The New Orleans Saints are always creative in structuring contracts so that they can easily find salary cap space later on down the road, but sometimes they have to ask veteran players to restructure their deals or simply take a pay cut. That was the case on Tuesday when the team approached two projected starters, linebacker Kiko Alsono and cornerback Patrick Robinson, to adjust their contracts.
The first restructuring came for Alonso, who NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported agreed to lower his $8.7 million salary cap hit by earning it back through bonuses for playing time — much preferable to being released and trying to land with a new team.