Saints could get to $14.61 million under the cap without restructuring Derek Carr, after Saints salary cap potentially increases by $5M

Stalwart385 said

If you rely on the draft for all that you put yourself in a bad position. If you predetermine what you must draft you reach. Drafting well is the most paramount thing we can do right now.

To reduce the first year you need to sign long-term contracts. So 1-year deals aren't much of an option. Void years help but go against the whole premise of this. Even then you are looking at 3-5 mil per contract in the first year for any modest contract that has any guarantees.

Why do this to yourself? Just restructure Carr and give yourself breathing room. You're still set to rebuild in 2026 either way.

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The TE market is horrible this year that it makes Johnson looks like the top TE this year. If you try to get a DE/Edge, they will overpay unless they go bargain shopping. Bargain shopping has been what they have done the last few years to get back closer to the cap. I wasn’t saying a one year deal. I was saying in the first year of the deal. I think with Carr, in his first year he counted like 1.5 million his first year. They normally do something with signing bonus and incentives in the first year so they can fit contracts. Plus, this year’s draft is deep at WR, DE/edge, CB, RB and TE. They have 8 picks. They need cheap rookie contracts, not free agents.