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

St. Geezy said
He didn’t say exactly what his end goal was. I have taken the tea leaves to mean they just want to get back to a certain mean level to where things are manageable. They got reckless with the Carr deal and had to dial it back a bit. I don’t think getting back to a traditional cap management format is necessarily the goal.

You have to have a 4+ year outlook with the cap and they saw a situation coming that needed to be amended a bit…at least that’s what I got out of it.

He didn't say what his end goal was and I don't think he plans to move to a completely conventional management of the cap, but his actions have shown that he isn't where he wants to be yet. You don't trade Lattimore if you are happy with your cap position and are all in on winning now. Maybe they have completely changed that plan since last offseason, but I highly doubt it.