METAIRIE, La. – The New Orleans Saints just made another large cash deposit straight into the garbage disposal on Tuesday, releasing running back C.J. Spiller after guaranteeing him $9 million over the past 18 months.
The move itself isn’t a total shock at this point – especially after the Saints made Spiller a healthy inactive in Week 1. For whatever reason, he never seemed to earn the faith of coach Sean Payton on the football field, even when he appeared healthier this summer.
But what is absolutely stunning is how much “dead money” the Saints have managed to compile with bad contracts and poor spending decisions over the past few years.