Saints Cap Moves: $30,305,932 cap space ….. 8 restructures, 3 extensions, 3 pay cut, 1 release [All current cap moves are in OP below line]

[B4YOU]

Moore will have to eat 60M dead cap over 2026 and 2027 because DA and ML overpaid Carr by about 25M. We are a team that signs terrible contracts.

 

[Taker597]

 

[St. Widge]

Yeah, they will designate him a post June 1 cut and split the dead cap hit $30 million each for 2026 and 2027.

 

[jboss]

Will definitely be designated post 6/1. So half of that will hit the cap in 2026, half in 2027.

This was always the most likely scenario.

Finally some common sense. If we cut him post 6/1 this year wed have had to restructure almost every single contract adding void years to a bunch of 35 yr olds

I really don't know how anyone can be so confident this was done just to cut him. Not a single thing about this has suggested that. Carr's starting every game he's available in 2025.

 

[St. Geezy]

You make a good point about who the Saints would have to restructure to field a team this year. And I’m not well-versed on the financials of those particular players. Still, I didn’t want it to go down this way. Certainly, we would have made do this year without Carr, and not have to kick the can on too many players we don’t value.

Yes, we most certainly would have, and that would have been just to merely achieve cap compliance.

Without this move, you’re basically sitting out free agency and are kicking the can with every other restructurable contract on the roster just to field a team and have a rookie draft pool.

Maybe you can swap out a few bottom of the roster guys with minimum salary free agents, but that’s about it.

This move was effectively a must.

 

[Taker597]

Yeah, they will designate him a post June 1 cut and split the dead cap hit $30 million each for 2026 and 2027.

Cap space won't be available till June 1st is the only catch.

 

[rlemieux]

Damn Covid still messing with the Saints cap calculations!

 

[Elvis]

Yeah, they will designate him a post June 1 cut and split the dead cap hit $30 million each for 2026 and 2027.

They still have to carry that $69 million until June 2026 to do it.

 

[BlackNGoldblood]

Yeah, they will designate him a post June 1 cut and split the dead cap hit $30 million each for 2026 and 2027.

Just so we can have him as our QB this year, assuming he stays healthy.

 

[Taker597]

 

[jboss]

This is the right move to make. Take your medicine, put the "win now, cap be damned" era that we had with Payton/Brees and foolishly tried to cling to with Allen to bed, and move forward.

Hopefully this year will be one of Kellen Moore starting to establish a team and culture that he has envisioned. Probably won't be pretty, but something that can built upon in years to come.

This has been a looong time comin and it's finally here. I personally find it refreshing. Leave the past where it is, enjoy the memories, embrace what's to come for better or worse.

 

[SweetT]

Interesting that Carr was pushing to be cut/traded but Moore wanted to keep him.

He doesn’t like being here. Cant say that I blame him. He’s not very well received by our fanbase. Although winning would cure that. It’s on him now

 

[St. Geezy]

Just so we can have him as our QB this year, assuming he stays healthy.

More like “Just so we can actually try to make significant improvements to the team this year, including but not limited to re-signing some of our own guys.”

You don’t make this move, then you’re looking at the same team, minus Carr, minus our own free agents, plus the draft picks, and that’s about it other than maybe a handful of late near minimum salary signings in the summer.

But I’m sure the folks up in arms over this Carr thing would have all sat there with a smile on their faces while the team sat on its hands through all of free agency and not complain about us not signing anyone or doing anything to field a team.

 

[BlackNGoldblood]

Yes, we most certainly would have, and that would have been just to merely achieve cap compliance.

Without this move, you’re basically sitting out free agency and are kicking the can with every other restructurable contract on the roster just to field a team and have a rookie draft pool.

Maybe you can swap out a few bottom of the roster guys with minimum salary free agents, but that’s about it.

This move was effectively a must.

Well, that’s your opinion, but others, like Mike Triplett, view this as a clear sign the Saints are keeping their foot on the gas pedal, as opposed to rebuilding. So who’s correct? We shall see. I’m interested to read what Nick Underhill writes about all this.