Ian Rapoport: Saints to make a decision on Taysom Hill; hard to imagine Hill returning [T.Hill is turning 35 w/ 18M cap hit & ACL recovery]

Elvis said

He's recovering from a torn ACL that he had surgery for in December. At 35 years old. He won't be ready for camp and most likely begin the season on IR. The Saints aren't deep enough to carry him into the season without filling his roster spot. Remember, Foster Moreau also had a bad knee injury requiring surgery and Juwan Johnson is a free agent. We can't just sit on the roster spots no matter what the money looks like. Holker is the only guy under contract that doesn't have a blown out knee.

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Yeah but the $275k you save is not going to fill his role either. Why pay him $17m to leave when you can pay him $17m to sit on IR and see if he get healthy.

I think they will try and do a restructure and have him take a pay cut. Like you said he is a 35 year old player coming off injury. His only market is NO and if he does leave is taking a massive pay cut anyways. I am sure the could work something out that reduces his overall cap hit this year, without putting more dead money on the books in the future and lets him finish out his career in NO. Pretty sure pay cut was what you suggested in your cap thread last week.