Could be worse….

[Patsgofor4]

Could be a non-contending team AND have this nightmarish cap situation staring them in the face during the 2024 offseason. The Saints kicked too many cans down the road for too many years in a row.

 

[mgcolby]

Could be a non-contending team AND have this nightmarish cap situation staring them in the face during the 2024 offseason. The Saints kicked too many cans down the road for too many years in a row.

That's why that model is not a good one. The whole cap is crap schtick comes from this scenario. The cap is real and the Piper's bill eventually comes due.

 

[venecol]

That's why that model is not a good one. The whole cap is crap schtick comes from this scenario. The cap is real and the Piper's bill eventually comes due.

It works fine if you go all in like Bucs and Rams did but stop after getting the chip. Problem w/ Saints is they've been kicking the can for like 5+ years in a row and obviously, eventually it catches up to you.

 

[NFL Mystique]

One of the more underachieving coach/QB combos (Payton/Brees) in pro sports that doesn't get enough heat.

They should have torn it down after that No Call game. Instead, they held onto Brees and thought they were better than they were.

One of the worst futures in the league. No great QB/HC.

 

[Nehalem]

So what happens to a team if they can't get under the cap?

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

So what happens to a team if they can't get under the cap?

There are milestones so the team has to cut players. Otherwise I am not sure what happens to a team, but the Saints are making the question a discussion point. Historically it was in the collective NFL's interest to not stretch the cap too much so I am not sure if it ever happened.

 

[Sciz]

So what happens to a team if they can't get under the cap?

They can definitely get under, it just has to be via more restructuring. There isn’t a one year fix here, and probably not two.

Carr, for example, will be restructured in 2024 (pushing $23M to future years’ caps) and probably cut in March 2025 with just shy of $50M in dead money. That’s a lot, so they’ll consider cutting him with the post June 1 designation. Then you’re looking at $22M dead money from Carr in 2025 and $28M in 2026.