The decision to acquire San Francisco 49ers linebacker Kwon Alexander on the eve of the NFL trade deadline has put the New Orleans Saints past another salary cap milestone. They’re now counting more than $276 million on the books for 2021, when the salary cap is projected to be $175 million. That’s going to result in many, many difficult decisions for New Orleans.
They were already flirting with unprecedented territory before trading for Alexander; but now his $13.4 million salary cap hit is on the books. But as large as that mountain appears to be at first blush, the climb to the summit isn’t nearly as difficult as many fear.