Saints making a push to sign Cooper Kupp [Cooper Kupp signs with Seahawks to a 3-year, $45 million deal]

The have to fill a roster next season. OTC currently reflects $22 million in space in 2026 with 33 players under contract. Of those, 7 are league minimum futures contracts. So, that leaves 26 players. So, they need to fill half a roster with that space. Young, Reid, and Yiadom are not in that number, so likely will soon be negative. It is still way too early to project where we will stand when the 2026 league year begins, but will likely still need a good bit of work.
Looks like like once Young's contract gets added, almost all of the 2026 cap space will be gone-