Ramifications of the Junior Galette Release

The players seem to be happy Galette is gone...

From a former #Saints teammate of Galette's: "He stayed focused long enough to get paid then the real junior came out. Sad"

— Larry Holder (@LarryHolder) July 24, 2015

@iWillSmith @JonVilma51 @scottshanle pic.twitter.com/dZyuC0SVPF

— Bobby McCray (@bobbymccray) July 24, 2015

Junior obviously hasn't learned any lesson...

Junior on snapchat: "They say don't let business get personal. F*** it." Then says what's up to Atlanta, Carolina and Tampa.

— Nick Underhill (@nick_underhill) July 24, 2015

The Saints made this move without any care in the world about what it means financially to the team, because it's going to cost them...

Galette also has a $1.25 million salary that is guaranteed this season that the Saints will owe him if he doesn't sign with another team. The rest of the money is lost to the team unless they can prove some extenuating circumstance that I cant imagine would hold up.

From a salary cap perspective the Saints will gain no cap room this year and his cap charge will remain the same $5.45 million as if he was on the team. In 2016 it is where the blow becomes crippling with $12.1 million in dead money being charged to the Saints salary cap.

The Saints already have Galette's replacement waiting in the wings...

Junior Galette released, but his backup Hau'oli Kikaha was our top graded pass rushing edge defender in 2014 class. pic.twitter.com/4uWs1onPu1

— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) July 24, 2015

Junior's going to have to get some touch ups on his tattoo...