Is the salary cap real? Maybe not in the sense most NFL fans think of it. Certainly not in the context of what it means to the New Orleans Saints, who view it as a problem worth solving rather than a box to work within.
That was proven when they reached an agreement with running back Alvin Kamara on a five-year, $75 million contract extension, earning a wave of reactions from across experts and fans on Twitter. Here’s the latest chatter:
Oh it’s gonna be a running back day on here…
— Mark Schofield (@MarkSchofield) September 12, 2020
Alvin Kamara and Dalvin Cook right now pic.twitter.com/76ytafcsn8
— #RingerNFL (@ringernfl) September 12, 2020
New Orleans fitting this new contract under their cap like pic.twitter.com/NSCuUYFo7e
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) September 12, 2020
But, but I thought New Orleans couldn't pay Alvin Kamara because of Taysom Hill 😂
— Chris Rosvoglou (@RosvoglouReport) September 12, 2020
“There’s no way they can squeeze this next player under their salary cap.”
The Saints and Rams: pic.twitter.com/8uZcekKJdD
— Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) September 12, 2020
Saints third string Qb makes $15 million cap hell do not exist
— Trill Withers (@TylerIAm) September 12, 2020
— Brenden Ertle (@BrendenErtle) September 12, 2020
“No 🧢” – The New Orleans Saints every year
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) September 10, 2020
"LMAOOOOO Saints can't pay Kamara because they signed Taysom"
*Saints pay Kamara*
"Ah! Well, nevertheless"
— Ryan Berger (@EggsAndDetails) September 12, 2020
@A_kamara6 YESSSSUHHHH!!!
🙌🏿🙏🏿🤟🏿— Chris Banjo (@Chris1Banjo) September 12, 2020
Crazy that the Saints front office had the foresight to sign Taysom Hill with enough left over to also extend Alvin Kamara.
— Jeff Asher (@Crimealytics) September 12, 2020
NFL teams stay extremely bad at learning from the plethora of mistakes that showed why this is a bad process https://t.co/FR6inICNkN
— Jon Ledyard (@LedyardNFLDraft) September 12, 2020
So we're paying RBs again?
— Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) September 12, 2020
the Alvin Kamara guaranteed $ is WAAAY up there.
Guaranteed RB $ on new deals:
$34.3M – Alvin Kamara
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$30.1M – Christian McCaffrey
$28.1M – Ezekiel Elliott
$28.0M – Dalvin Cook
$27.0M – Le'Veon Bell
$25.5M – Derrick Henry— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) September 12, 2020
That's "Mickey Loomis Voodoo Money," Brett.
Get it right. And respect the voodoo. https://t.co/NwMTpIgSHE
— Christopher Dunnells (@ChrisDunnells) September 12, 2020
https://t.co/MmiP1OQyJ9 pic.twitter.com/8Jqxvw6WBQ
— Scott Kushner (@ScottDKushner) September 12, 2020
I’m old enough to remember the Saints and Rams being in cap hell
— Joey Ickes (@JoeyIckes) September 12, 2020
It shows that teams are are willing to pay “stars” at the position with multi-faceted games. If you can run it AND make an impact in the passing game, you can get paid at RB. Despite the RBBC talk, teams really want a RB1 w/hybrid skills to be a 3-down player https://t.co/so4NV10o8X
— Bucky Brooks (@BuckyBrooks) September 12, 2020
The only one-dimensional RB on the list is Henry. Every other RB listed is a major contributor in the passing game. Part of this trend should be attributed to the impact and influence of 7v7 at the lower levels. More RBs are developing receiving skills as HS players https://t.co/Mruh9JYGM4
— Bucky Brooks (@BuckyBrooks) September 12, 2020
there's also an argument that it's good business to demonstrate to your team that you'll reward excellence.
— bomani (@bomani_jones) September 12, 2020
Mickey and Khai are like 2 steps ahead of everything but like 8000 steps ahead of people on twitter.
— Ryan Hebert (@RyanHebert89) September 12, 2020
Kamara will lead the Saints into a Drew Brees-less future and Taysom Hill’s remaining prime year https://t.co/SgKjGhp4x9
— Josh Hermsmeyer (@friscojosh) September 12, 2020
