New Orleans Saints Taysom Hill is set to be a post-June cut candidate to gain room under the salary cap.
The New Orleans Saints have their work cut out for them to get under the salary cap. Per OvertheCap they are currently over by $54-million. They will look to restructure and cut players to get under the salary cap. The Saints sound like they will be releasing their Swiss Army knife in Taysom Hill. The man can do it all, but coming off a season-ending injury in 2024, he will likely be a post-June cut to save the Saints $10 million this season. Hill is currently set to count for $18 million against the salary cap in 2025.
For fantasy, Taysom Hill is a player to look out for if he lands in a strong spot. He does have an uphill battle due to his season-ending injury, age, and a strong tight end class coming in. Hill is a special player so it’ll be smart for fantasy gamers to see where he lands.
Author: Jake Lewis (@Lewylewis5)
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New Orleans Saints TE Taysom Hill is out for the season with a torn ACL.
New Orlean Saints jack of all trades Taysom Hill is now out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL. He was just getting healthy and coming off a bye week. He blew up in Week 11 for 43 fantasy points. He can play everywhere, in his Week 11 he had 8 catches for 50 yards but dominated running the ball. He ended the game with 7 rushes for 138 yards and 3 touchdowns. Also, passed twice in the game too.
He will be truly missed for the Saints, as for fantasy hard to say how long he will miss next year with the injury occurring in Week 13 of this year. He very well could miss majority of next year too.
New Orleans Saints Taysom Hill is out but running back Alvin Kamara and wide receiver Rashid Shaheed are good to go.
Jack of all trades Taysom Hill is going to miss back-to-back weeks due to rib injury. This will also be the third game he has missed this season. This is major blow to the Saints in which they are starting Spencer Rattler this week due to Derek Carr being out as well. Hill could have been used in a wildcat formation or even on trick play too.
The Saints will however have starting running back Alvin Kamara and wide receiver Rashid Shaheed. They got taken off of the injury report on Friday. Look for the Saints to lean heavily on Kamara this week as they have rookie quarterback Spencer Rattler starting. Kamara is a must start this week since he will be used as a workhorse. Shaheed can be a streamer this week if needing someone to fill in due to injuries or byes.
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Drafters can expect Taysom Hill to be used in a variety of ways not seen prior to 2024.
Saints head coach Dennis Allen recently told reporters that Taysom Hill will “do a lot of stuff” in 2024. This aligns with everything we’ve been hearing during the offseason.
On various best ball platforms, Taysom Hill is listed as a tight end. Taysom Hill provides a distinct advantage as a cheat code in settings where he can be placed in the tight end roster spot. It is particularly interesting and to be noted that Dennis Allen has a pattern of publicly criticizing his players and lamenting improvements needed. Dennis Allen promoting Taysom Hill is notable.
Taysom Hill is listed as a tight end on Drafters and Drafkings while the FFPC awaits and needs an official depth chart. For redraft, keep an eye out on Sleeper where Taysom Hill has quarterback and tight end eligibility. Of note, UnderDog lists Hill solely as a quarterback, making him more viable for superflex contests.
In what could be a Michael Lewis story on salary cap management, the Saints free up much needed cap room by converting Taysom Hill’s 2024 salary into a signing bonus.
The Saints have restructured Taysom Hill’s contract in order to free up $6.5 million of cap space. The Saints did so by converting $8.79 million of Taysom Hill’s 2024 salary towards a signing bonus.
The maneuvering and manipulation of the salary cap by the New Orleans Saints can either be deemed highly impressive or fiscally irresponsible. The Saints have always wanted to keep their window of competing wide open. The moves to stay compliant within the salary cap structure have always been curious to say the least. There will be a day of reckoning when the Saints won’t be able to keep up with kicking the can down the road and they have to fully rebuild, but their moves this offseason indicate they are not close to giving into a reset.
Given the recent news of running back Alvin Kamara being dissatisfied with his current contract, this move may signal some work towards making things well with their star player. At the very least, the $6.5 million of cap space is a step in the right direction for a Saints front office that continues to wriggle through choppy salary cap waters.
Taysom Hill is once again being deployed as a tight end in Saints organized team activities.
It is post Memorial Day Weekend and the fantasy football universe is getting some distinctive news regarding Saints weapon Taysom Hill. Jeff Nowak on X reports that Taysom Hill has been working with the tight ends during Saints organized team activities.
Last year was a fiasco and sore subject amongst fantasy gamers as Taysom Hill’s positional status changed on some platforms late in the drafting season. Currently, Taysom Hill is listed as a tight end on Drafters and Draftkings while the FFPC awaits and needs an official depth chart. UnderDog will likely remain unchanged. The key area and focus for fantasy gamers will be in hoping there is consistency across the drafting season and each respective platform.
The benefit to having Taysom Hill eligible to be listed as a tight end is that he is deployed in all offensive positions allowing him to serve as a legal cheat code when listed on fantasy platforms as a tight end. Being that tight end is the weakest area of output for fantasy football points, Hill being listed as a tight end will create a rejuvenation in both strategy and further filling out a position seeing the beginnings of a rebirth. You should be clicking Taysom Hill’s name late and often on platforms where he is listed as a tight end.
