Devonta Freeman will have multiple chances to stick it to his old team in 2021. The veteran running back and former Falcons star has agreed to terms on a one-year deal with the Saints, according to his agent Drew Rosenhaus.
Financial terms weren’t immediately available, although it’s fairly safe to presume it was pretty cheap. The Florida State product became a starter for the Falcons in 2015, earning second-team All-Pro honors that year. In both 2015 and 2016 he made the Pro Bowl while having at least 1,500 all-purpose yards and 13 total touchdowns. It wasn’t too long ago that he was considered one of the league’s best backs, and a legit weapon in both the ground and passing games.
Multiple injuries limited him to only two contests in 2018, and despite regaining his starting job in 2019, he was cut the following offseason. He signed a $3 million deal with the Giants for 2020, but injuries limited him to five games for Big Blue before he was cut in January. He was then added to Buffalo’s practice squad for the Bills' playoff run.
This was the first known interest he’d received this cycle. The 2014 fourth-rounder will now slot in as the third back on a running back depth chart that already features Alvin Kamara and Latavius Murray in New Orleans. It’ll likely take an injury to one of those guys for the 29-year-old to get significant snaps.
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