NFL Rumors: Salary Cap 'Expected to Reach' $208.2M for 2022-23 Season (1 Viewer)

[NewOrleansFan]

In b4 the “just enough cap space for Russ” posts from……myself

 

[Taker597]

This is why kicking the can has always worked in our favor till Covid

 

[jasonsw]

I love his gimmick. Lighten up.

Russ Wilson speak into existence by Sweet T never gets old. Glad not everyone is cranky

 

[guillermo]

So what's the better strategy?? Kick the can again to 2023 or suck it up and get all this dead money off the cap, but field a terrible team for a year or two.

Enough with the Loomising. We are transitioning, we are not a powerhouse right now. Stop using the credit card and pay the interest.

We lost depth, we don’t have a receiver room and had no chance to keep Hendrickson because of Loomising.

Bite the bullet, get young and build a new competitive version of the team.

 

[Taker597]

Enough with the Loomising. We are transitioning, we are not a powerhouse right now. Stop using the credit card and pay the interest.

We lost depth, we don’t have a receiver room and had no chance to keep Hendrickson because of Loomising.

Bite the bullet, get young and build a new competitive version of the team.

No... We lost Trey because of Covid.

Paying the bill doesn't change anything but an exodus of talent.

 

[dtc]

You realize you never have to stop kicking the can....

Exactly. It's part of the game and it's also a part that we are extremely good at.

 

[guillermo]

No... We lost Trey because of Covid.

Paying the bill doesn't change anything but an exodus of talent.We did it before, cleaned the cap, traced assets and built with one of the best draft classes ever.

We are in that exodus already, might as well clean the debt and try to acquire assets.

We have done this previously of recruiting one of the best draft classes ever. We can hope we will do a good job with our picks to be competitive as soon as possible, with a healthier financial situation.

 

[Taker597]

We are in that exodus already, might as well clean the debt and try to acquire assets.

We have done this previously of recruiting one of the best draft classes ever. We can hope we will do a good job with our picks to be competitive as soon as possible, with a healthier financial situation.

They can't. They are already over the cap over $50 million . You can't just decide overnight to stop kicking the can unless you want to field a team undrafted players, cut franchise players, and have $150 million in deadcap to go 0-17 and spend 6 years rebuilding the whole roster. Loomis and Hart work the cap in 3-5 year bubbles. If they wanted to clean the slate... They had to do 2-3 years ago.

 

[liveoakh]

They can't. They are already over the cap over $50 million . You can't just decide overnight to stop kicking the can unless you want to field a team undrafted players, cut franchise players, and have $150 million in deadcap to go 0-17 and spend 6 years rebuilding the whole roster. Loomis and Hart work the cap in 3-5 year bubbles. If they wanted to clean the slate... They had to do 2-3 years ago.

You can't just decide overnight to stop kicking the can unless you want to field a team undrafted players, cut franchise players, and have $150 million in deadcap to go 0-17 and spend 6 years rebuilding the whole roster.

This just isn't true. We are in cap hell, but not that bad.

 

[Taker597]

This just isn't true. We are in cap hell, but not that bad.

It's actually is.Go do the work. Start cutting players. Accumulate all that dead cap and try to put it into 2022.

 

[dataussie]

You realize you never have to stop kicking the can....

dont really agree. kicking the can is all good, but if your kicking the can to have a mediocre roster.. welp.

were currently 50mil over the cap for next season. with not that many players signed up.
we pretty much need to kick the can just to get under the cap. we aint signing anyone significant. were not getting stronger.

and we will be in the same boat next year, because well, were kicking the can by necessity.
Worst part is we put ourselves in a position where we cant cut terrible contracts (*cough peat *cough*) because we need these guys to restructure cause we have no flexibility to take dead cap hits.

And for all this money trouble we dont even have a franchise QB on the books.
I love loomis, but lets not act like were in a healthy cap situation. its a bleak outlook.

We need to nail the next couple drafts if we want to sniff another championship anytime soon.

edit: i see you basically think the same.. kicking the can at this point is by necessity.

 

[liveoakh]

It's actually is.Go do the work. Start cutting players. Accumulate all that dead cap and try to put it into 2022.

Well, Cam Jordan, CGM, Malcolm Jenkins, Pete, Winston. I think for one reason or another, will not be back in 2022. How much would that save us?

 

[Taker597]

dont really agree. kicking the can is all good, but if your kicking the can to have a mediocre roster.. welp.

were currently 50mil over the cap for next season. with not that many players signed up.
we pretty much need to kick the can just to get under the cap. we aint signing anyone significant. were not getting stronger.

and we will be in the same boat next year, because well, were kicking the can by necessity.
Worst part is we put ourselves in a position where we cant cut terrible contracts (*cough peat *cough*) because we need these guys to restructure cause we have no flexibility to take dead cap hits.

And for all this money trouble we dont even have a franchise QB on the books.
I love loomis, but lets not act like were in a healthy cap situation. its a bleak outlook.

We need to nail the next couple drafts if we want to sniff another championship anytime soon.

edit: i see you basically think the same.. kicking the can at this point is by necessity.

Yeah, you can't get off the train once it gets rolling. It's probably why the Saints has one of the deepest scouting department in the league. They are in situations where picks have to hit at much higher level than expected. Which they for the most part have succeed in doing such. The main issue is the lack of picks, tho. It's starting to change tho.

 

[liveoakh]

Yeah, you can't get off the train once it gets rolling. It's probably why the Saints has one of the deepest scouting department in the league. They are in situations where picks have to hit at much higher level than expected. Which they for the most part have succeed in doing such. The main issue is the lack of picks, tho. It's starting to change tho.

How many compensatory picks do we get in the 2022 draft?

 

[dtc]

We are in that exodus already, might as well clean the debt and try to acquire assets.

We have done this previously of recruiting one of the best draft classes ever. We can hope we will do a good job with our picks to be competitive as soon as possible, with a healthier financial situation.

I think you are one of the best football minds on this site, but salary cap manipulation isn't as simple as cleaning the slate. The game Loomis is playing is baked into the cake.

Covid shot us in the foot as did some of the calculated risks we took taking those almost successful shots during Brees's final years, but there's no need to take the medicine and certainly not all at once.

We can take a dump truck full of sugar to help the medicine go down and spread it out till the cap is 200m in 4 years and never miss a lick.

The only reason this team isn't winning right freaking now is injuries to our best players. Even half the injuries and we're 7 and 5 instead of where we are.

The salary cap is like tax accounting for billionaires. The rules we regular folks live by simply don't apply.