Saints Chop More Cap, Restructure Jameis Winston

The Saints continue to get in some work ahead of the offseason with another contract restructure.
In this story:

The Saints have not wasted any time making dents in their salary cap overage going into next season, having already restructured Marshon Lattimore's contract recently. According to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler, you can add another in there with quarterback Jameis Winston.

Today is Winston's 30th birthday, and he has reportedly agreed to a restructure to help with the team's salary cap situation. It will add two years to his existing contract, but will not mess with his impending free agency when the new league year rolls around. Per the report, it will void early in the new league year to allow for cap proration.

Saints Final Injury Report | Week 18

This does leave the door open for New Orleans to get a new deal done for Winston, as they'll have some time to figure it out. Naturally, this will depend heavily on what he wants to do. Winston could find a more ideal situation that would allow him to be more in line for a starting position, as they'll be plenty of quarterback positions open following this year. Winston has been a tremendous teammate and extremely positive presence in the locker room since arriving in New Orleans in 2020. 


Published
John Hendrix
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