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By Nick Underhill | The Advocate
Alex Okafor's contract was updated in late December with language that automatically voids his the final year of his contract, according to a league source.
The Saints defensive end earned the right to opt out of his contract by finishing with three sacks. To reach free agency, his contract previously stated that he had to give written notice to the club. It will now instead automatically void on the final day of the league year, the source said.
The language changed in a December renegotiation which was executed to pay Okafor a $400,000 sack bonus even though he came up one shy of reaching the five needed for it to be paid out.
Okafor initially signed with the Saints in 2017 as a free agent and picked up 4½ sacks before suffering a torn Achilles tendon in November. ...
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