The New Orleans Saints are the yearly scourge of those who watch salary cap numbers religiously, but don’t really know how it works. Khai Harley, their vice president of football administration, has made a name for himself for the ‘magic’ he works by keeping the Saints out of trouble every time the bell tolls.
Through practices such as higher than average signing bonuses as opposed to high salary numbers, spreading out the costs and utilizing void years the Saints are able to stretch the money out across longer periods of time so that it doesn’t affect them as much in the current math.
There are 10 Saints making over $5 million this season, but no one making over $15.1 million. There are a lot of players in that middle area rather than one star taking up all of the money. Here are those 10 players making more than that $5 million mark:
DE Cameron Jordan: $15,119,838
WR Michael Thomas: $14,253,588
CB Marshon Lattimore: $11,728,317
OT Ryan Ramczyk: $11,105,321
OG Andrus Peat: $8,846,000
RB Alvin Kamara: $8,157,000
LB Demario Davis: $7,608,000
QB Derek Carr: $7,200,000
TE Taysom Hill: $6,869,000
OT James Hurst: $6,761,000
