And this likely ends my participation in this discussion. If the best you can do is "The Saints didn't factor in a global pandemic that unexpectedly created a $30+ million gap into their long term financial planning for a year," then I don't know what else to say.
The team does have a lot of leeway with the cap, but that still doesn't mean they are immune to making personnel decisions or can keep every single player. You know, basically like every other team.