Saints Restructure Marshon Lattimore

Marshon Lattimore was the top cap hit for the Saints entering 2022, and his contract has been restructured to give the team a good bit of salary cap relief.

John Hendrix | Mar 12, 2022

The Saints are nearly in compliance with the NFL's salary cap. A Saturday morning report by NFL Network's Ian Rapoport has revealed that New Orleans picked up an additional $18.45 million in space by restructuring the contract of cornerback Marshon Lattimore.

Every year we hear about how the Saints are in 'salary cap hell', but they manage to find a way. It was a lot more straightforward this season, as they have restructured their top six cap hits to now be just about $5 million away from balancing the books.

It was just last September that Lattimore signed a massive five-year contract extension with the Saints that was worth up to $100 million. He had a $15 million roster bonus due, and was the top hit against the cap in 2022. Needless to say, him restructuring made a ton of sense. The team turned his base salary into a signing bonus, according to Rapoport.

New Orleans can still tweak some more contracts to create space to spend in free agency, and we'll see how they tackle it over the next few days with them still needing to figure out their quarterback situation and various other positions.

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Published Mar 12, 2022

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