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Getty Images The deadline for NFL teams to use the franchise tag has passed, and 10 players got tagged this year. One player, Dak Prescott, got the exclusive franchise tag, although Prescott and the Cowboys have already agreed to a long-term contract extension. Nine players got the...

Getty Images The Saints have had a lot of work to do to get in compliance with the salary cap. But they’re still utilizing the franchise tag to keep one of their key defensive players. According to several reports, New Orleans has tagged safety Marcus Williams, keeping him in the fold for the...

Getty Images Well, Russell Wilson won’t be traded to the Cowboys, not with Dak Prescott doing a four-year deal. But that doesn’t mean the situation in Seattle is under contract. Case in point: Via NBC Sports Northwest, the Seahawks recently sent a letter to second-ticket holders. The letter...

Getty Images The Saints restructured the contracts of linebacker Demario Davis and defensive end Cameron Jordan over the weekend, saving the team $13.44 million against the cap this season. They also have restructured the contracts of Drew Brees, Wil Lutz and David Onyemata this offseason. And...

USA TODAY Sports As a sense of unease and dysfunction hovers over the relationship between Russell Wilson and the Seahawks, a persistent question emerges regarding the aftermath of a potential trade. If Wilson goes, who replaces him at quarterback? The Seahawks don’t keep a highly-competent...

Getty Images The Bears need to upgrade the quarterback position. They’re reportedly planning to make a run for the ultimate potential upgrade: Russell Wilson. The mutual interest makes plenty of sense. The Bears haven’t had a true franchise quarterback since Sid Luckman. Wilson, in turn, wants...

Getty Images The Saints remain well over the 2021 salary cap, but they’re chipping away at it. Today they’ve reached agreements with linebacker Demario Davis and defensive end Cameron Jordan to restructure their contracts, according to multiple reports. Jordan was scheduled to have an $18.9...

Getty Images Ty Montgomery will stay with the Saints in 2021. Montgomery, the versatile running back, wide receiver and kick returner, has signed a one-year deal with the Saints, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports. Last year Montgomery spent most of the season inactive or on injured...

Getty Images The Saints’ work to get under the salary cap will include the release of punter Thomas Morstead. The team announced the move on Thursday. Morstead spent the last 12 seasons with the team. “The experience I’ve had with the Saints, there’s not one part of it that I would complain...

Getty Images The Saints announced their 2021 coaching staff on Thursday, notably promoting Ronald Curry to quarterbacks coach. Curry has been with New Orleans since 2016, first serving as an offensive assistant before his promotion to wide receivers coach in 2018. He’s replacing Joe Lombardi...

Getty Images The cap-strapped Saints have created some space by restructuring kicker Wil Lutz‘s deal. Lutz, who has three years remaining on his current deal, converted most of his base salary into signing bonus to save $1.74 million in cap space this season, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL...

Getty Images Tight end Jared Cook was set to become a free agent when his contract voids later this month, but the Saints moved to drop him from their roster ahead of that point. Wednesday’s transaction wire shows that the Saints have terminated Cook’s contract. The procedural move ends his...

Getty Images The Saints are looking for ways to open up cap space and they created a little bit by reworking defensive tackle David Onyemata‘s contract. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team has converted some of Onyemata’s $7 million base salary to a signing bonus. The move will add...

Getty Images Last week, agent Mark Rodgers said that client Russell Wilson: (1) has not asked to be traded; (2) wants to stay in the Seattle; and (3) in the event he were to be traded, he’d accept a trade to the Raiders, Bears, Cowboys, or Saints. That clear signal to the Raiders, Bears...

Getty Images The Saints have brought back defensive end Noah Spence on a one-year deal. According to multiple reports, Spence re-signed for the league minimum of $990,000. The defensive end joined the Saints late in the 2019 season, and re-upped with the club last March. But he tore his ACL...

Getty Images Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is willing to accept a trade to the Saints. Multiple Saints players are more than willing to accept Russell Wilson. Saints receiver Michael Thomas quickly made his views known on Twitter when the news broke last week. Appearing Tuesday on ESPN...

Getty Images The Saints have work to do in order to get under the salary cap and they are reportedly considering a move involving defensive tackle Malcom Brown. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team has had trade conversations involving Brown. Brown signed with the Saints two years...

USA TODAY Sports On Monday morning, NFL.com posted an item from David Carr in which he suggests that the four teams on Russell Wilson‘s short list should have called the Seahawks “yesterday” about a trade. Curiously, one of those four teams — the Raiders — currently employs David Carr’s younger...

Getty Images The following are PFT’s top 100 free agents for the start of the 2021 league year. The rankings include prospective unrestricted free agents, as well as released players. The list will be updated as events warrant, with signings, tags and re-signings denoted when announced and/or...