Saints' players suspended

[SlappyCajun]

Suspensions do reduce cap space. Because the guys are suspended without pay. Therefore Vilma's 2012 salary comes off the books.

[CrazyCajun]

the problem with brees is not cap space, actually the franchise tag takes up more cap space. the hold up is he wants a front loaded contract of 69 million dollars, 23 in each of the first 3 years. the saints want to give him an evenly spread contract. they both agreed on a 100 million dollar contract. the saints want to give 60 in the first 3 years and brees wants 69 million in the first 3, to avoid what happened to him in san diego and what just happened to peyton manning.

[CrazyCajun]

Suspensions do reduce cap space. Because the guys are suspended without pay. Therefore Vilma's 2012 salary comes off the books.

vilma just took a paycut and restructured his contract into a signing bonus, he wasnt going to be a big cap hit either way. will smith did the same.