Saints Restructure Contract of Tyrann Mathieu

New Orleans gets more cap space by restructuring the contract of Tyrann Mathieu.

John Hendrix | Feb 24, 2023

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The Saints continue to chop away at their salary cap overage with just over three weeks to the new league season. According to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero, Tyrann Mathieu's contract is the latest restructure for New Orleans. The move clears $4.668 million in space for the team.

Mathieu originally signed a three-year, $28.3 million deal with the team last year in free agency. He was certainly a strong presence for the defense and had a strong back half of the year. New Orleans has now cleared just over $31.4 million in space through five players.

Making Way for the Cap

Marcus Maye - $4.9M
Erik McCoy - $10M
Ryan Ramczyk - $10.336M
Wil Lutz - $1.5M (contract lowered from $3.4M base)
Tyrann Mathieu - $4.668M

The Saints could still look at the deals for Cam Jordan and Marshon Lattimore and restructure them to provide more cap space. Taysom Hill and Demario Davis could be other candidates. They're not too far off from getting where they need to be for compliance, but will undoubtedly need to create some room for free agency and their draft class.

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Published Feb 24, 2023

JOHN HENDRIX

I officially started covering the New Orleans Saints & other NFL topics in 2011. My work has been featured on various outlets over the years. I worked closely with Skyhorse Publishing in Fall 2018 to update the book, Tales From the New Orleans Saints Sidelines, which filled in all Saints material from the 2013-2017 seasons. Prior to joining Saints News Network, I served as the Managing Editor of SB Nation's Canal Street Chronicles for 3.5 years, and before that with FanSided's Who Dat Dish as the Managing Editor for several years. I have also had experiences of being a freelance Saints reporter for The Sun Herald in Biloxi, MS and a contributing writer for WDSU, a local NBC TV station in New Orleans. I have appeared on a vast amount of TV and Radio shows, both nationally and locally. For tips, comments, or suggestions, please contact me at johnhendrix@saintsnews.net