Alvin Kamara isn’t the only Saint with a big new deal. New Orleans has signed linebacker Demario Davis to a three-year extension, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network tweets. (Fox’s Erin Andrews was first to report the news).
Rapoport notes that the deal has a base value of $27 million, with $18.35 million of that being guaranteed. He’ll also have Pro Bowl incentives of $500,00 in each of the three seasons. Davis signed with New Orleans on a three-year, $24 million deal back in March of 2018, and had been scheduled to become a free agent after the year.
As Tom Pelissero of NFL Network tweets, the Saints recently tweaked defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins’ deal to clear up $4 million in cap space, perhaps helping to facilitate this deal. A third-round pick of the Jets in 2012, Davis spent the first four years of his career with the Jets, then spent a year with the Browns, then went back to Gang Green.
A first-team All-Pro selection last season, Davis has never missed a game in his eight-year career. In 16 starts last year he had 111 tackles, four sacks, an interception and 12 passes defended. New Orleans’ defense looked pretty good against Tom Brady in Week 1, and Davis will be a big part of that unit as the season progresses.
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