Saints’ contract breakdown by position: Linebackers

The Saints made a deliberate effort to upgrade their linebackers this offseason, and so far they’ve met with mixed success.

The Saints have never paid a premium for linebackers. That has likely been a factor in the years of poor play that the team has seen at the position. The highest paid linebackers in the Sean Payton era were Jonathan Vilma and Curtis Lofton, both MLBs who captained the defense. And while both were very talented players, the team has never had the explosive athleticism at linebacker that, say Carolina or Tampa Bay have.

In this article, Who Dat Dish breaks down the contract of every linebacker on the roster. We’ve judged their value based on other LB contracts around the league, and have ranked them in order from worst to best.