NFL

Let me preface this by saying a.) this should probably be an off season type post, and b.) I know very little about the cap structure in the NFL.

We have all heard in the last few years about the Saints being in “cap hell” because they keep “kicking the can down the road.” Looking at Spotrac, NO has negative $87 million in cap space for next year, basically double the next closest team (LAC). I know teams can create cap space by either restructuring a contract (backloading a contract to create cap space in short term by reducing cap space in long term) or trading/releasing/waiving a player (and eating any dead cap). Haven’t they extensively restructured players’ contracts already? Do they have any ability to “kick the can down the road” anymore? And regarding trading/waiving/releasing players, this seems unlikely with any big contract players because of their dead cap hit, correct?

Can someone give me a rundown on what next year will look like for them? Either specific players’ contracts or in gerneral. Thanks.