After a week of courtship, the uncomfortable pursuit of Deshaun Watson is over. As Watson heads to Cleveland, the New Orleans Saints now have an inordinate amount of cap space with plenty of holes to fill and questions to answer. With in-house options still available at key positions and the free agent wide receiver market moving at a glacial pace, the Saints have a lot of opportunity in front of them.
With the first week of free agency behind them, there are a lot of high-value moves the Saints could make to help them build a contender in 2022. Here’s my mock offseason including in-house retention, outside free agents, and a three-round mock draft looking at what the Saints can do next now that we know which compensatory draft picks they have to work with. Let’s start with a review of their team needs:
- Quarterback
- Offensive tackle
- Wide receiver
- Defensive tackle
- Offensive and defensive line depth
- Running back depth
- Tight end
And here is where we begin to address those needs:
