Saints key free agents going into next season

7-9 next year

Great break down...keep everyone on a team friendly contract but AnalZone. Genius!

I'm just going to let the dust settle where it may after the league year starts

like I'm preparing myself for EVERY important player we have to be elsewhere next season, esp. if Drew retires

I'm getting mentally ready for a complete and total rebuild where the roster we had today looks absolutely nothing like week 1 next season

Williams is the only must keep. He's the primary reason Allen can run his scheme. Hendrickson would be nice obviously but I'm not overpaying for a such a poor run defending, one year wonder.

Saints in cap hell for the next 3 years. It gonna take a huge effort to get this team out of the shitter.

They're not keeping him anyway when you look at the cost on franchise tag.

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Winston- a must sign now

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no he's not, but given the price he may come at, he may be our best option, as we are in cap hell right now....

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Henrickson- you gotta secure your sack leader. Earned his money

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I'd agree with this, but I just don't see how we can justify paying him, given our cap situation, to be a rotational DE for us, unless we are shopping Jordan and/or Davenport....

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Rankins- need to keep at a good price to plug the middle

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easily replaceable, as we've done very well at finding DT's (Tyeler Davison, Taylor Stallworth, Shy Tuttle, etc.) and they've actually been just as productive and less injury prone than Rankins.... think we are set with Onyemata and Tuttle, tbh

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Marcus Williams- no replacement on team so need to keep him at a favorable contract

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this fan base is so up and down about this dude, it's crazy... one year, he's the scapegoat, next year he's a key piece of our D, etc.... I think he's got his best years ahead of him, but may cost too much, depending on what we do at other positions...

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PJ- he has earned his keep

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say what? PJ has had like maybe 2 or 3 good/decent games in his entire career for us.... not nearly enough to justify keeping his sorry arse around....

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Anzalone- guess we can let this one slip away

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addition by subtraction with this one.... let him sit on someone else's IR for a change...

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Robertson- special team phenom. Earning 2 mil now. Keep at a discount

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dude is going to be 33.... too old and too expensive to keep around, even if he's a special team extraordinaire...

Ram is going to get an extension... sadly, however, that will also mean that won't have enough to go around for Lattimore... and while I do think a shutdown corner is much more important in today's NFL than a RT, with Kamara being our new franchise player, you have to invest in what can make him the most successful, and that means OL....

PJ Williams got burned by a washed up Gronkowski. He's a liability and wouldn't start for any other team. Anzalone is complete garbage and Craig Robertson isn't worth the league minimum. Ram and Lattimore will financially benefit from a Brees retirement.

One or two of those guys will be back at best, we’re already 100 mil over the cap for next year