The New Orleans Saints, needing to trim at least $15 million off their salary cap, reportedly restructured the contract of veteran wide receiver Marques Colston on Friday.

Defensive tackle Brodrick Bunkley also reportedly took a pay cut to remain on the team.

Colston was due to make $6.9 million and count $9.7 million against the $143.3 million cap, which takes effect Tuesday. Bunkley was due $4.4 million, with a cap hit of $6.1 million.

Colston, 31, is the franchise leader with 666 catches for 9,239 yards over nine seasons. Last season, he caught 59 passes for 902 yards and five touchdowns.

Bunkley, 31, started 11 games in 2014 before a quadriceps injury ended his season. A first-round pick by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2006, Bunkley has played the past three years in New Orleans.

The Saints also re-signed safety Jamarca Sanford to a one-year contract Friday.

Sanford, a seventh-round pick by the Minnesota Vikings in 2009, played for the Vikings for five years before splitting time between the Washington Redskins and Saints last season.

Those moves came a day after the team cut longtime running back Pierre Thomas. The Saints also reportedly are shopping linebacker Curtis Lofton, who is scheduled to make $7.25 million in 2015, including a $4.5 million roster bonus.