Congratulations @A_kamara6 & @demario__davis y’all earned it happy to know we will be teammates for some time now 🤞🏾. You know it’s one rule once you get the bag you got to go even harder! I know y’all good for it and it’s a few more where that came from. ⚜️
— Michael Thomas (@Cantguardmike) September 14, 2020
Shoutout the Saints front office you guys locked up some dogs! #respect
— Michael Thomas (@Cantguardmike) September 14, 2020
What was that about the salary cap? The New Orleans Saints have put on a master class in navigating that hurdle this season, so much so that one of their biggest moves flew under the radar until it was mentioned off-handedly during their Week 1 game broadcast.
The Saints signed linebacker Demario Davis to a three-year extension just hours after agreeing to a five-year contract with running back Alvin Kamara, and superstar wide receiver Michael Thomas was as happy as anyone could be to see his teammates get paid.
Thomas reached out to both players from his official Twitter account following Sunday’s season-opening win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, congratulating them on the good news. He also shouted out the Saints front office, which has seen salary cap guru Khai Hartley pull off one magic trick after another on G.M. Mickey Loomis’s direction.
The exact structure of these deals remains to be seen, but for now it’s just encouraging to see the Saints handle their top two priorities for the 2021 free agent class so soon. Even if the salary cap dips down as expected next summer, the Saints can rest easy knowing pillars of their organization like Thomas, Kamara, and Davis are tied to them for the long haul.
