According to Nick Underhill of neworleans.football, the New Orleans Saints have signed their draft class.
This is obviously a big update for the team, however, the bigger news however comes in addition. As of this morning, according to the NFL Players Association website, the Saints sit at only $348K of salary cap space.
Earlier projections expected that New Orleans would need around $2.5M in order to get their six-player draft class under contract.
Now that the league is beyond June 1st, the Saints could have made Drew Brees’ retirement financially official.