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

He didn't say what his end goal was and I don't think he plans 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.

Lattimore, to me, is a discussion about player health, availability, and happiness, along with an ability for us to get somewhat good compensation for him right before the wheels fall off more so than an indictment on team direction.

Lattimore wasn’t offering us much value anymore.