METAIRIE, La. -- The New Orleans Saints might have the NFL’s most daunting to-do list over the next month. They need to carve out more than $65 million in salary-cap space, identify Drew Brees’ replacement and decide whether to re-sign pending free agents like Jameis Winston, Marcus Williams, Trey Hendrickson and Sheldon Rankins.
But New Orleans’ most difficult and urgent decisions might actually involve three cornerstones who aren’t scheduled to become free agents until 2022 -- cornerback Marshon Lattimore and offensive tackles Terron Armstead and Ryan Ramczyk.