The Black & Gold brain trust continues to chip away to get under the salary cap.
This time the Saints are restructuring the contract of Wil Lutz to save $1.7 million in space this year.
The kicker inked a five-year, $20.25 million extension before the 2019 season and was set to make a base salary of $3.1 million this season but will now have some of that converted into a signing bonus.
The Saints also reworked defensive tackle David Onyemata’s deal while releasing guard Nick Easton and tight ends Josh Hill and Jared Cook in search of cap relief.
The original 2021 projected salary cap was about $185 million.