There isn’t a team that manages the salary cap more creatively than the New Orleans Saints, who use clever contract structuring and payout loopholes to maximize their resources. But where do they rank in positional spending around the league?
Over The Cap has a positional spending table which plots out the Saints’ salary cap commitments at each group. For a team stocked with many aging veterans and recent free agent acquisitions, they rank just inside the top half of the league at many positions.
Here’s a look at how the Saints’ spending stacks up on both offense and defense:
Quarterback: $12,742,000
NFL rank: 20th
Running back: $12,857,000
NFL rank: 9th
Wide receiver: $28,052,579
NFL rank: 13th
Tight end: $13,520,073
Rank: 11th
Offensive line: $44,135,112
NFL rank: 14th
Offense: $111,306,764
NFL rank: 13th
Defensive tackle: $5,640,000
NFL rank: 32nd
Defensive end: $25,518,675
NFL rank: 14th
Linebacker: $14,244,359
Rank: 13th
Safety: $11,372,225
Rank: 11th
Cornerback: $23,514,488
NFL rank: 12th
Defense: $80,289,747
Rank: 26th
