Saints' roster called 'impressive' by NFL executive after free agency spending
This roster is in a good spot for New Orleans.
Saints' roster called 'impressive' by NFL executive after free agency spending originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The New Orleans Saints have been struggling to get out of cap hit purgatory for a while now.
They've been managing to field semi-decent rosters, but this year, they've finally gotten over the hump. Not only are they now in a much healthier space cap-wise, but they've also made a lot of moves over the last year or so to field a good roster that can compete in the NFC South. One NFL executive, according to The Athletic's Mike Sando , even called the Saints' roster building "impressive" following their free agent decisions, both regarding their additions and subtractions.
Saints receive praise for 'impressive' roster construction "The Saints' build is impressive, I'll give them that," one NFL exec said. "Etienne is a fast guy who has juice on that turf. Losing Demario Davis and his leadership is tough.
We liked Alontae Taylor as well. Those defensive losses are huge, but they make sense. They are not trying to build around 30-year-olds.