We knew there would be some hurdles in fitting Bradley Roby’s $8.9 million salary onto the New Orleans Saints’ books, and now we’ve seen how they managed it. NFL Network’s Field Yates reported Thursday morning that the Houston Texans agreed to restructure $7.6 million of Roby’s salary into a signing bonus — meaning his 2021 salary cap hit in New Orleans clocks in at just $1,862,645 (accounting for the Week 1 game check he’s lost to suspension).
This was confirmed by Texans beat reporter Aaron Wilson, who clarified that Houston didn’t do this out of goodwill; the Saints are expected to pay back multiple draft picks.