DWD's Offseason Forecast (Post Spagnuolo Edition) 3.0

Bunkley will not be released this year. His 2013 base salary is fully guaranteed and would have his $4.5M signing bonus accelerated, so it would count $6.4M against the cap to cut him and only $4.6M to keep him.

He could restructure to bring his $3.7M base salary down, but the Saints should only do that if they still see him in their future plans. Saints will only take a $2.7M cap hit next season if they cut him, but if he re-structures we may have to add some to his guaranteed money and will take a cap hit of at least $4.95M to cut him next season if he restructures (to $700k this season w/ $3M signing bonus for a $2.25M cap savings this year).