Nick Wright On The Saints Salary Cap (4 Viewers)

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Nick Wright is a dime-a-dozen left wing, woke national sports media idiot. Safe to ignore anything he has to say or suspect that the opposite is true.

 

[Madmarsha]

WWL radio was just bashing on him, lol. Nick Wright's name is mud around here. Also, I'm not saying dude is ugly, but there is something just wrong with his face.

 

[Snakehead]

WWL radio was just bashing on him, lol. Nick Wright's name is mud around here. Also, I'm not saying dude is ugly, but there is something just wrong with his face.

Agreed.

 

[Sumdude34]

Nick Wright was told to say that because ESPN's analytics department has identified that if you insult Saints fans we will engage and give them clicks.

Nick Wright knows nothing more about football or sports in general than the average fan. He is a well know media personality so they feed him hot takes based on data trends to rile up certain fan bases.

 

[Saintamaniac]

Nick Wright is a dime-a-dozen left wing, woke national sports media idiot. Safe to ignore anything he has to say or suspect that the opposite is true.

Why bring your politics into this discussion?

 

[Big_L]

Since the 2011 CBA teams can roll over unused cap space to the next year.

I thought teams had to use between 80 and 90 percent though.

 

[bayoumilitia]

First thing first, that show sucks

 

[Joodas Avila]

Sorry for my ignorance, but I’m as familiar w/this guy as he is w/our salary cap. All I know is he was some talking bald guy who now has hair. Football must be his 5th favorite sport, cause he doesn’t seem to know what the poop he’s talking about.

 

[Rouxble]

I thought teams had to use between 80 and 90 percent though.

From the most recent 2020 CBA, the rule is they have to spend at least 90% of the cap in cash over predefined periods. The current period is from 2021-2023, and it’s why the Falcons will likely be big spenders in free agency. They need to spend $100m+ in cash this year to meet the minimum. From what I’ve read, they’re looking forward to it.

 

[Snakehead]

From the most recent 2020 CBA, the rule is they have to spend at least 90% of the cap in cash over predefined periods. The current period is from 2021-2023, and it’s why the Falcons will likely be big spenders in free agency. They need to spend $100m+ in cash this year to meet the minimum. From what I’ve read, they’re looking forward to it.

Who can they overpay the most that they'll regret in 1-2 years? I hope they sign that guy or 2.

 

[Rouxble]

Who can they overpay the most that they'll regret in 1-2 years? I hope they sign that guy or 2.

They technically have until the next league year to spend it (March 2024), so they could always do some contract extensions after the season. I’m guessing the bulk gets spent this year.

 

[Ti Rider]

One of Wright’s main talking points is the Saints are going into next season with a “stripped down roster”. Ummm….the main reason Loomis handles the cap the way he does is it allows the Saints to keep their star players and sign high profile free agents. There’s a ton of anger outside New Orleans that the small market Saints continually exceed the cap and then maneuver under it. Talking heads and opposing fans are furious the Saints are able to keep Ramczyk, Lattimore, Thomas, etc. and sign guys like Carr.

I’d be a rich man if I had a dollar for every “Saints are in salary cap hades so which of their players should we trade cheaply for” thread on other NFL fan forums. I remember on Finheaven a year or so ago there was a multiple page thread on the Saints cap situation. A majority of posters thought they were going to get several Saints players for massive undervalue. Some even suggested the Saints should trade them star players and give them draft picks because they were going to take on those players’ contracts. Then when Loomis got under the cap they were demanding Goodell change the cap rules so the Saints can no longer operate the way they do. They are hardly alone.

 

[Saintamaniac]

I didn’t mean to offend readers to this site on the left.

I really don't care if anyone was offended by your opinion. I just felt your opinion has no place in a topic discussing a so-called sports writer. There's a whole other board you can take your so-called conservative view point to. All the rest of what you posted is irrelevant to me and not germane to this discussion at all.

There were multiple threads here discussing how so many people just wanted the keep politics out of sports when players were protesting by kneeling. There was a lot of complaining and mashing of teeth of how everyone wanted to use sports as their escape from politics. I don't know where you came out on those discussions but based on your comments, I have an idea but I could be wrong.

The bottom line is that a sports writer and his ridiculous comments towards the Saints and the salary cap are being discussed. I don't recall any mention of left-wing or right-wing or Q-wing politics in Wrights comments. I'd ask that you keep your political comments out of our football discussions.

 

[SubmarineMike]

What people don't understand is that the Saints do the contracts to give them the most flexibility. There was a report about Carolina's cap and the Saints cap when it comes to signing Carr, and even though the Panthers were better off cap-wise, they had little wiggle room compared to the Saints. And, the Saints had the ability to free up more space if they needed to.

Loomis isn't just a bean counter, he's an exceptional bean counter. I wish I could get him to do my taxes.

You would be guaranteed to be audited every single year, but you would pass with flying colors and the auditor would end up going insane before it was over.

 

[St. Geezy]

Bringing this old thread back to the top.

A fun trip down memory lane before everyone became so angry and bitter towards Loomis, and defended our cap strategy versus outside opinions, until now at this stage when they’re looking to criticize any and everything about the team.

Most of the board seemed to understand what was happening. What in the world happened? Why is this suddenly now blamed as the culprit of all our woes while ignoring our issues with coaching and poor drafting?

It’s a stark reminder that it is easy to criticize things and literally hate everything when your team is losing, even when logic dictates and your own past words show that this isn’t something to be angry about. There are many threads from not long ago just like this one. 3-7 has made everyone angry at the world, including blaming a mere accounting ledger spreadsheet.