Alvin Kamara turns into newest Saints participant to restructure contract forward of free company, per report

The New Orleans Saints are working frantically to get beneath the wage cap by the beginning of the brand new league yr subsequent week, and located a strategy to save important quantities of wage cap house. On Friday, a day after it was reported that defensive ends Cameron Jordan and Tanoh Kpassagnon restructured their contracts, Alvin Kamara restructured his present contract with the group, in response to ESPN’s Area Yates. 

The Saints transformed $10.5 million of Kamara’s 2022 compensation right into a signing bonus, thus creating $8.4 million in cap house. The restructures of Jordan and Kpassagnon created $12.4 million in wage cap house. At $45.2 million over the wage cap earlier than the strikes, the Saints try to get beneath the wage cap by March 16. 

A Professional Bowler in every of his first 5 seasons in New Orleans, Kamara endured his least productive season thus far in 2021. Final season, his first with out quarterback Drew Brees beneath heart, Kamara rushed for simply 3.7 yards per carry. He additionally caught simply 47 passes after catching not less than 80 balls in every of his first 4 seasons. Kamara, who missed 4 video games final season as a consequence of harm, nonetheless managed to common over 102 all-purpose yards per recreation whereas serving to the Saints end the yr with a successful report. 

Jordan completed with 48 pressures and 12.5 sacks final season, incomes his fifth consecutive Professional Bowl berth. He recorded his fourth double-digit sack season and has 107 sacks in his profession. Jordan completed with 55 tackles and 22 quarterback hits, anchoring a Saints defensive position that completed eighth within the NFL with 46 sacks final yr. 

Kpassagnon had 14 pressures and 4 sacks for the Saints final season in a reserve position, taking part in 213 defensive snaps. He additionally had 18 tackles and eight quarterback hits. Kpassagnon has a cap variety of $3,250,000 in 2022, the ultimate yr of his contract.