The Saints’ future first-ballot Hall of Fame quarterback has a much simpler offseason path than that of the Patriots. With Tom Brady uncertain to come back to New England, thus hitting the Pats with dead money via the void-years tactic the franchise used last summer, fellow free agent Drew Brees will return to the Saints and looks set to help them out on the latter front.
Brees plans to re-sign with the Saints before the March 18 start of the new league year, Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano of ESPN.com report (ESPN+ link). This would help the Saints, who used void years to create cap space on Brees’ most recent deal. No extension talks have transpired yet, but the sides will certainly huddle up soon.
If Brees does not agree to a new Saints pact by 3 p.m. Central Time March 18th, the Saints would be hit with $5.4 million in dead money on their 2020 cap sheet. New Orleans finalizing a Brees extension before then would keep a $10.8 million cap charge on its 2021 books but leave Brees’ dead money out of the 2020 equation. The Saints, as usual, reside near the bottom in available funds. They hold just more than $9 million in cap space.
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Originally posted on Pro Football Rumors By Sam Robinson | Last updated 3/2/2
