Most likely accomplished this way: Brees agreed to drop his base salary for 2021 to the league minimum (the salary is moot with retirement on the horizon).

This allows the Saints the $24M in wiggle room (they'll need all of it) to utilize before June 1 in free agency. https://t.co/zBg4i4c1Uk

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) February 6, 2021