Saints add OG Ben Grubbs

[rico6]

Saints sign Grubbs, lose everyone else.

[Gallagher]

wonder where this puts them cap wise

Per nfl.com 2 days ago:

Arizona: -$13.7 million (they’re over)

Atlanta: $7M

Baltimore: $13M

Buffalo: $23M

Carolina: $1.3M (Once Gross/Smitty restructures go public I bet we'll have some room to go after Applewhite/Schockey/Schwartz/Brown/Nakamura/Whatever)

Chicago: $23.5M

Cincinnati: $39M

Cleveland: $15M

Dallas: -$2.7M (they’re over)

Denver: $42.3M

Detroit: -$7.3M (they’re over)

Green Bay: $5.6M

Houston: $615,000

Indinapolis: $13.1M

Jacksonville: $34.5M

Kansas City: $22.3M

Miami: $9.8M

Minnesota: $24M

New England: $15.5M

New Orleans: $6M

New York Giants: $1.6M

New York Jets: $13M

Oakland: $640,000

Philadelphia: $13.9M

Pittsburgh: $1.8M

San Diego: $16.3M

Seattle: $27.7M

San Francisco: $20.7M

St. Louis: $9.8M

Tampa Bay: $44.9M

Tennessee: $25.1M

Washington: $16.4M

That $6M in cap room is after the $14.4M franchise tag for Breesus and the $40M/5 Year contract for Colston so with this $36M/5 Year to Grubbs I imagine they are right at the cap, if not over. Doesn't leave them with too much room to give Brees the long term contract he so desires.:D

[BeasonBeastingBacks]

I don't think the oLine was heavily involved. But the prospect of a gaping hole at guard certainly wouldn't have helped.

If reports were true, they offered a contract that would have made him the highest paid Qb and he rejected the offer.

Maybe there we're specifics that he didn't like, but I don't see how he could think the money itself was a low ball and wasn't good enough.

If a future HOF and best player in the history of your franchise is a FA then there is no precaution you shouldn't take. With the stakes that high you shouldn't rule out options just so you can be kind.

The tag was not meant for him to sign, it was meant as a means to get the contract both sides wanted done.

IIRC, the specifics were he would get paid like a mad man, at the very end of his contract. Not many players on their last contract want most of their money at the end, they want it within the first 2-3 years.

[CatMan72]

So you're happy about downgrading?

[Riverboat Ron]

Per nfl.com 2 days ago:

Arizona: -$13.7 million (they’re over)

Atlanta: $7M

Baltimore: $13M

Buffalo: $23M

Carolina: $1.3M (Once Gross/Smitty restructures go public I bet we'll have some room to go after Applewhite/Schockey/Schwartz/Brown/Nakamura/Whatever)

Chicago: $23.5M

Cincinnati: $39M

Cleveland: $15M

Dallas: -$2.7M (they’re over)

Denver: $42.3M

Detroit: -$7.3M (they’re over)

Green Bay: $5.6M

Houston: $615,000

Indinapolis: $13.1M

Jacksonville: $34.5M

Kansas City: $22.3M

Miami: $9.8M

Minnesota: $24M

New England: $15.5M

New Orleans: $6M

New York Giants: $1.6M

New York Jets: $13M

Oakland: $640,000

Philadelphia: $13.9M

Pittsburgh: $1.8M

San Diego: $16.3M

Seattle: $27.7M

San Francisco: $20.7M

St. Louis: $9.8M

Tampa Bay: $44.9M

Tennessee: $25.1M

Washington: $16.4M

That $6M in cap room is after the $14.4M franchise tag for Breesus and the $40M/5 Year contract for Colston so with this $36M/5 Year to Grubbs I imagine they are right at the cap, if not over. Doesn't leave them with too much room to give Brees the long term contract he so desires.:D

Are you sure that was after the Colston signing? The NFL should require teams to post exactly how much space they have at all times, or face the penalty of death. I remember seeing figures after franchising Breesus Christ that had the Saints at $5.5 million.