New Orleans Saints second-year Wide Receiver Brandon Coleman was entering into a very important year in 2016. He would be a restricted free agent in the offseason and arguably the greatest wide receiver in New Orleans Saints franchise history, Marques Colston, would no longer be with the team. This was going to be his year. This was going to be the year he finally took those massive steps forward to be the top-tier WR that his measurables indicate the potential for.
Then the Saints signed TE Coby Fleener, a pass-catching tight end, to a massive contract.