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Saints extend RT Ryan Ramczyk. He signs a 4 year extension, locking him up for the next 5 years on an $87 million contract with $51 million guaranteed at signing (2021-2023 base, signing bonus, and roster bonuses all are guaranteed).

This contract ranks 2nd for all RTs and 4th for OTs. The 59% guaranteed ranks highly among OT contracts as well and No Trade/No Franchise clauses ensure that Ramczyk is in control of his future.

(Original Contact in top table, New contract in the lower table)

Year Base Salary Signing Bonus Roster Bonus Workout Bonus Restructure Bonus Cap Hit
2021 $11,064,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $11,064,000
             
Year Base Salary Signing Bonus Roster Bonus Workout Bonus Restructure Bonus Cap Hit
2021 $1,064,000 $2,000,000 $0 $0 $0 $3,064,000
2022 $14,000,000 $2,000,000 $5,000,000 $0 $0 $21,000,000
2023 $16,000,000 $2,000,000 $5,000,000 $0 $0 $23,000,000
2024 $16,000,000 $2,000,000 $0 $0 $0 $18,000,000
2025 $20,000,000 $2,000,000 $0 $0 $0 $22,000,000
2026 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
             
  Base Signing Roster Total Guaranteed Total Contract $87,064,000
Guaranteed $31,064,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $51,064,000 Percent Guaranteed 58.65%
          Contract Length 5
          Yearly Average $17,412,800
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The Ramczyk extension puts the Saints at $2,000,000 under the (projected) 2021 Salary Cap! We did it!!!

New Orleans Saints - Salaries
Player Name Base Salary Signing Bonus Other Bonus Cap Hit
Terron Armstead $10,150,000 $4,537,500 $1,600,000 $16,287,500
Taysom Hill $10,720,000 $4,000,000 $1,439,000 $16,159,000
Marshon Lattimore $10,244,000 $0 $0 $10,244,000
Michael Thomas $990,000 $8,902,500 $200,000 $10,092,500
Cameron Jordan $1,075,000 $8,181,250 $100,000 $9,356,250
Janoris Jenkins $1,075,000 $8,062,500 $0 $9,137,500
Malcolm Jenkins $6,200,000 $2,250,000 $500,000 $8,950,000
Demario Davis $1,075,000 $5,806,250 $0 $6,881,250
David Onyemata $990,000 $4,670,000 $0 $5,660,000
Andrus Peat $990,000 $4,602,500 $0 $5,592,500
Alvin Kamara $2,000,000 $3,000,000 $0 $5,000,000
Marcus Davenport $2,353,896 $2,018,527 $0 $4,372,423
Latavius Murray $2,950,000 $850,000 $400,000 $4,200,000
Ryan Ramczyk $1,064,000 $2,000,000 $0 $3,064,000
Wil Lutz $990,000 $1,920,000 $50,000 $2,960,000
Cesar Ruiz $1,186,327 $1,695,309 $0 $2,881,636
Tre'Quan Smith $2,183,000 $204,256 $0 $2,387,256
Erik McCoy $1,048,690 $612,378 $0 $1,661,068
JT Gray $1,000,000 $500,000 $0 $1,500,000
Zach Wood $1,000,000 $175,000 $0 $1,175,000
Zack Baun $828,691 $264,762 $0 $1,093,453
CJ Gardner-Johnson $850,000 $196,775 $0 $1,046,775
Adam Trautman $814,518 $208,073 $0 $1,022,591
Trevor Siemian $990,000 $0 $0 $990,000
Ty Montgomery $990,000 $137,500 $0 $1,127,500
Noah Spence $990,000 $0 $0 $990,000
Christian Ringo $920,000 $0 $0 $920,000
Ryan Glasgow $920,000 $0 $0 $920,000
Grant Haley $850,000 $35,717 $0 $885,717
Kaden Elliss $850,000 $19,151 $0 $869,151
Carl Granderson $850,000 $5,000 $0 $855,000
Deonte Harris $850,000 $3,334 $0 $853,334
Ethan Greenidge $850,000 $2,500 $0 $852,500
Shy Tuttle $850,000 $1,668 $0 $851,668
Lil'Jordan Humphrey $850,000 $0 $0 $850,000
Garrett Griffin $850,000 $0 $0 $850,000
Marquez Callaway $780,000 $3,333 $0 $783,333
Malcolm Roach $780,000 $3,333 $0 $783,333
Chase Hansen $780,000 $0 $0 $780,000
Jake Lampman $780,000 $0 $0 $780,000
Juwan Johnson $780,000 $0 $0 $780,000
Derrick Kelly $780,000 $0 $0 $780,000
Blake Gillikin $660,000 $500 $0 $660,500
Keith Washington $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000
Ethan Wolf $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000
Wynton McManis $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000
Andrew Dowell $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000
Calvin Throckmorton $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000
Tony Jones $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000
Marcus Willoughby $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000
Jalen Dalton $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000
Drew Brees $1,075,000 $11,150,000 $0 $12,225,000
Jared Cook $0 $2,000,000 $0 $2,000,000
Emmanuel Sanders $0 $4,000,000 $0 $4,000,000
Sheldon Rankins $0 $4,000,000 $0 $4,000,000
Thomas Morstead $0 $2,000,000 $0 $2,000,000
Patrick Robinson $0 $1,250,000 $0 $1,250,000
Malcom Brown $0 $1,500,000 $0 $1,500,000
Nick Easton $0 $1,000,000 $0 $1,000,000
Josh Hill $0 $750,000 $0 $750,000
Taylor Stallworth $0 $153,177 $0 $153,177
         
Legend   Team Salaries $182,044,915
Extended Re-Signed   Salary Cap $184,132,189
Restructured Trade   Cap Space $2,087,274
Signed Rookie      
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Lattimore signs an extension that earns him $86,744,000 over the next five seasons. This contract gives the Saints a decent exit strategy after just two seasons, but a great time to leave this contract after Year 3. The average is probably a bit more than Lattimore is worth (it makes him the 3rd highest paid CB in the league), but the low guarantees and bonuses give the Saints flexibility to trade Lattimore later, or cut him outright if worst case scenario occurs.

Year Base Salary Signing Bonus Roster Bonus Workout Bonus Restructure Bonus Cap Hit
2021 $10,244,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $10,244,000
             
Year Base Salary Signing Bonus Roster Bonus Workout Bonus Restructure Bonus Cap Hit
2021 $1,244,000 $1,500,000       $2,744,000
2022 $15,000,000 $1,500,000 $4,000,000     $20,500,000
2023 $16,000,000 $1,500,000 $3,000,000     $20,500,000
2024 $18,000,000 $1,500,000 $2,000,000     $21,500,000
2025 $20,000,000 $1,500,000       $21,500,000
    $1,500,000        
             
  Base Signing Roster Total Guaranteed Total Contract $86,744,000
Guaranteed $16,244,000 $7,500,000 $9,000,000 $32,744,000 Percent Guaranteed 37.75%
          Contract Length 5
          Yearly Average $17,348,800

 

 

With this signing the Saints are just shy of $2,000,000 over the cap. 

New Orleans Saints - Salaries
Player Name Base Salary Signing Bonus Other Bonus Cap Hit
Terron Armstead $10,150,000 $4,537,500 $1,600,000 $16,287,500
Taysom Hill $10,720,000 $4,000,000 $1,439,000 $16,159,000
Marcus Williams $11,196,000 $0 $0 $11,196,000
Michael Thomas $990,000 $8,902,500 $200,000 $10,092,500
Cameron Jordan $1,075,000 $8,181,250 $100,000 $9,356,250
Janoris Jenkins $1,075,000 $8,062,500 $0 $9,137,500
Malcolm Jenkins $6,200,000 $2,250,000 $500,000 $8,950,000
Demario Davis $1,075,000 $5,806,250 $0 $6,881,250
David Onyemata $990,000 $4,670,000 $0 $5,660,000
Andrus Peat $990,000 $4,602,500 $0 $5,592,500
Alvin Kamara $2,000,000 $3,000,000 $0 $5,000,000
Marcus Davenport $2,353,896 $2,018,527 $0 $4,372,423
Latavius Murray $2,950,000 $850,000 $400,000 $4,200,000
Ryan Ramczyk $1,064,000 $2,000,000 $0 $3,064,000
Wil Lutz $990,000 $1,920,000 $50,000 $2,960,000
Cesar Ruiz $1,186,327 $1,695,309 $0 $2,881,636
Marshon Lattimore $1,244,000 $1,500,000 $0 $2,744,000
Tre'Quan Smith $2,183,000 $204,256 $0 $2,387,256
Erik McCoy $1,048,690 $612,378 $0 $1,661,068
JT Gray $1,000,000 $500,000 $0 $1,500,000
Zach Wood $1,000,000 $175,000 $0 $1,175,000
Zack Baun $828,691 $264,762 $0 $1,093,453
CJ Gardner-Johnson $850,000 $196,775 $0 $1,046,775
Adam Trautman $814,518 $208,073 $0 $1,022,591
Trevor Siemian $990,000 $0 $0 $990,000
Ty Montgomery $990,000 $137,500 $0 $1,127,500
Noah Spence $990,000 $0 $0 $990,000
Christian Ringo $920,000 $0 $0 $920,000
Ryan Glasgow $920,000 $0 $0 $920,000
Grant Haley $850,000 $35,717 $0 $885,717
Kaden Elliss $850,000 $19,151 $0 $869,151
Carl Granderson $850,000 $5,000 $0 $855,000
Deonte Harris $850,000 $3,334 $0 $853,334
Ethan Greenidge $850,000 $2,500 $0 $852,500
Shy Tuttle $850,000 $1,668 $0 $851,668
Lil'Jordan Humphrey $850,000 $0 $0 $850,000
Garrett Griffin $850,000 $0 $0 $850,000
Marquez Callaway $780,000 $3,333 $0 $783,333
Malcolm Roach $780,000 $3,333 $0 $783,333
Chase Hansen $780,000 $0 $0 $780,000
Jake Lampman $780,000 $0 $0 $780,000
Juwan Johnson $780,000 $0 $0 $780,000
Derrick Kelly $780,000 $0 $0 $780,000
Blake Gillikin $660,000 $500 $0 $660,500
Keith Washington $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000
Ethan Wolf $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000
Wynton McManis $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000
Andrew Dowell $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000
Calvin Throckmorton $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000
Tony Jones $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000
Marcus Willoughby $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000
Jalen Dalton $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000
Drew Brees $1,075,000 $11,150,000 $0 $12,225,000
Jared Cook $0 $2,000,000 $0 $2,000,000
Emmanuel Sanders $0 $4,000,000 $0 $4,000,000
Sheldon Rankins $0 $4,000,000 $0 $4,000,000
Thomas Morstead $0 $2,000,000 $0 $2,000,000
Patrick Robinson $0 $1,250,000 $0 $1,250,000
Malcom Brown $0 $1,500,000 $0 $1,500,000
Nick Easton $0 $1,000,000 $0 $1,000,000
Josh Hill $0 $750,000 $0 $750,000
Taylor Stallworth $0 $153,177 $0 $153,177
         
Legend   Team Salaries $185,740,915
Extended Re-Signed   Salary Cap $184,132,189
Restructured Trade   Cap Space -$1,608,726
Tagged Rookie      
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On 3/8/2021 at 10:58 AM, Dome said:

No way in a million years I’d trade Ramczyk to a division rival for a 2nd. I personally hate that trade.

 

I would consider moving Lattimore for a 1st though. No dead money is pretty enticing. 

Since it is you, I would have given up a little more in the trade.  🙃

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On 3/9/2021 at 8:54 AM, Dome said:

Saints trade Emmanuel Sanders and a conditional pick to Washington Football Team for both of their 7th round picks in 2021. WFT has the option to restructure Sanders to save $2.5m this year, pushing another $2.5m into the void year on his deal. He'll be a great option behind McLaughlin and Thomas, for whoever they decide to play at QB this season. If Sanders is cut before Week 1 of the 2021 regular season the Saints send a 2022 7th round pick back to WFT. 

Going to undo this, seeing as the IRL trade market for Sanders was non-existent.

I'm going to keep him on the roster for now. I have a few days to get under the cap still.

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      Player Name Base Prorated Other Cap Hit        
Legend     Taysom Hill $10,720,000 $4,000,000 $1,439,000 $16,159,000     Salary Cap $182,500,000
Extended     Terron Armstead $10,150,000 $4,537,500 $1,600,000 $16,287,500     Team Salaries $172,507,738
Restructured     Drew Brees $1,075,000 $11,150,000 $0 $12,225,000     Dead Money $12,653,177
Tagged     Marcus Williams $10,496,000 $0 $0 $10,496,000     2021 Rollover $4,100,000
Signing     Michael Thomas $990,000 $8,902,500 $200,000 $10,092,500     Cap Space $1,439,085
Trade     Emmanuel Sanders $6,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $10,000,000        
Rookie     Cameron Jordan $1,075,000 $8,181,250 $100,000 $9,356,250     Player Name Dead Money
      Janoris Jenkins $1,075,000 $8,062,500 $0 $9,137,500     Jared Cook $2,000,000
      Demario Davis $1,075,000 $5,806,250 $0 $6,881,250     Sheldon Rankins $4,000,000
      David Onyemata $990,000 $4,670,000 $0 $5,660,000     Thomas Morstead $2,000,000
      Andrus Peat $990,000 $4,602,500 $0 $5,592,500     Patrick Robinson $1,250,000
      Malcolm Jenkins $1,100,000 $3,950,000 $0 $5,050,000     Malcom Brown $1,500,000
      Alvin Kamara $2,000,000 $3,000,000 $0 $5,000,000     Nick Easton $1,000,000
      Marcus Davenport $2,353,896 $2,018,527 $0 $4,372,423     Josh Hill $750,000
      Latavius Murray $2,950,000 $850,000 $400,000 $4,200,000     Taylor Stallworth $153,177
      Ryan Ramczyk $1,064,000 $2,000,000 $0 $3,064,000        
      Wil Lutz $990,000 $1,920,000 $50,000 $2,960,000        
      Cesar Ruiz $1,186,327 $1,695,309 $0 $2,881,636        
      Marshon Lattimore $1,244,000 $1,500,000 $0 $2,744,000        
      Tre'Quan Smith $2,183,000 $204,256 $0 $2,387,256        
      Erik McCoy $1,048,690 $612,378 $0 $1,661,068        
      JT Gray $1,000,000 $500,000 $0 $1,500,000        
      Zach Wood $1,000,000 $175,000 $0 $1,175,000        
      Zack Baun $828,691 $264,762 $0 $1,093,453        
      CJ Gardner-Johnson $850,000 $196,775 $0 $1,046,775        
      Adam Trautman $814,518 $208,073 $0 $1,022,591        
      Trevor Siemian $990,000 $0 $0 $990,000        
      Ty Montgomery $990,000 $137,500 $0 $1,127,500        
      Noah Spence $990,000 $0 $0 $990,000        
      Christian Ringo $920,000 $0 $0 $920,000        
      Ryan Glasgow $920,000 $0 $0 $920,000        
      Grant Haley $850,000 $35,717 $0 $885,717        
      Kaden Elliss $850,000 $19,151 $0 $869,151        
      Carl Granderson $850,000 $5,000 $0 $855,000        
      Deonte Harris $850,000 $3,334 $0 $853,334        
      Ethan Greenidge $850,000 $2,500 $0 $852,500        
      Shy Tuttle $850,000 $1,668 $0 $851,668        
      Lil'Jordan Humphrey $850,000 $0 $0 $850,000        
      Garrett Griffin $850,000 $0 $0 $850,000        
      Marquez Callaway $780,000 $3,333 $0 $783,333        
      Malcolm Roach $780,000 $3,333 $0 $783,333        
      Chase Hansen $780,000 $0 $0 $780,000        
      Jake Lampman $780,000 $0 $0 $780,000        
      Juwan Johnson $780,000 $0 $0 $780,000        
      Derrick Kelly $780,000 $0 $0 $780,000        
      Blake Gillikin $660,000 $500 $0 $660,500        
      Keith Washington $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000        
      Ethan Wolf $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000        
      Wynton McManis $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000        
      Andrew Dowell $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000        
    Top 51 Calvin Throckmorton $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000 Top 51      
      Tony Jones $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000        
      Marcus Willoughby $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000        
      Jalen Dalton $660,000 $0 $0 $660,000        

 

 

Matched the restructure of Malcolm Jenkins, now I'm below the cap. 

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36 minutes ago, sparky151 said:

The hard part of cap management comes at final cuts when the league switches from rule of 51 to everybody counting, including the practice squad and IR.

Good looking out. Still undecided on what to do with Emmanuel Sanders and Latavius Murray, I guess it depends on what happens in the draft. I'm a little surprised the IRL Saints couldn't move Sanders for a 7th, he played well and was very reliable (best catch rate of his career).

I'm probably going to extend Marcus Williams to bring his cap hit down for some breathing room. I was hoping the Saints would be on that announcement this spring/summer so I had a baseline to work with or could decide if a tag and trade would be in the works.

I'm also still toying with the idea of shipping out Terron Armstead if I can find a fanbase that likes him for a late 1st or early 2nds + late picks. That's a tall order, but he's one of the best left tackles in the game and he's still just 29 years old. We've seen teams give up big picks for less.

 

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1 hour ago, sparky151 said:

This year especially, it might be hard to get fair trade value for expensive players. Orlando Brown is on the market and Fisher and Swartz were just cut by the Chiefs. So you won't get a Tunsil type deal for Armstead or Ramczyk. 

Maybe not a Tunsil type deal, but I’d be willing to part with Armstead for about half of the value if another fan base seemed on board 

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Like the Emmanuel Sanders trade, I'll reverse the Malcolm Brown trade. The Pats fans I saw saying they'd like to trade for and extend Brown for a late pick where not seeing things the way BB was. If Malcolm had gone somewhere for even a 7th I would've kept the trade for the sake of fun in this mock, but that wasn't the case.

Dallas' 6th round pick has been returned to the Patriots. 

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10 hours ago, Dome said:

Like the Emmanuel Sanders trade, I'll reverse the Malcolm Brown trade. The Pats fans I saw saying they'd like to trade for and extend Brown for a late pick where not seeing things the way BB was. If Malcolm had gone somewhere for even a 7th I would've kept the trade for the sake of fun in this mock, but that wasn't the case.

Dallas' 6th round pick has been returned to the Patriots. 

I've cut Malcolm Brown for now. May look to re-sign him if he doesn't get picked up. 

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I'm going to just sit tight through free agency. I'm feeling OK keeping Emmanuel Sanders for another year, or at least until after the draft I could designate him a post june 1 cut...   I only want to restructure Taysom if Ramczyk or Lattimore sign IRL and I'm WAY off and need to adjust their salaries. 

 

Kamara can be restructured, Murray can be restructured or cut, Armstead could be extended/restructured or traded too. Trequan could be traded as well if I decide to keep Sanders another year. So I have a little bit of breathing room.

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On 3/15/2021 at 6:55 AM, Dome said:

Like the Emmanuel Sanders trade, I'll reverse the Malcolm Brown trade. The Pats fans I saw saying they'd like to trade for and extend Brown for a late pick where not seeing things the way BB was. If Malcolm had gone somewhere for even a 7th I would've kept the trade for the sake of fun in this mock, but that wasn't the case.

Dallas' 6th round pick has been returned to the Patriots. 

 

On 3/15/2021 at 5:23 PM, Dome said:

I've cut Malcolm Brown for now. May look to re-sign him if he doesn't get picked up. 

Malcom Brown was apparently not cut yesterday, it was a false report. I was attempting to be fair and realistic by undoing my mock trade when it was reported that the Saints couldn't trade him and had to cut him. Now that he has been traded rather than cut IRL I'm going to give myself the chance to use a redo.

 I'll say my cutting of Brown was misreported, like it was IRL, and take the Jags picks when the official trade is announced. 

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