New Orleans + Bush = No McAllister

[Digger44]

A few sites have said that NO will not hesitate to grab Reggie Bush, but Deuce McAllister in under a newer contract for nice cash. That team needs such a rehab that it may be wise to dump McAllister today for a solid pick or two. Deuce has mad skills, has had some injuries, but well worth a #2 or #3. He would be a huge addition and we could afford it as of right now.

 

[A.C Vegas]

I'd take him just to have someone named Deuce on our team LOL

 

[Remix 6]

they can get some very good value for McAllister..if he does well on physical and knee seems fine..hes a top tier back.

 

[dhamz]

The way they will go is keep both this year and then maybe think about trading Deuce in a year.

If he proves he is healthy his value would be high - a 2nd rounder maybe. Right now Deuce probably gets you a 4 or 5 tops with his contract and his health.

 

[Remix 6]

yeah but they have a lot of needs and Bush comes for only the greenest money in the draft. McAllister has $15 million in gurantee left on his contract..and Brees got like $10 million in gurantee..they cant afford to keep both really

 

[dhamz]

Deuce is probably not making very much actual $ this year. Trading him would put all his signing bonus on the cap and there is no way they want to do that in year 2 of his deal.

 

[Digger44]

yeah but they have a lot of needs and Bush comes for only the greenest money in the draft. McAllister has $15 million in gurantee left on his contract..and Brees got like $10 million in gurantee..they cant afford to keep both really

That is what i was thinking. If we offered the #52 and a 5-6th rounder they would hard pressed to decline. They have so many holes that need to be filled and three big contracts on the books would be difficult to manage.

 

[dhamz]

The thing is it looks like they are going to have 3 big contracts on the books this year whether they keep Deuce or trade him. I read that Deuce's deal included a 12.5 million signing bonus. If that is correct and they trade him now, they get an immediate 10 million cap hit from the 4 remaining years of signing bonus proration.