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Saints Cut Jahri Evans, David Hawthorne

NFL News
February 8, 2016

The Saints cut three players Monday, including All-Pro guard Jahri Evans and longtime linebacker David Hawthorne, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle tweets.

New Orleans also waived veteran linebacker Ramon Humber.

Evans started 153 games for the Saints since 2006 and was a four-time first-team All-Pro. Hawthorne started the majority of the past four seasons after signing with New Orleans in 2012. Humber, a linebacker, had been with the team for six seasons and started 18 games with the Saints since 2011.

The Saints entered the day with the worst salary cap situation in the NFL, being more than $9MM over the cap.

Evans’ release saves the Saints $3.2MM this season, according to ESPN.com’s Mike Triplett (on Twitter), but the 32-year-old guard still carries $5.1MM in dead money. He previously took a pay cut to remain with the team last year.

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