Zach Strief didn’t get a call on draft night.
And he never expected one, not even after New Orleans surprised almost everybody by taking Andrus Peat with the 13th pick.
A few members of Strief’s family, his father in particular, kept expecting the Saints to call their starting right tackle and offer some insight behind the move, but Strief knows better. Strief, a 31-year-old heading into his 10th season in New Orleans, knew the day would come eventually.
“I understand how it works, and I also understand I’m not playing forever,” Strief said. “I never intended to.