Strief to Miami?....
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I hadn't put 2 + 2 together, but you could be right. Jimmy Graham has a very strong case that he is underpaid and the number of plays where he operates like a WR. The Saints need Strief to protect Brees. A deal in principle is done but the team is strapped into a financial straight-jacket and will be for future years. Strief didn't want to pay Miami a visit because he wants to stay in New Orleans. It would be good to know when the Graham grievance is scheduled to get resolved. Brees needs RT protection and he also needs his top catching 6'8" weapon. Loomis is running out of options.
Good to hear that there's terrific depth at RT in the Draft. That could be the better path long term for the Dolphins. Ireland was pretty bad at selecting O-linemen in the Draft and Free Agency. Probably one of his biggest failures over many years. Money and draft picks were spent year after year.
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there is a good chance that New Orleans is waiting for the final on Jimmy Graham's situation. If he gets tagged as a TE they may be able to get Strief back for decent Money. If Graham wins the grievance and gets tagged as a WR they wont have money and will ultimately have to move on from Strief.
Read a report this morning that they are close to a deal. The good news is that Jason La canforna reported it so chances are its not true. Here is the saints salary cap situation.
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-orleans-saints/cap-hit/
Currently 1.7 mil under but still need to sign rookies which will be another 3-4 mil. If graham is tagged as a wr I don't see any way possible they can sign strief.
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-orleans-saints/cap-hit/
Currently 1.7 mil under but still need to sign rookies which will be another 3-4 mil. If graham is tagged as a wr I don't see any way possible they can sign strief.
Aaron Wilson @RavensInsider 1m
Saints and Zach Strief have agreed to a five-year deal, according to the team
Saints and Zach Strief have agreed to a five-year deal, according to the team
DisturbedShifty
Peace out
Now can we stop talking about this?
Andyman
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/17/zach-strief-returns-to-saints/
Deal is done. He stays with Saints.
Deal is done. He stays with Saints.
Curious as to the details.
Saints must be banking on Bree restructuring his deal or cutting some more cap heavy players.
In addition, if Jimmy wins his arbitration and is tagged as a WR thats a $4 cap hit increase.
Not sure what fuzzy math the Saints are running with but they cant afford all of this.
Omar Kelly @OmarKelly 17s
To @gleejr9472 Saints have spent $132.7 million before Strief's deal. But only first 51 salaries count, which has them at $117.291 vs cap.
As someone pointed out, those numbers don't include the $13+ million in dead money.
Pauly S. @thenflanalyst 6m
@tommyland9 @OmarKelly @gleejr9472 Those numbers are wrong, dead money is not accounted for. They are at 131m w/out Strief. 2m in cap space.
Larry Holder @LarryHolder 11m
Source confirmed Strief's contract numbers. $8.4 million guaranteed. Max of $20.5 million.
Source confirmed Strief's contract numbers. $8.4 million guaranteed. Max of $20.5 million.
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Wow got him for nothing. Guess they couldn't just wait around for graham. If graham wins tho it's a 5.8 mil increase and the saints have no real players to cut other than a couple guys around a mil