Can Kyle Hergel fill the hole at OG?

I would like to see them bring Peat back for most of the same reasons as others but also because if we do I think we definitely don’t trade Lattimore. I know, most people are probably saying what does signing Peat have to do with trading Lattimore? Let me explain my reasoning.

We currently have 7.5m in cap space according to OTC. Reports say a peat deal will be in the neighborhood of 5m. Even if we get him on a team friendly deal of 3m that’s leaves us 4.5m. There’s a 13m dead cap hit if we trade Lattimore, which means we have to do some restructuring to free up 9m. Maybe more if that 7.5m currently under cap doesn’t include rookies. Obviously Loomis could free up that cap but I think the Saints would prefer not to do anymore restructuring and pushing cap into future years. So that’s why I think if we sign Peat, we don’t trade Lattimore.
A potential Lattimore trade creates 4M cap space in 4 weeks after June 1. His rostered cap hit is 14.61M; his trade-dead money cap hit will be 10.65M after June 1. The 4M could go towards re-signing Peat.

Saints can always restructure Juwan (3.9M cap savings) or extend AK (8.07M cap savings) for a little more room at any time. Hill (6.6M), Moreau (1.83M), Saunders (1.82M) and Gray (1.4M) are other remaining restructure candidates.