Things are about to get real across the National Football League. On Monday, free agency is going to kick off across the league. Players and teams aren't technically allowed to sign new contracts until March 11, but reported agreements will start to pop up on Monday.
The New Orleans Saints were hit with a crushing blow last offseason when veteran quarterback Derek Carr opted for a sudden and shocking retirement due to an injury.
The New Orleans Saints need to upgrade their defense in a big way this offseason, while they also have a lot of questions to answer in the coming weeks.
The New Orleans Saints' running back room is going to be under a microscope over the next few weeks. New Orleans restructured Alvin Kamara's deal ahead of free agency in a flurry of moves in order to get into salary cap compliance.
The New Orleans Saints have done a good job freeing up salary cap space but there is room for more. With one day to go until free agency opens up around the league, the Saints are sitting right around $20 million in salary cap space, per Over The Cap.
Most of the NFL mock drafts focus on the early rounds, but there are still many prominent college players who will hear their names called later. These are just some of the big names that could hear their names in the later rounds.
The New Orleans Saints are one of the more intriguing teams to follow this offseason because they're still in a rebuild, but they flashed a lot of potential late last year because of the emergence of rookie quarterback Tyler Shough.
The New Orleans Saints are in a much better spot this offseason than they were last offseason. Last offseason, their cap situation was much worse than it is now.
Although Saints cornerback Alontae Taylor drew considerable interest in the run-up to last season’s trade deadline, New Orleans kept the 2022 second-rounder in the fold, which suggested he may be a candidate for a second contract with the club.
The New Orleans Saints need to work on building up the interior of their offensive line to help complement their young offensive tackles. They tried Trevor Penning at guard last season, but they ended up cutting ties with him before finding out if the experiment was going to work long term.
Former Tennessee Vols defensive back Alontae Taylor is expected to have a new home in 2026. Taylor, who played at Tennessee from 2018 to 2021, said goodbye to the New Orleans Saints this week in a social media post.
The New Orleans Saints are in a very interesting spot as a franchise right now. They were seemingly headed for a long and stressful rebuild last offseason, as the team had no clear direction and they had just lost their franchise quarterback, Derek Carr, to a sudden retirement.
NFL prospects from major programs get most of the attention, but there are numerous examples of players drafted from small schools who have become difference-makers.
The New Orleans Saints have a lot of moves they need to make this offseason, but they don't have a lot of money to make them. As a result, the Saints will likely dive into the bargain bins in free agency to find the most affordable, yet impactful, options on the market.
The New Orleans Saints need to make some big moves to upgrade their offense this season. They hit the jackpot by landing their new franchise signal caller with rookie Tyler Shough in the second round of the 2025 NFL Draft.
If the New Orleans Saints can find a trade suitor for quarterback Derek Carr, it would be an absolute win. Carr isn't going to do anything for New Orleans in 2026.
The New Orleans Saints pulled off a quiet move back in August that turned out to be a steal during the 2025 season. New Orleans traded defensive tackle Khalen Saunders to the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for 27-year-old offensive lineman Luke Fortner.
Khai Harley, Mickey Loomis, and co. in the New Orleans Saints front office are getting to work. With an important free agency period and the 2026 NFL Draft around the corner, the Saints are making sure they have som room to maneuver in order to improve Kellen Moore's roster for 2026 and beyond.
It was an intriguing day for the New Orleans Saints on Thursday. Reports started popping up left and right about various contract restructurings that the team got done in order to not only get into cap compliance, but to give the franchise some space to add more talent once free agency opens up on Monday.
The New Orleans Saints entered the 2026 offseason with some of the least cap space in the league and have quickly worked around by restructuring the contracts of Alvin Kamara, Justin Reid, Chase Young and Juwan Johnson.
Nick Underhill reports that the Saints recently converted $10.155 million of RB Alvin Kamara‘s salary, but it wasn’t a standard salary conversion. According to Mike Garafolo, the Saints and Kamara adjusted his contract and lowered his cap number for 2026 by $8 million.
Nick Underhill reports the Saints are also restructuring S Justin Reid‘s contract for cap space. New Orleans is making moves to get cap compliant before the new league year after restructuring Reid and DE Chase Young on Thursday.
Carr was on the Saints roster when he retired in May 2025 due to reasons related to a significant shoulder injury, so New Orleans still holds his rights.
The Saints retained Carr's rights because he was on their roster when he surprisingly retired in May 2025 due to reasons related to a significant shoulder injury.