Are the Saints preparing for life without Terron Armstead?

No one wants to see the franchise left tackle on the chopping block. Certainly not a healthy team looking to compete in the playoffs year after year after year, even with changes under center. But is that where things are headed for the New Orleans Saints?

Longtime left tackle Terron Armstead is headed for free agency in 2022, unless the team can sign him to another contract extension. If he leaves for a new start next March, though, he’ll leave a $13,000,625 cap charge in dead money on the books in New Orleans. The road that can could be kicked down is growing shorter.

You have to think the Saints would hope for the best in keeping Armstead around (he doesn’t even turn 30 until July) if he’s…