04-30-2020, 10:09 PM
(04-30-2020, 08:34 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I'm not understanding why the Saints, a legit SB contender, would look to move Warford given their LG spot is (far) worse.
Just put Ruiz there.
I know the answer might be the salary cap hit, but the Saints are expected to pay only $4.7 mill for their draft picks and they have nearly $3 mill in cap space.
They could remove Nick Easton (much worse IOL) to get under that cap.
That's what I would think too (about Easton). But I did some Googling about Warford and found some (unsubstantiated, sure) rumors that the Saints feel that Warford's play slipped a bit last year, and that perhaps his conditioning wasn't great. I mean they did draft Ruiz for a reason after all - Warford is clearly not in their long term plans (re-upped Peat and traded up for McCoy in last year's draft).
Cutting Easton, who is an overpaid backup, seems like the smarter move. However, he can play center. Maybe it makes more sense for them to keep their utility backup than to keep a guy in Warford who would be about a 12 million dollar backup guard if Ruiz beats him out.
