After missing out on the playoffs for the second year in a row, the New Orleans Saints (-3)
had a decision to make. Up against the salary cap with several of their key players aging out most teams would trade what players they can, cut other players with high salary cap hits, and bite the bullet and head towards a rebuild.
In the Saints case, it made all the sense. Two years after Drew Brees retired the Saints hadn’t found the answer for the quarterback position, and it just seemed even more different without head coach Sean Payton despite having pretty much the same roster intact the Saints looked like a shell of what they used to be.