and then would make the most financial sense for the Saints to deal Lattimore, if they were to do so this year. However, the trade deadline this year isn't until the Tuesday after Week 9 games, which is November 5th, 2024.

The Saints are actually in a good position at this point. The team and the player have put their differences in the past for now. The Saints currently are healthy at the CB position, some may consider them stacked, with at least 4 talented players under contract on the roster. That's today, for now. Anything could happen to change that between now and the trade deadline. Of course, the unforeseen injury bug could bite. Forgive me for saying it. There's also the thought of how the season is going to that point. If the team is doing well, they may want to keep that position one of strength. If the team is not doing well, they may then choose to move a player.

If so, the question is which player. It's doubtful that the Saints will commit the resources to retain both Lattimore and Adebo beyond 2024. If the younger corners under contract, Taylor and McKinstry, perform well throughout training camp and preseason, the Saints may choose to trade either Lattimore or Adebo. The jury is still out on this and will remain so until either something of the like stated above happens, or the trade deadline comes and passes without a move being made.

And even while some in the media have suggested this is a dead subject, you best believe the flames will begin to glow again between now and the trade deadline.

I hope we don’t trade him. The idea of having all of those excess of riches in the secondary, helps me to feel good about our defense. The bar for what we could possibly get in return, doesn’t move the needle for me. I’d rather have Latt, than a 3rd rd pick or something like that

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

I hope we don’t trade him. The idea of having all of those excess of riches in the secondary, helps me to feel good about our defense. The bar for what we could possibly get in return, doesn’t move the needle for me. I’d rather have Latt, than a 3rd rd pick or something like that

Same feeling I have. We wouldn't even get a 3rd for him either. Probably a 5th.

 

[Goatman Saint]

I’ll still stand by what I said before. Lattimore won’t be traded unless someone offers something that the saints will go with, but then that’s with any player or coach. Everyone has a price, just if someone makes the call and offer which I don’t see happening until a top tier team has a CB blow a knee in training camp

 

[Artifactual]

I hope we don’t trade him. The idea of having all of those excess of riches in the secondary, helps me to feel good about our defense. The bar for what we could possibly get in return, doesn’t move the needle for me. I’d rather have Latt, than a 3rd rd pick or something like that

If nothing happens before training camp opens that will give us an idea of what the team is thinking at this point because Latt possibly getting hurt in training camp would certainly diminish the odds of him being traded.

I agree that I'd rather have a healthy Latt in 2024 than a future pick, but if the Saints could get a player at another position of equal value that's a different story.

The Saints won't be able to afford both Lattimore and Adebo in 2025. If they don't move one of them at some point this year, then the Saints will most likely lose one of them next year.

I’ll still stand by what I said before. Lattimore won’t be traded unless someone offers something that the saints will go with, but then that’s with any player or coach. Everyone has a price, just if someone makes the call and offer which I don’t see happening until a top tier team has a CB blow a knee in training camp

At this point it appears that the Saints will enter training camp with Lattimore in their plans for 2024. That could all change at some point during the season should another team come calling with an offer the Saints find to be in the teams best interest for the future.

 

[livefromDC]

I hope we don’t trade him. The idea of having all of those excess of riches in the secondary, helps me to feel good about our defense. The bar for what we could possibly get in return, doesn’t move the needle for me. I’d rather have Latt, than a 3rd rd pick or something like that

Same. I'm hoping the Saints avoid a big controversial move in the secondary for the third straight year in the row. Trading Gardner-Johnson right before the season 2 years ago and cutting Roby last year. Each time it has felt like a punch in the gut, moves that upset the defense's chemistry to start the season. And we'll never know if it made a difference or not (personally, I thought it did), but it also FELT like self-inflicted wounds to start the season like unnecessarily bruising the team morale right before the season. We don't need a 3-peat of this.

 

[SweetT]

Same. I'm hoping the Saints avoid a big controversial move in the secondary for the third straight year in the row. Trading Gardner-Johnson right before the season 2 years ago and cutting Roby last year. Each time it has felt like a punch in the gut, moves that upset the defense's chemistry to start the season. And we'll never know if it made a difference or not (personally, I thought it did), but it also FELT like self-inflicted wounds to start the season like unnecessarily bruising the team morale right before the season. We don't need a 3-peat of this.

I do have a tremendous amount of faith in our other secondary guys. However, Latt seems like his big plays are extremely impactful. Even if he makes one when we are getting our butts kicked, it seems to swing momentum back to us. Like the team gets a high off of his big plays. I’m not sure if anyone else feels that way, but that seems to be the case for me. He’s “primetime”, the type of guy that makes highlight plays in key moments, would be the best way to put it

 

[Rexman100]

I do have a tremendous amount of faith in our other secondary guys. However, Latt seems like his big plays are extremely impactful. Even if he makes one when we are getting our butts kicked, it seems to swing momentum back to us. Like the team gets a high off of his big plays. I’m not sure if anyone else feels that way, but that seems to be the case for me. He’s “primetime”, the type of guy that makes highlight plays in key moments, would be the best way to put it

Before one can feel confident, they must eliminate worries. W/ Latt, I'm not worried about half the field on D. (my fortune cookie one-liner of the day)

 

[SweetT]

Before one can feel confident, they must eliminate worries. W/ Latt, I'm not worried about half the field on D. (my fortune cookie one-liner of the day)

Exactly. It’s a great feeling knowing that guy can live on an island and dominate.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

Exactly. It’s a great feeling knowing that guy can live on an island and dominate.

Yep. Just need him to be on the field.

 

[SweetT]

Yep. Just need him to be on the field.

He will be and i think he will do very well. That dude relishes in competition. With the drafting of Kool-Aid, the talks of Adebo getting big money, etc…I can’t help but to think that Latt will show the team who the best in the secondary is. Maybe that’s just me wishful thinking, but he seems to be that kind of guy.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

He will be and i think he will do very well. That dude relishes in competition. With the drafting of Kool-Aid, the talks of Adebo, etc…I can’t help but to think that Latt will show the team who the best in the secondary is. Maybe that’s just me wishful thinking, but he seems to be that kind of guy.

Oh I'm a huge fan. He's the best corner we've ever had imo, by far.

 

[Pocket Hercules]

If nothing happens before training camp opens that will give us an idea of what the team is thinking at this point...

The only person wondering what the team is thinking re: Lattimore is you, bruh. The rest of us already know.

 

[Artifactual]

The only person wondering what the team is thinking re: Lattimore is you, bruh.

Maybe, maybe not, bruh.

Here's a bit of click bait speculation, surmising and a suggestion of what a Saints trade with the 49ers could look like involving Marshon Lattimore for Brandon Aiyuk that was put out 7/19/24 by Trace Girouard of Saints Now by Chat Sports that can be viewed on YouTube.




Here's some more from today, 7/20/24, by Patrick Siepman of Vikings Now by Chat Sports that's regurgitating some of the same stuff that Bleacher Report recently put out in a trade idea by Ryan Fowler (Link: https://bleacherreport.com/articles...ideas-that-would-transform-the-league-in-2024) involving the Saints sending Lattimore to the Vikings.

In the YouTube Video below Siepman spends about 4 minutes starting at the 47 second mark. He covers not only the trade idea but goes into pretty good detail about the state of the Saints current DB Room.

Link Below:






Stepping all the way back into the beginning of this week on Monday, 7/15/24, David Lathom, Managing Editor of Last Word On Sports, revisits the subject.

Here's an excerpt:

A Recent Article Suggests That The New Orleans Saints Trade Star Cornerback Marshon Lattimore To The Minnesota Vikings.

New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore has been the subject of trade rumors throughout the offseason. A first-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, Lattimore headlined one of the best draft classes in recent memory. The Ohio State product quickly established himself as one of the best cornerbacks in the game, locking down his side of the field while playing a crucial role in turning New Orleans into a legitimate contender during the final years of Drew Brees’ storied career.

However, injuries have taken their toll on the veteran, as he has only played in a combined 17 games over the past two seasons. He hasn’t played up to his old standard even when healthy, as the cornerback finished the 2023 season with a 67.4 PFF grade, the 50th-best mark out of 127 eligible players. The cash-strapped Saints can clear $3.98 million in cap space with a trade, and Bleacher Report‘s Ryan Fowler believes the Minnesota Vikings should send a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2026 third-round pick for Marshon Lattimore.

Fowler points to the respective depth charts of the Saints and Vikings to justify a potential Marshon Lattimore trade. Despite lacking draft capital, New Orleans traded up to select cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry in the 2024 NFL Draft, suggesting they believe he has what it takes to be a legitimate lockdown cornerback. Minnesota, meanwhile, swung and missed on cornerback Andrew Booth Jr and safety Lewis Cine and could use more help in their secondary. Defensive coordinator Brian Flores runs an aggressive defense that requires strong cornerback play, and Lattimore could be a huge help there.

The biggest question here is the return. Fowler has the Saints receiving a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2026 third-round pick, which seems like a lot given the current cornerback market. L’Jarius Sneed is one year younger and considerably better than the present-day version of Marshon Lattimore, but the Chiefs could only trade him for a 2025 third-round pick. Any team acquiring Lattimore will also acquire his bloated contract, so it’s hard to envision New Orleans receiving a better return than what the Chiefs got for Sneed.

Link To Full Article Below:

Bleacher Report Proposes Blockbuster Trade For Saints Star Defender

A recent article suggests that the New Orleans Saints trade star cornerback Marshon Lattimore to the Minnesota Vikings.

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From a ProFootballNetwork.Com article 5/21/24 by Dallas Robinson. Excerpts below:

Will the Saints Trade Marshon Lattimore? Explaining the Trade Rumors and CB’s Contract Situation​

While Dennis Allen and Mickey Loomis say the Saints aren't planning to trade CB Marshon Lattimore, his contract structure tells a different story.

If New Orleans moves Lattimore on June 2 or later, it could spread his dead money over the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

Lattimore’s guaranteed option bonus is worth $13.79 million and must be exercised before Week 1 of the 2024 regular season.

Moving Lattimore could make sense for New Orleans, which just selected CB Kool-Aid McKinstry in Round 2 of the 2024 NFL Draft and also has corners Paulson Adebo and Alontae Taylor on the roster and needs long-term salary cap space.

In April, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported that Lattimore was on the trade block during free agency.

However, Allen said Tuesday that the Saints are “moving forward” with Lattimore, who is not expected at the club’s facility until minicamp later this summer.

Loomis has been a bit more evasive. Asked about Lattimore’s status before the draft, the Saints GM said, “Everybody is tradeable.”

After the draft, Loomis expanded on Lattimore’s situation.

“When a guy is a really good player for your team, they’re not on the market per se. But there are times when you get a call and somebody makes a proposal, and it might make sense for you,” Loomis said.

“That’s true for any player on your team. If you get an offer you can’t refuse, you at least have to look at it. So, that’s what I would say. I’m not actively trying to trade Marshon.

“Marshon is such a good player, he’s an elite corner. He’s had some injuries the last couple seasons that have kept him off the field, and we’ve got to get over that. It’s not his fault, it’s just circumstances. That’s just where we’re at.”

Where could Lattimore land? The Las Vegas Raiders, Jacksonville Jaguars, Indianapolis Colts, Houston Texans, Green Bay Packers, and Minnesota Vikings could be among the contenders interested in the veteran CB.


Full Article In Link Below:

https://www.profootballnetwork.com/marshon-lattimore-saints-trade-contract-details/

From a 3/3/24 article by John Sigler of Saints Wire as viewed at saintswire.usatoday.com

Excerpts:

There's a big misconception going around about Marshon Lattimore's contract​

We got this interesting nugget from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, who emptied his notebook after a week in Indianapolis steakhouses, pubs, and other informal meeting-places.

And, based off what he’s learned, there’s a fierce market developing for talented cornerbacks. Fowler lists the Detroit Lions and Miami Dolphins among the teams looking to move most aggressively in upgrading their depth charts. And the New Orleans Saints could be in their crosshairs.

“Several teams believe Saints corner Marshon Lattimore — whose base salary is a paltry $1.2 million due to a restructure — is also available via a trade,” Fowler wrote. But that’s misleading.

While it’s true that Lattimore’s base salary is set at the league minimum of $1.21 million, that isn’t the only cost an acquiring team would have to pay. He’s also due to receive a $13.79 million roster bonus which will trigger one week before the start of the regular season, giving everyone involved a deadline to work out a deal. He’s going to receive $15 million in compensation from whichever team he’s playing for in the fall.

So while that lower base salary could make him more appealing to other teams in casual trade talks in March, teams are going to look at the situation with more scrutiny when they get down to brass tacks in June (when it’ll be easier for the Saints to trade Lattimore, for accounting purposes). Trading Lattimore before June 1 would cost the Saints a staggering $31.2 million in dead money. Waiting until after that date lessens the blow with charges of $10.6 million and $20.6 million in dead money for 2024 and 2025, respectively.

Full Article In Link Below:

There's a big misconception going around about Marshon Lattimore's contract

There’s a big misconception going around about Marshon Lattimore’s contract. Any team that trades for him must pay him more than just his salary:

saintswire.usatoday.com

Stepping back to the beginning of the year when the Saints restructured Lattimore's contract, the 1/4/24 article below by John Sigler of Saints Wire breaks down what the restructure of the contract does. Here's some excerpts from that article:

Marshon Lattimore's unique contract restructure makes a trade more likely​

An unusual contract restructure has made a trade more likely this offseason, or at least more acceptable for the Saints’ accountants.

Thanks to good reporting from NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill, we have a better understanding of this unique restructure. The majority of restructures that the Saints and other teams carry out are simple conversions of base salary to signing bonus, which makes it tougher to get out of those contracts.

In this case, Underhill reports, the Saints converted most of Lattimore’s salary to an option bonus that will be paid out a week before the 2024 season kicks off — and be paid by his new team, not New Orleans, in the event of a trade.

This restructure reduced his salary cap hit from $25.6 million to $14.6 million. If Lattimore is traded before June 1 (opening the door for compensation in 2024 draft picks), the Saints would have to pay more than $30.4 million in dead money while he’s playing for another team. If the draft pick compensation is strong enough it might make sense.

But if they wait until June 2, they would only pay $13.4 million in dead money in 2024 and roughly $20.8 million in 2025. That’s much easier to work with.

Full Article In Link Below:

Marshon Lattimore's unique contract restructure makes a trade more likely

Marshon Lattimore’s unique contract restructure makes a trade more likely, or at least easier on the salary cap:

saintswire.usatoday.com

*****************************************************************************************************************************************

Here's what we know as of today, 7/20/24, with the Saints and Marshon Lattimore:

1. Lattimore is currently a member of the 2024 New Orleans Saints under contract and is expected to report to training camp next week.

2. June 1st, 2024 has passed. Trading Lattimore in the off season prior to that date would have been a major blow on the Saints dead cap for 2024.

3. The Saints 2024 season begins September 8th, 2024. One week prior to that date, Lattimore is due a $13.79 Million Dollar roster bonus payable by whichever team he is on.

4. Lattimore has a 2024 salary of $1.2 million dollars.

5. The NFL trade deadline is November 5th, 2024, which is the Tuesday after Week 9 games.

The rest of us already know.

Are you sure about that, bruh? Do you have inside information from Loomis or Allen? Can you accurately predict what will happen between now and 11/5/24?


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[DaveXA]

Maybe, maybe not, bruh.

Here's a bit of click bait speculation, surmising and a suggestion of what a Saints trade with the 49ers could look like involving Marshon Lattimore for Brandon Aiyuk that was put out 7/19/24 by Trace Girouard of Saints Now by Chat Sports that can be viewed on YouTube.




Here's some more from today, 7/20/24, by Patrick Siepman of Vikings Now by Chat Sports that's regurgitating some of the same stuff that Bleacher Report recently put out in a trade idea by Ryan Fowler (Link: https://bleacherreport.com/articles...ideas-that-would-transform-the-league-in-2024) involving the Saints sending Lattimore to the Vikings.

In the YouTube Video below Siepman spends about 4 minutes starting at the 47 second mark. He covers not only the trade idea but goes into pretty good detail about the state of the Saints current DB Room.

Link Below:






Stepping all the way back into the beginning of this week on Monday, 7/15/24, David Lathom, Managing Editor of Last Word On Sports, revisits the subject.

Here's an excerpt:

A Recent Article Suggests That The New Orleans Saints Trade Star Cornerback Marshon Lattimore To The Minnesota Vikings.
New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore has been the subject of trade rumors throughout the offseason. A first-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, Lattimore headlined one of the best draft classes in recent memory. The Ohio State product quickly established himself as one of the best cornerbacks in the game, locking down his side of the field while playing a crucial role in turning New Orleans into a legitimate contender during the final years of Drew Brees’ storied career.

However, injuries have taken their toll on the veteran, as he has only played in a combined 17 games over the past two seasons. He hasn’t played up to his old standard even when healthy, as the cornerback finished the 2023 season with a 67.4 PFF grade, the 50th-best mark out of 127 eligible players. The cash-strapped Saints can clear $3.98 million in cap space with a trade, and Bleacher Report‘s Ryan Fowler believes the Minnesota Vikings should send a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2026 third-round pick for Marshon Lattimore.

Fowler points to the respective depth charts of the Saints and Vikings to justify a potential Marshon Lattimore trade. Despite lacking draft capital, New Orleans traded up to select cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry in the 2024 NFL Draft, suggesting they believe he has what it takes to be a legitimate lockdown cornerback. Minnesota, meanwhile, swung and missed on cornerback Andrew Booth Jr and safety Lewis Cine and could use more help in their secondary. Defensive coordinator Brian Flores runs an aggressive defense that requires strong cornerback play, and Lattimore could be a huge help there.

The biggest question here is the return. Fowler has the Saints receiving a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2026 third-round pick, which seems like a lot given the current cornerback market. L’Jarius Sneed is one year younger and considerably better than the present-day version of Marshon Lattimore, but the Chiefs could only trade him for a 2025 third-round pick. Any team acquiring Lattimore will also acquire his bloated contract, so it’s hard to envision New Orleans receiving a better return than what the Chiefs got for Sneed.

Link To Full Article Below:

Bleacher Report Proposes Blockbuster Trade For Saints Star Defender

A recent article suggests that the New Orleans Saints trade star cornerback Marshon Lattimore to the Minnesota Vikings.

lastwordonsports.com

From a ProFootballNetwork.Com article 5/21/24 by Dallas Robinson. Excerpts below:

Will the Saints Trade Marshon Lattimore? Explaining the Trade Rumors and CB’s Contract Situation​

While Dennis Allen and Mickey Loomis say the Saints aren't planning to trade CB Marshon Lattimore, his contract structure tells a different story.

If New Orleans moves Lattimore on June 2 or later, it could spread his dead money over the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

Lattimore’s guaranteed option bonus is worth $13.79 million and must be exercised before Week 1 of the 2024 regular season.

Moving Lattimore could make sense for New Orleans, which just selected CB Kool-Aid McKinstry in Round 2 of the 2024 NFL Draft and also has corners Paulson Adebo and Alontae Taylor on the roster and needs long-term salary cap space.

In April, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported that Lattimore was on the trade block during free agency.

However, Allen said Tuesday that the Saints are “moving forward” with Lattimore, who is not expected at the club’s facility until minicamp later this summer.

Loomis has been a bit more evasive. Asked about Lattimore’s status before the draft, the Saints GM said, “Everybody is tradeable.”

After the draft, Loomis expanded on Lattimore’s situation.

“When a guy is a really good player for your team, they’re not on the market per se. But there are times when you get a call and somebody makes a proposal, and it might make sense for you,” Loomis said.

“That’s true for any player on your team. If you get an offer you can’t refuse, you at least have to look at it. So, that’s what I would say. I’m not actively trying to trade Marshon.

“Marshon is such a good player, he’s an elite corner. He’s had some injuries the last couple seasons that have kept him off the field, and we’ve got to get over that. It’s not his fault, it’s just circumstances. That’s just where we’re at.”

Where could Lattimore land? The Las Vegas Raiders, Jacksonville Jaguars, Indianapolis Colts, Houston Texans, Green Bay Packers, and Minnesota Vikings could be among the contenders interested in the veteran CB.


Full Article In Link Below:

https://www.profootballnetwork.com/marshon-lattimore-saints-trade-contract-details/

From a 3/3/24 article by John Sigler of Saints Wire as viewed at saintswire.usatoday.com

Excerpts:

There's a big misconception going around about Marshon Lattimore's contract​

We got this interesting nugget from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, who emptied his notebook after a week in Indianapolis steakhouses, pubs, and other informal meeting-places.

And, based off what he’s learned, there’s a fierce market developing for talented cornerbacks. Fowler lists the Detroit Lions and Miami Dolphins among the teams looking to move most aggressively in upgrading their depth charts. And the New Orleans Saints could be in their crosshairs.

“Several teams believe Saints corner Marshon Lattimore — whose base salary is a paltry $1.2 million due to a restructure — is also available via a trade,” Fowler wrote. But that’s misleading.

While it’s true that Lattimore’s base salary is set at the league minimum of $1.21 million, that isn’t the only cost an acquiring team would have to pay. He’s also due to receive a $13.79 million roster bonus which will trigger one week before the start of the regular season, giving everyone involved a deadline to work out a deal. He’s going to receive $15 million in compensation from whichever team he’s playing for in the fall.

So while that lower base salary could make him more appealing to other teams in casual trade talks in March, teams are going to look at the situation with more scrutiny when they get down to brass tacks in June (when it’ll be easier for the Saints to trade Lattimore, for accounting purposes). Trading Lattimore before June 1 would cost the Saints a staggering $31.2 million in dead money. Waiting until after that date lessens the blow with charges of $10.6 million and $20.6 million in dead money for 2024 and 2025, respectively.

There's a big misconception going around about Marshon Lattimore's contract

There’s a big misconception going around about Marshon Lattimore’s contract. Any team that trades for him must pay him more than just his salary:

saintswire.usatoday.com

Stepping back to the beginning of the year when the Saints restructured Lattimore's contract, the 1/4/24 article below by John Sigler of Saints Wire breaks down what the restructure of the contract does. Here's some excerpts from that article:

Marshon Lattimore's unique contract restructure makes a trade more likely​

An unusual contract restructure has made a trade more likely this offseason, or at least more acceptable for the Saints’ accountants.

Thanks to good reporting from NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill, we have a better understanding of this unique restructure. The majority of restructures that the Saints and other teams carry out are simple conversions of base salary to signing bonus, which makes it tougher to get out of those contracts.

In this case, Underhill reports, the Saints converted most of Lattimore’s salary to an option bonus that will be paid out a week before the 2024 season kicks off — and be paid by his new team, not New Orleans, in the event of a trade.

This restructure reduced his salary cap hit from $25.6 million to $14.6 million. If Lattimore is traded before June 1 (opening the door for compensation in 2024 draft picks), the Saints would have to pay more than $30.4 million in dead money while he’s playing for another team. If the draft pick compensation is strong enough it might make sense.

But if they wait until June 2, they would only pay $13.4 million in dead money in 2024 and roughly $20.8 million in 2025. That’s much easier to work with.

Full Article In Link Below:

Marshon Lattimore's unique contract restructure makes a trade more likely

Marshon Lattimore’s unique contract restructure makes a trade more likely, or at least easier on the salary cap:

saintswire.usatoday.com

*****************************************************************************************************************************************

Here's what we know as of today, 7/20/24, with the Saints and Marshon Lattimore:

1. Lattimore is currently a member of the 2024 New Orleans Saints under contract and is expected to report to training camp next week.

2. June 1st, 2024 has passed. Trading Lattimore in the off season prior to that date would have been a major blow on the Saints dead cap for 2024.

3. The Saints 2024 season begins September 8th, 2024. One week prior to that date, Lattimore is due a $13.79 roster bonus payable by whichever team he is on.

4. Lattimore has a 2024 salary of $1.2 million dollars.

5. The NFL trade deadline is November 5th, 2024, which is the Tuesday after Week 9 games.





Are you sure about that, bruh? Do you have inside information from Loomis or Allen? Can you accurately predict what will happen between now and 11/5/24?


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