Khai Harley, Mickey Loomis, and co. in the New Orleans Saints front office are getting to work.

With an important free agency period and the 2026 NFL Draft around the corner, the Saints are making sure they have som room to maneuver in order to improve Kellen Moore’s roster for 2026 and beyond.

Saints restructure multiple key veteran players

According to reports, the Saints have already restructured some different veteran players, ahead of free agency opening next week.

• TE Juwan Johnson
• RB Alvin Kamara
  • “The Saints are using a mechanism to count $10.155 million of Alvin Kamara’s base salary as a signing bonus for cap purposes. It saves $8.124M on the 2026 cap for now, while keeping their options open on Kamara’s contract and status moving forward.” — Tom Pelissero
• S Justin Reid
• EDGE Chase Young

So, with Kamara, the Saints used the 50% rule, which they can do when the second year salary is less than the first.

Kamara's salary next year is listed at $1.345M, which means they were able to prorate $10.155M this year on the books.

Works like a signing bonus on the books,…

— Nick Underhill (@nick_underhill) March 6, 2026

New Orleans will have the space to be more aggressive in free agency

Via OverTheCap.com, the Saints are already sitting pretty with $20 million in current cap space. That number can still increase, given any more restructures, contract voids, and other shifts. The Saints are expected to be more aggressive on the free agent market this offseason than recent years past.

Saints are already under the salary cap after the restructures of Young, Reid and Johnson. In good shape even if they wind up absorbing all the dead money from Cam, Demario, Taysom and Foster

A Carr cap credit and about $10M in carryover from 2025 will kick in before league year

— Mike Triplett (@MikeTriplett) March 5, 2026

New Orleans needs to address their interior offensive line, wide receiver, and potentially running back during free agency. On defense, pass rusher, cornerback, and linebacker may be the three biggest areas for improvement in upside and depth.

Keep in mind that the Saints do have a plethora of draft capital as well. They may try to swing a trade or two to acquire proven, experienced talent that can help their young players succeed going forward.

Regardless, it sounds like New Orleans believes in Kellen Moore’s plan with Tyler Shough at QB and want to attack an opportunity to win a comparatively weak NFC South in the near future.

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