New Orleans Saints Free Agency Tracker, Rumors and News For New NFL Season
The new NFL League Year is right around the corner, as the 'legal tampering' period opens on Monday ahead of the start of things on Wednesday afternoon. Over the next couple of months, we'll get many answers to our questions when it comes to the Saints in what figures to be a pivotal year in New Orleans.
As always around this time of year, we bring you a one-stop shop when it comes to the Saints and free agency with our tracker. Here you'll find all of the latest and greatest when it comes to moves, rumors and any relevant information for the black and gold.
We've mentioned this previously, but we don't anticipate the Saints to go for some of the big prizes in free agency when it opens. The team is managing their cap situation and were beneficiaries of the salary cap rising. New Orleans will look to re-sign a good bit of their guys and possibly make moves similar to last offseason.
2024 Saints Free Agency Tracker
Oct 15, 2023; Houston, Texas, USA; New Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis (56) and quarterback Derek Carr (4) prepare to walk onto the field before the game against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 15, 2023; Houston, Texas, USA; New Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis (56) and quarterback Derek Carr (4) prepare to walk onto the field before the game against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
Projected Cap Space - $18,637,058 (As of 3/16, 9:38AM CT)
Top Needs: Wide Receiver, Offensive Line, Pass Rusher, Safety, Linebacker
Players Lost: Lonnie Johnson Jr. (Texans), Zack Baun (Eagles), Jameis Winston (Browns), Malcolm Roach (Broncos), Isaac Yiadom (49ers)
Saints Free Agent Player Tracker
Visits and player movement are below.
- Michael Thomas, WR, 31 (Void Years)
- Andrus Peat, OL, 31 (Void Years)
Jameis Winston, QB, 30 (Void Years)- Signing with the Browns.- Trai Turner, RG, 31
- Jimmy Graham, TE, 38
Lonnie Johnson, DB, 29- Signing with the Texans.Isaac Yiadom, CB, 28- Signing with the 49ers.Zack Baun, LB, 28- Signing with the Eagles.- Cameron Erving, OT, 32
- Max Garcia, OG, 33
- Ty Summers, LB, 29
- Ugo Amadi, DB, 27
Malcolm Roach, DT, 26- Signing with the Broncos.- Kyle Phillips, DE, 27
- Johnathan Abram, DB, 28
- Keith Kirkwood, WR, 31
- Andrew Dowell, LB, 28
- Eno Benjamin, RB, 25
- Marcus Maye, S, 31 - Visiting the Titans.
- Lynn Bowden, WR, 27 (RFA) - Will not be tagged.
- Adam Prentice, FB, 27 (RFA) - Re-signed by team.
- P.J. Mustipher, DL, 25 (ERFA)
- Ryan Connelly, LB, 29 (SFA)
Re-Signings, Extensions, Contract Items
- 3/15 - James Hurst - Reworked contract that lowers his base salary to $1.21 million, was previously $2.71 million. His new cap number goes from $2.971 million to $6.5 million. (article)
- 3/13 - Adam Prentice - Team announced that he's been re-signed. He will compete with Zander Horvath in training camp. (article)
- 3/13 - Ryan Ramczyk - Reworked contract that gives him $6.5 million in guarantees with extra incentives, but lowers the base significantly for 2024. (source)
- 3/11 - Demario Davis - Reworked deal that puts him in New Orleans for the next seasons. Reportedly a two-year, $17.25 million deal with $13.25 million in guarantees. (source | article)
- 3/8 - Rashid Shaheed - Tendered as ERFA. (article)
- 3/7 - Tyrann Mathieu - Reworked contract that will keep him in New Orleans for the next two seasons. (article | interview)
New Players
- 3/15 - Stanley Morgan Jr., WR (article)
- 3/14 - Cedric Wilson, WR (source | article); Two-year deal.
- 3/14 - Nathan Peterman, QB (source | article); One-year deal for league minimum.
- 3/12 - Willie Gay, LB (source | article); One-year deal worth a max of $5 million.
- 3/7 - Zander Horvath, FB (article); It's a two-year deal with a $915K base in 2024 and $1.03M base in 2025.
Reported Free Agent Visits
- 3/15 - Chase Young's visit to the Saints has been rescheduled.
- 3/12 - The Saints are expected to host defensive end Chase Young on a visit, as well as the Panthers. He visits New Orleans on Friday. (source | article)
- 3/11 - Former Eagles cornerback Avonte Maddox is expected to visit the Saints. (source | article)
Latest Saints Rumors and News
- 3/15 - Isaac Yiadom has signed a one-year deal with the 49ers. It's a fairly big loss for the Saints. Yiadom was a strong special teams player and got starts at corner due to injury, finishing Top-10 in pass breakups last season. New Orleans really needs to make sure they keep Marshon Lattimore.
- 3/14 - Isaac Yiadom is visiting the Commanders on Thursday, and other teams are reportedly in the mix. (source); Marcus Maye is drawing interest from several teams, but will visit with the Titans on Monday. (source)
- 3/13 - Michael Thomas and Jameis Winston have both been designated as post-June 1 releases. Andrus Peat is also officially a free agent. (article)
- 3/13 - Hunter Renfrow has been released by the Raiders. We fully expect the Saints to be interested, as it's hardly a surprise at this point.
- 3/12 - Saints have terminated the contract of Marcus Maye.
- 3/12 - Malcolm Roach heads to the Broncos to reunite with Sean Payton on a two-year, $8 million deal.
- 3/11 - Browns are reportedly interested in Jameis Winston as a backup to Deshaun Watson. He signed a one-year deal with Cleveland that is worth up to $8.7 million.
- 3/11 - Lonnie Johnson Jr. said via his personal social media account that he's going to be a free agent. He notes that the two sides tried but couldn't get a deal done. He later announced that he signed with the Texans.
- The Saints could be looking at the offensive line to get them across the finish line for cap space and also creating space. Look at James Hurst and Ryan Ramczyk.
- 3/10 - Saints will not be tendering Lynn Bowden Jr., who was a RFA. He could be an option to return, but is also recovering from offseason surgery. (article)
- 3/9 - A report emerged that the Saints were looking to trade Demario Davis in addition to Marshon Lattimore. On Davis, was told that wasn't happening.
- 2/29 - New Orleans will be releasing Marcus Maye. (article)
- Former receiver Deonte Harty was recently released by the Bills and was spotted in New Orleans. As of right now, nothing is in the works.
- Michael Thomas is obviously not expected to be back with the Saints. The whole 'releasing' concept might be stemmed from a future guaranteed bonus of $119M triggering if he's on the roster 3/15. He was always expected to be a free agent.
- The door is not closed on Jameis Winston returning, but we anticipate him testing the market.
- It's honestly a toss-up with regards to Marshon Lattimore being traded, but New Orleans still views him highly. This isn't a C.J. Gardner-Johnson situation, so there's no rush to do any type of trade if they wanted to.
- Defensive Tackle Malcolm Roach will test the market, but could be a candidate to return.
- The team is interested in re-signing Johnathan Abram, Lonnie Johnson Jr. and Isaac Yiadom.
- Taysom Hill and Alvin Kamara are both expected to be apart of the offensive plans in 2024, so it would be absolutely stunning to see either of them get traded. Jamaal Williams also sounds like he's going to be back in.
- As of right now, there's no plans to swap Trevor Penning from the left tackle spot. That could absolutely change, but the team is going to keep him there for the foreseeable future.
Restructures
Candidates: Taysom Hill ($6.6 million), Alvin Kamara ($8 million)
- Cam Jordan (2/29)
- Carl Granderson (2/26)
- Nathan Shepherd (2/24)
- Cesar Ruiz (2/23)
- Derek Carr (2/23)
- Erik McCoy (2/22)
- Jameis Winston (1/6)
- Marshon Lattimore (1/3)
Saints 2024 Draft Picks
- Round 1, 14th Overall
- Round 2 (via Broncos), 45th Overall
- Round 5, 149th Overall
- Round 5 (Compensatory), 167th Overall
- Round 5 (Compensatory), 169th Overall
- Round 5 (Compensatory), 174th Overall
- Round 6, 189th Overall
- Round 6 (via Eagles), 198th Overall
- Round 7 (via Rams), 239th Overall
Saints Free Agency Hub
