Saints release G Larry Warford

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(05-08-2020, 08:17 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: I don;t think we can afford him at the risk of not extending some contracts... Cap Space too tight for this type of signing

I don't think that's true at all. We can extend AJ in such a way that saves us money, not costs us money. Remember, he's not technically signed so anything we do is a new contract, not an extension on the 18million he currently counts as. So let's say we sign him to a 3 year contract with 15m guaranteed and 10m in first year base salary (just for the sake of numbers)... that means his 2020 cap hit drops from 18m to 15m. 

Overthecap.com says we have 24m of space left. Figure 15m, conservatively speaking, for rookies and injury pad. That leaves 9m, plus the 3 just saved above, for 12 million. Mixon's extension is only the first year of his signing bonus, since he unlike green is under contract. So it's a 5 or 6m hit. So 6m left for Warford, and with clever cap maneuvering I think we can add another edge rusher too.