It takes only 10 restructures, or 8 restructures and 2 paycuts, to become cap compliant. That isn’t most of the team. Cam and Taysom are guaranteed to be approached for paycuts according to NOF’s latest article. Saints have usually restructured about 10 players each offseason.
An additional 2 restructures and 2 releases, all single digit salaries, also puts the Saints under the cap by over 10M. It’s not damaging at all to 6/1-cut Carr if that’s the option Kellen Moore decided to go at QB.
The team can create immediate double digit positive cap space for key signings through other restructures while 31M potentially arrives on 6/2 for later moves. Between a third to half of that potential post 6/1 cap space could also carry over into 2026 cap to cover the dead money from the 6/1 release. That allows the projected 40-65M 2026 cap space to not be affected by a possible 2025 cut as much.