Saints converted over $8 million of Marcus Davenport’s $9.553 million base salary into a signing bonus to create $6.8144M in 2022 salary cap space, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 15, 2022
The New Orleans Saints have just created more salary cap space by restructuring defensive end Marcus Davenport’s contract, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Over $8 million of Davenport’s base salary for the 2022 NFL season was converted to a signing bonus and, for the most part, deferred until next season for accounting purposes.