August 28, 201511 yr In New Orleans, 20 percent of the cap is dead money, according to Spotrac. Among the players who count huge amounts against the Saints’ salary cap even though they’re no longer on the team are tight end Jimmy Graham ($9 million), guard Ben Grubbs ($6 million), linebacker Junior Galette ($5.45 million) and linebacker Curtis Lofton $5 million). The Saints’ cap situation has been problematic for a while now, and the problem isn’t going away. Based on the contracts they already have, the Saints are projected to be$7.3 million over the cap next year. The team with the lowest dead cap number is the Bengals, who have less than $1 million allocated to players no longer on the team. Bengals owner Mike Brown has been criticized at times for being miserly, but if you’re going to criticize the Bengals for that, you also have to credit them for being smart enough to make the playoffs four years in a row while not mortgaging the future with high-priced contracts for players who don’t last. Saints spending one-fifth of their cap space on players not on the team | ProFootballTalk
August 28, 201511 yr In the past 10 years, the Antonio Bryant signing was their biggest mistake for non-performance/injury. Not many more. That's not bad.
August 28, 201511 yr Author Maybe so but I'd rather have a stupid playoff win than a smart playoff exit. That on-side kick was stupid but even blind squirrels find nuts on occasion.
August 28, 201511 yr Brown understands the economics of football and is very good at producing a profit, whether you like him personally or the product he owns. He may not be the best football mind but we all have to admit the product is much better over the Lewis years than in the decade before.
August 28, 201511 yr Just out of curiosity how much does Marvin Lewis make compared to other coaches in the NFL? I'm assuming he's in the middle somewhere.
August 28, 201511 yr Author Just out of curiosity how much does Marvin Lewis make compared to other coaches in the NFL? I'm assuming he's in the middle somewhere. Good guess! Coaches Salaries NFL
August 28, 201511 yr Good guess! Coaches Salaries NFL Good stuff. It looks like there is a firm system in place for coach's salaries. Pretty cut and dry.
August 28, 201511 yr The Saints have a Lombardi trophy sitting in their lobby. The Bengals have a AFCC trophy from 1981-1988 sitting in theirs. Saints win.
August 28, 201511 yr I see both sides and applaud the Bengals for being cost-conscious in a relatively small market. That being said, I'd rather be Super Bowl champs than dead cap champs.
August 28, 201511 yr Brown understands the economics of football and is very good at producing a profit, whether you like him personally or the product he owns. He may not be the best football mind but we all have to admit the product is much better over the Lewis years than in the decade before. I guess it depends on what you look at as being a good product. This product under Marvin is no more successful when it comes to playoff wins than the preceding decade before Marvin. After all isn't that the only thing that matters? Championships? 50 years from now no one outside Cincy will look at the decades of 2k and 2010 and say, wow the Bengals were a great team under Marvin. Off the top of your head, can anyone tell me right now how many times the Houston Oilers made the playoffs in the 80's? No. The reason, no one really cares because they didn't win anything.
August 29, 201511 yr I guess it depends on what you look at as being a good product. This product under Marvin is no more successful when it comes to playoff wins than the preceding decade before Marvin. After all isn't that the only thing that matters? Championships? 50 years from now no one outside Cincy will look at the decades of 2k and 2010 and say, wow the Bengals were a great team under Marvin. Off the top of your head, can anyone tell me right now how many times the Houston Oilers made the playoffs in the 80's? No. The reason, no one really cares because they didn't win anything. Do you feel that each year only 1 team is successful and the rest are failures?
September 2, 201511 yr Good guess! Coaches Salaries NFL This will be my unpopular post of the day: there are 7 coaches whose names are above Marvin on that list that I'd take him over. *Hellbird looking for a dislike button*
September 2, 201511 yr Do you feel that each year only 1 team is successful and the rest are failures? Pretty much, yea. Failure might be too strong of a word but I would say each year only 1 team reaches its goal.
September 2, 201511 yr I guess it depends on what you look at as being a good product. This product under Marvin is no more successful when it comes to playoff wins than the preceding decade before Marvin. After all isn't that the only thing that matters? Championships? 50 years from now no one outside Cincy will look at the decades of 2k and 2010 and say, wow the Bengals were a great team under Marvin. Off the top of your head, can anyone tell me right now how many times the Houston Oilers made the playoffs in the 80's? No. The reason, no one really cares because they didn't win anything. Does that apply to just the NFL or all levels of football? :banana:
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