I don't know how, but the Saints are trying to sign Clowney

[MasterAwesome]

9 minutes ago, hsfolk said:

you realize it's only a one year deal?

What's a one year deal? The non-existent deal he hasn't signed?  Even if it's a one year deal, what does that change?  Are you saying this is just a temporary stopgap until Davenport is ready to take over the role full-time?  If he still isn't ready to do that going into his third year, then that ain't a good sign.

[ForJimmy]

15 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Elite DE > Elite RB. All day long.

Oh I’m not arguing that. Just bad timing... Plus I’m not sold on Clowney being “elite” he disappears too often in games not to mention the injury history...

[onmyown]

4 hours ago, GOOGLE JIM BOB COOTER said:

with drew brees going out of his way to defend US torture sites and michael "all lives matter" thomas mocking kaepernick and reid the best comp for the saints is that team of prison guards from the longest yard

but whatabout football tho?

[kungfoodude]

13 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Oh I’m not arguing that. Just bad timing... Plus I’m not sold on Clowney being “elite” he disappears too often in games not to mention the injury history...

Oh he's definitely a bust but he is still an elite pass rush guy. If you adjust to per game pressures(PFR stat) he would have been 15th in the NFL last year for all LB's and DE's. 

That said, I wouldn't want the Panthers to sign him. Even on a one year deal.

[Snake]

8 hours ago, Jeremy Igo said:

The Saints exist outside of the NFL salary cap. It has never applied to them somehow. Brees makes 210 million a season. No lie. 

I really believe that the cap is just a fictional thing. 

[pantherj]

The smart thing to do is load up the roster with talent when you have a HoF QB near the end of his career. Future cap space is never a problem for smart teams. Only foolish teams like our Panthers end up and cap hell for multiple seasons with ungodly dead cap. We sign horrible players on their last legs to mega blockbuster deals and then wonder why other teams can sign superstars and be fine cap wise.

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

Saints are 77m over the cap for 2021.  With 3m in cap space for 2020.

They will probably try to sign him for a "void" year which is just kicking more cap down the road.  Whats another 8m in 2021 when you are already 77m over the projected.

[pantherj]

Brees is 41. Load up. The odds that he hits the wall in the next 2 years or so are extremely high.

[PantherPhann89]

8 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

Well that has certainly failed miserably so far.

I don't consider back to back seasons at 13-3 failing miserably...

[PantherPhann89]

6 hours ago, Sasquatch said:

Do you mean the sacrifices they've made that have the Saints almost 80 million over the cap in '21?

I'm sure you know the answer to that question...

[kungfoodude]

27 minutes ago, PantherPhann89 said:

I don't consider back to back seasons at 13-3 failing miserably...

Yeah, I am sure they are hanging banners for finishing with 13 wins. Exactly what Brees keeps coming back for.

[Moo Daeng]

3 hours ago, Snake said:

I really believe that the cap is just a fictional thing. 

All the numbers are public. There is no mystery 

[PantherPhann89]

15 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Yeah, I am sure they are hanging banners for finishing with 13 wins. Exactly what Brees keeps coming back for.

Really, Brees keep coming back because he believes they're close to their goal with back to back 13-3 seasons

[kungfoodude]

12 minutes ago, PantherPhann89 said:

Really, Brees keep coming back because he believes they're close to their goal with back to back 13-3 seasons

And then they keep choking like dogs.