The New Orleans Saints , the team known around the NFL as the team that is always in salary cap hell, may actually begin the 2026 offseason with a very manageable hill to climb.

After a series of restructures and contract changes, the Saints were left with around $25 million to spend this offseason and now, that number has grown. Following the retirements of Derek Carr being officially processed on June 1, New Orleans will now have close to $30 million in cap space, which will likely be used for rollover the soften the blow of 2026.

In an article from OverTheCap.com :

“The team set to gain the most cap room should be the Saints when they officially retire Derek Carr and Ryan Ramczyk. Carr has a $20.46 million cap charge which will drop to either $13.458 million or $19.207 million de

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