Justin Reid signs with Saints (3 yrs/$31.5M)

[Eureka]

Surprised the Saints have $$$ to spend.

Aren't they in "cap hell"?

[Bl00dyBizkitz]

Originally Posted by Eureka

Surprised the Saints have $$$ to spend.

Aren't they in "cap hell"?

The amount of negative that they're in is insane, but they keep pushing it off into the future.

I'm not even sure how they're allowed to, I need to look up some cap stuff to understand how they can continue to sign people.

[tyecopeland]

Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz

The amount of negative that they're in is insane, but they keep pushing it off into the future.

I'm not even sure how they're allowed to, I need to look up some cap stuff to understand how they can continue to sign people.

They take non guaranteed money and turn it into guaranteed money and spread it out of 5 years. Always 5 years because they add however many void years they need to make it 5. Low year 1 cap hits for all the new signees and voila, you are cap compliant with a mediocre team.