Kellen Moore, head coach of the New Orleans Saints, is facing a wall of uncertainty just as the team limps toward December. Their 12-year veteran WR Brandin Cooks was set to be released, the team announced earlier this week. An exit agreed upon by both him and the front office. However, what was supposed to be a clean break for Cooks has now become a headache for the Saints.

As per Pro Football Talk’s reports, the Saints management modified Cooks’s contract to let him leave, but the changes didn’t just save $1.69 million. Instead, they accidentally triggered red flags in league offices. The revised deal boosted Cooks’s pay to $5.94 million for 2026, making the contract nearly impossible for another team to claim on waivers.

It was a clever move, borrowing a page from the Odell B

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