Saints sign Mark Ingram to 4 yr / $ 16 million contract

[gettlemanjack]

where do they keep finding this money? I thought they'd have let Ingram walk because they couldn't afford him

ProFootballTalk @ ProFootballTalk

1m

Four years, $16 million for Mark Ingram to stay with Saints , per

league source.

[t96]

Stupid of them. Way too many holes for a luxery like Ingram, and Robinson probably could've done just as well.

[TheSpecial1]

That was big for them.

[gettlemanjack]

Seahawks blog FieldGulls.com Zach Whitman @ zjwhitman

6m

The Saints re-signing a veteran RB while in cap hell is pretty

quintessential Saints.

[Jacob]

Lmbo

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

This seems kind of pointless. A rookie or Robinson could replace his production.

[gettlemanjack]

[mario]

This year's cap is 143 million. Before signing Ingram (and i bet that contract is heavily backloaded since they have enough trouble right now) they already had 140 million allocated for only 33 players next year.

 

With Ingram they'll have 34 players under contract but will surpass already the cap limit if it were to stay the same.

[Mr. Scot]

Four million a year for Ingram?

Eeeehhh...

[O-Ther]

They'll convert roster bonuses this year into signing bonuses to spread the hit out and make cap room. Next year there are a lot of high base salaries for the same players, so those will get converted to signing bonuses also to make 2016 cap room. Then Brees will be done in 2017 and the house of cards will collapse on itself.

[jayflip]

Meh.

[Toker Smurf]

According to Spotrac they are $15.8 million over before resigning Ingram, add $5.2 m for their rookies

[top dawg]

I wonder how much you guys think RBs are worth. I don't believe all that hype about solid RBs coming a dime a dozen. Plus the guaranteed part is really the most important part,

[slail04]

Good. Deeper in cap hell