Instead of releasing Ramczyk and saving $11M for example, I expect them to extend and restructure. He'll probably get a 4 yr/$76M deal with the first year's salary almost entirely in signing bonus, and converting his 2021 salary to signing bonus as well.

That saves them about $5M (as opposed to $11M) but also pushes the pain off down the road.

They'll probably do similar with Lattimore to make up the difference, but they can't do that with everyone because it wouldn't be enough to get under the cap. They've been pushing it off a year at a time and letting it get bigger and bigger each year. With Brees leaving, wouldn't surprise me if they just ate it 2021 or maybe 2022