NoSaint

Frankly, I hope this is what finally gets him off the wall. This is terrible. It blows my mind we even have debate about it.

No, the saints would certainly like to keep his past signing bonus amortization kicked into future years. If this stretches they get a huge cap hit that they can’t alter AND whatever the new contract is... the issue is drew plays hard ball (nothing wrong with that but he knews he has the leverage with the clock ticking)

From my understanding based on some conversation and the logic flows for me... Can you talk to non-expiring contracts on other teams? his contract is not scheduled to end. He may hit a clause the voids the future years in a few days though. Makes sense?

Just preemptively recognizing that we will eventually be discussing quarterbacks here

Right but because brees is not scheduled to be a UFA until he hits the trigger that voids the final years of his deal he cannot he contacted. on March 14th his future years disappear. This isn’t currently an expiring contract in the traditional sense

Its been misreported like crazy this week. I think many don’t get that it’s voiding a contract not just a simple expiring contract so the nuts and bolts are different not getting it done will be nothing pretty for the saints cap though - definitely they want an extension and not a void (with cap hit accelerated from the last bonus) followed by a totally fresh contract

What’s the context on this suddenly coming out?

Im not sure that’s true. I’ve heard some rumblings that he crushes young QBs.

Like I said- not impossible, but no way that I’m buying it’s likely

Heaven forbid we are only super bowl contenders for 2 years before having to find a new qb Yup.

The issue being that odds are someone pays him more for a bigger role. I don’t think there’s hard feelings- just unlikely to make sense

Like his agent having a new intern to handle social media?

Nope. Not shady.

Maybe a bills pic for you is just a game pic for him

I think the poll is most likely not most desired. I could see him being among the most easy to select in a list. Never know where a trade will get them to so it’s hard to pick one of the rookies even if you think they like a specific one.

I’ve been pro-luck if our trainers pass him and he’s available... but there aren’t any “proven” QBs that we can count on getting. If something opens up that puts brees, wilson or Rodgers in play - great. But I don’t think anyone is expecting that to happen

Weve seen the list a dozen times this offseason. find the list of guys like Keenum, McCarron etc... that have become viable answers vs the ones that disappeared. It’s even longer odds.

Why are we better off spending 15m on a qb and drafting two second tier guys instead of signing two vets and trading up for a cheap rookie qb? at least the rookie stands a chance of being the guy. Keenum or McCarron? Meh.

I get it. And stand by my joke.

All I hear is that we shouldn’t hire the OP to scout

He wouldve been better with more talent. Not great but better. When all were healthy there were some decent days. Roll in Percy and we had good but unreliable weapons outside.

McCarron/Keenum for 18m plus 7m dead sure would be worst case for me now.

I dig it I think

If we pencil in McCowm at 6.5 from last year and Tyrods dead at 7.5 we are at 14m for that roster slot. Saves $2m vs Tyrod staying and gets you a draft pick about 32 picks higher.... i could land on either side... I suppose that’s markets being efficient

Reading comprehension issues do create a lot of the hot takes I’ll say that now that we know the terms it’s an interesting debate. Do you eat Tyrods dead money and get an early 3 now or hold him for the year and potentially get a comp 3 later (even as a good backup contract he’d likely be up there)? i think this has to indicate a mediocre vet (Yates, Moore, Anderson) type guys at sub $5m and no threat to start paired with an aggressive run at a rookie. That said, tyrods 7.5m dead plus a cheap vet gets you towards 10m+ between the contracts.... for the extra couple million I like Tyrod as a backup instead of Derek Anderson unless the relationship was totally poisoned (possible)