- Dead money -- How New Orleans Saints' salary-cap woes could affect Drew Brees' future. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13957641/dead-money-how-new-orleans-saints-salary-cap-woes-affect-drew-brees-future 27 comments nfl
- New Orleans Saints restructure contracts with Marques Colston, Jahri Evans, Ben Grubbs, David Hawthorne to create salary-cap space. http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2013/02/new_orleans_saints_reportedly_31.html 9 comments nfl
- Where the New Orleans Saints' 2016 salary cap stands after new deals http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2016/03/saints_2016_cap.html 8 comments nfl
- Salary Cap ‘Hell’ has Come and Gone for the New Orleans Saints http://www.canalstreetchronicles.com/2016/9/17/12950486/salary-cap-hell-has-come-gone-for-new-orleans-saints 115 comments nfl
- New Orleans Saints rework Max Unger's contract, free up 2015 salary cap space http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2015/09/saints_max_unger.html 12 comments nfl
- New Orleans Saints are currently 87 million over the salary cap for next offseason https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-orleans-saints/cap/2024/ 545 comments nfl
- [Schrager] As @RapSheet and I just discussed on @gmfb , now more than ever it seems it’s the salary cap gurus who are doing yeoman’s work in figuring it all out with the numbers somehow, some way. @Saints cap man Khai Harley doing it this month for New Orleans. 14 years with NO. https://twitter.com/PSchrags/status/1504492150477803520?s=20&t=fkigpzolj2DffXWitTTI2g 91 comments nfl
- [Yates] Source: Saints WR Cameron Meredith has agreed to a pay cut, reducing his base salary from $3.4M to $1.3M for 2019. His cap number reduces to $4.15M, creating space for New Orleans. A knee issue limited him to 6 games last season. https://twitter.com/fieldyates/status/1108716886110470144 218 comments nfl
- [Yates] The Saints and veteran TE Nick Vannett agreed to a renegotiated deal that includes his base salary dropping from $2.6M to $1.035M, per source. He's a sturdy run blocker for New Orleans. The move creates $1.55M in 2022 cap space. https://twitter.com/FieldYates/status/1564956147119013889 27 comments nfl
- [Adam Schefter] Packers now head into the off-season projected to be $44.8 million over the salary cap, the NFL’s second most challenging off-season position behind only the New Orleans Saints. https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1485225840187162624?s=21 45 comments nfl
- [Yates] In order to facilitate a trade to the Saints, the Texans converted ~$7.6M of CB Bradley Roby's base salary into a signing bonus, per source. When Roby officially gets traded to New Orleans, his base salary for 2021 is now $1,862,645, which fits into the Saints' cap space. https://twitter.com/FieldYates/status/1435967327976230914?s=19 27 comments nfl
- [Schefter] New Ravens’ LB Roquan Smith will make his Baltimore debut tonight in New Orleans vs. the Saints. And he is a bargain for Baltimore. After Chicago paid down the salary of its former linebacker, Smith will count only $75,000 against the Ravens’ salary cap this season. https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1589715982519799808?s=20&t=v1G4zjJ1Q8I4KasTD7si6g 34 comments nfl
- [Schefter] Eight-time Pro-Bowl DE Cameron Jordan became the latest New Orleans player to restructure his contract, signing a deal to free up another $1.5 million against the Saints salary cap. https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1763164883200196637?s=19&t=T6-y1svK-PGb3B7yiogdRw 195 comments nfl
- [Rapoport] To create salary cap room for new #Saints WR Dez Bryant’s contract, New Orleans is expected to restructure OT Terron Armstead’s 2018 salary, turning the rest of the $10.2M base into a signing bonus, source said. https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/1060253387474825216?s=21 58 comments nfl
- [Rapaport via NFL News Poster] [Rapoport] Saints starting QB Derek Carr, after numerous talks with the team about his 2025 compensation, is getting most of his salary converted for salary cap reasons. Carr sticks after all in New Orleans, and he’s set to make his full $40M. https://bsky.app/profile/nflnewsposter.bsky.social/post/3ljvmobw2fj2g 364 comments nfl
- [Schefter] Packers now head into the off-season projected to be $44.8 million over the salary cap, the NFL’s second most challenging off-season position behind only the New Orleans Saints. This is before the team attempts to re-sign or tag Pro Bowl WR Davante Adams. Major decisions loom. https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1485117887471931396?s=21 4 comments nfl