It's hard to tell. If we didn't trade him and decided to keep him, he'd be a prime candidate for further restructuring shenanigans. I think the 2025 cap is about the same if we kept him and didn't do anything with his contract.
There are a lot of ways to get the cap under control and media types get wound up when the Saints dont try to get under the cap in as few moves as possible. Sure, that's ideal, but it wasnt necessary to squeeze every dollar of cap savings with Kamara's new contract. We could save some money and retain his services for longer.
We're going to get some retirements soon that will really squeeze the cap, but its just more necessary medicine to take.