(03-09-2021, 05:01 PM)D6 Wrote:

(03-09-2021, 04:38 PM)irontrooper83 Wrote: Damn. The Saints have tagged Marcus Williams...this one stings.

Hopefully we throw good money at Josh Johnson at this point.

Including the Marcus Williams Franchise Tag: 

Even with the near $13.5 million salary cap savings with the restructuring of the contracts of Cameron Jordan and Demario Davis,  the Saints are still around $56 million over the salary cap.  The tagging of Williams is certainly a reflection of the high risk style of Sean Payton.

not nececessarily asking this of you in particular, D6. Just keeping the relevant detail in the conversation

...they have until March 17 to get under the cap. If Williams signs right away, they would be able to trade him, and the trading team takes on the whole deal, correct? I wonder if that is their mindset, or if trading some of their bigger cap responsibilities is part of this strategy?

If he hasn't signed the tender by 3/17, I don't recall if they have to keep funds in reserve to account for it, or start moving things when the tender is signed. When they finally shut this window, they are gonna end up looking like a pop warner team out there.

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