03-21-2022, 03:30 PM
(03-21-2022, 02:59 PM)Au165 Wrote: As long as you are committed to the ponzi scheme it can go on in perpetuity.
Not when you can only pro-rate signing bonuses for 5 years. Eventually the entire cap will be dead cap space.
Look at the Saints last year. Here are the players they lost
Hendrickson..........$15.0 million per year
Janoris Jenkins.....$7.5
Emanuel Sanders..$6.0
Sheldon rankins....$5.5
Jarod Cook...........$4.5
Meanwhile the only free agent they signed at more than scrub level $2.6 million per year was Jameis Winstead at just $5.5 million per year.
That is a huge loss of talent and it was the main reason they missed the playoffs. If the cap did not matter then I am sure they would have signed other quality players to replace the ones they lost.
Now this year they have already lost Marcus Williams ($14 million per year) and still have holes to fill due to free agent starters at OT (Armstead), QB (Winston), and LB (Kwon Alexander).
