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Saints’ offseason assets ranked among the NFL’s worst war chests

PFF has the Saints in the worst position to be in: a bad team without many offseason assets. They need more draft picks and more salary cap space to compete:

Pro Football Focus has New Orleans Saints in the worst position to be in as we get closer to the talent acquisition portion of the offseason. The Saints are a bad team without a lot of assets to change this reality. That means they’re short on draft picks and salary cap resources.

PFF ranked New Orleans as having the third-worst assets this offseason. Most teams at the bottom of the asset rankings are playoff teams. The Seahawks, who rank at the bottom, were a tiebreaker away from winning the NFC West. Then you have the Saints and Atlanta Falcons at 30 and 31st.

These rankings were determined by three categories: effective cap space, restructure potential and draft capital. The problem for the Saints is they’re the only team without any effective cap space after pushing so much money from past deals into this fiscal year.

New Orleans does have a good amount of restructure potential, as always, but most of the restructuring will be to get under the salary cap. It doesn’t mean they won’t sign anyone in free agency. New Orleans signed Chase Young last year after starting in a similar situation. However, the restructuring won’t give the Saints much to play with this offseason.

Building the roster will come through the draft for New Orleans in 2025. PFF’s rankings is a great depiction of that. Having one of the lowest sets of assets shouldn’t be too startling for New Orleans. This was expected to be a job that required a multi-year renovation.

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New Orleans Saints ranked bottom-3 in 2025 offseason assets

A complicated salary cap situation makes the New Orleans Saints a less-than-appealing destination. PFF ranked their offseason assets third-worst in pro football:

The New Orleans Saints are coming off of their worst season in a long time and don’t have much going for them this offseason in looking to improve.

Pro Football Focus’ Tomo Riske recently put together a graph showing each team’s full assets entering this offseason. That is combining their draft capital, salary cap space and contract restructure potential.

When adding all of those things together, the Saints rank No. 30 out of 32 teams. The only two ranked below them would be the division-rival Atlanta Falcons and awkwardly-placed Seattle Seahawks, who don’t have much to build around or build with.

Luckily for New Orleans, they do rank among the teams with the most draft capital in the league. When adding together the PFF value for their picks, they rank at No. 7 out of 32. Not bad.

Their negative cap space is what is holding them back, obviously, as they rank dead-last. While they can potentially restructure some contracts to open up more cap, that is the practice that has them in such a mess right now.

The best bet may be just riding it out, taking their lumps and coming back refreshed in 2026. We’ll see if Mickey Loomis and Co. agree.

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Saints aren’t last-place in unspent salary cap space rolling over into 2025

Seven teams have less unspent salary cap space to roll over into 2025 than the Saints. Don’t go hanging any banners, but it’s an important first step in the offseason:

Credit where it’s due: The New Orleans Saints aren’t ranked last in unspent salary cap space carried over into 2025. Hang the banner and hand the microphone to Mickey Loomis so he can address the crowd.

Jokes aside, the Saints are going to need every penny they can get their mitts on to reach cap compliance this offseason. NFL Players Association records revealed that the Saints are rolling over $2,929,173 from their 2024 books and into the new league year. The experts at Over The Cap rank that eighth-lowest around the league, which, yes — is better than last.

Of the seven teams ranked lower than the Saints, four made the playoffs this season (the Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, and Buffalo Bills). Three others maxed out their books but are picking ahead of New Orleans in the 2025 draft after unsuccessful seasons. That includes the New York Giants and Jets, as well as the NFC South-rival Carolina Panthers.

Now, $2.9 million may look like small potatoes when the salary cap itself is projected to hit $270 million (or more) this spring. But the Saints need all the help they can get. They’re already spending $48.4 million on players not on their roster for 2025 between Marshon Lattimore, Michael Thomas, and Jameis Winston. That dead money figure leads the league without including another $11.1 million that will come from processing Ryan Ramczyk’s retirement in June.

So when you count the $278.3 million going towards the players currently on the team, that puts New Orleans in the red by at least $50 million. OTC’s estimate puts the Saints over the limit by $51.3 million if you want to be more precise. Let’s see how they get in the clear this time. Rolling over that unspent cap space from 2024 is just the start.

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Seahawks promote organizations fighting for a more equitable society

The Seattle Seahawks are have listed a number of resources to promote organizations fighting for a more equitable society.

Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll released a statement Wednesday afternoon answering the question boggling the nation, “where do we go from here?” Carroll used the hashtag #NewEmpathy to promote his message.

In light of the recent events, the Seahawks provided a number of links to organizations that are fighting for a more equitable society. The resources below were listed on team’s website on Blackout Tuesday.

ACLU of Washington: Works to ensure that justice, freedom and equality are realities for all people in Washington state, with particular attention to the rights of people and groups who have historically been disenfranchised

NAACP: Secures the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons

Black Lives Matter: Builds local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities

The Seahawks Players Equality & Justice For All Action Fund: Supports education and leadership programs addressing equality and justice

Campaign Zero: Supports the analysis of policing practices across the country, offers technical assistance to organizers leading police accountability campaigns and the development of model legislation and advocacy

Color of Change: Moves decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America.

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