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Saints cut C.J. Spiller, are paying roughly $40M to players not on their roster

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C.J. Spiller is searching for his third team since the Bills drafted him No. 9 overall in 2010, but he at least got paid for the short amount of time he spent down in New Orleans.

As first reported by NFL Network's Rand Getlin, the Saints cut Spiller on Tuesday, despite already paying him a $1.55 million roster bonus, despite the fact that his $1.7 million salary was fully guaranteed. So, as ESPN's Field Yates pointed out, that means "the Saints are now carrying [roughly $40 million] of dead money on their 2016 salary cap.