What should the New Orleans Saints do with pending free agents?
Who will the New Orleans Saints extend and who will they let walk?
The Saints will have to make some critical decisions when it comes to whether or not to extend the rest of their 2017 draft haul.
Ryan Ramczyk is a fascinating case, and it ultimately comes down to how they value the importance of a position: average annual value or Wins Above Replacement. It might not make sense to sign a singular offensive lineman to a massive contract, but when comparing him to premium tackles, he definitely deserves at least $20 million.
The same cannot be said for Marshon Lattimore, who hasn’t been consistent enough to be one of the top-paid players at his position.
Marcus Williams, meanwhile, definitely deserves to be the highest-paid safety, yet the Saints can likely get him for cheaper than that and should take advantage of the surplus-value a contract extension would provide them with.
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The Saints will have to be very tight with their finances moving forward. Every little decision they make can have overall massive implications on their future – think of this like a domino effect – and without a franchise quarterback, they have zero margin for error.
It will be very interesting to see how they go about handling these three players; how they do so may ultimately dictate the direction of their franchise moving forward.