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Drew Brees $26,400,000
Junior Galette $15,450,000
Jimmy Graham $11,000,000
Jahri Evans $11,000,000
Jairus Byrd $10,300,000
Marques Colston $9,700,000
Ben Grubbs $9,600,000
Curtis Lofton $9,250,000
Cameron Jordan $6,969,000
Brodrick Bunkley $6,112,500
David Hawthorne $6,010,000

Drew-Stays, with a little protection in the middle and a #1WR and his production jumps back up
Jr-Stays, still not yet in his prime, he could be humbled a bit more though
Jimmy-stays, he's tough to keep playing while injured but yet he does seem to be injured quite often and he would get that money else where
Jahri-cut, sorry Jahri but the last 2 years your production has gone down and your price has gone up
Byrd-stays obviously, can't wait to see him healthy and hopefully Ryan & Dennis Allen can maximize his abilities and Vaccaro's potential
Colston-cut, or shred his contract up and have him take a pay cut to about half of what he is making now...I love Colston as much as any Saints fan, but he is not a #1WR anymore and that's what this team has been missing the last 2 years
Grubbs-cut, has not earned his contract since he signed here
Lofton, stays
Jordan- stays obviously
Bunkley- cut, should never have been given that big of a contract
Hawthorned- cut, should have never been given that big of a contract

Cutting Evans saves $6m
Cutting Grubbs saves $3.6M
Cutting Bunkley saves $2.9M
Cutting Hawthorne saves $3M
That's $15.5M right there, and then see what can be done with Colston's contract, or possibly cut him and save $4.3M

Honestly if you take their names away and just look at their production, stats, and PFF scores then it would be an easy decision to cut Evans, Grubbs, Bunkley and Hawthorne without thinking twice....And looking at their production, it really wouldn't be very hard to match that production through a decent draft and much much cheaper free agents.......The real question is Colston...He's still producing sure, but he's not beating the defense's best CB anymore, he's not being a true #1WR anymore, so it all depends on if he would be willing to take a pay cut, which I hope he does