The New Orleans Saints sit at 5-11 and don’t have a great draft pick to show for it. Their best chance for improvement next year will be by making some moves in free agency.
Bleacher Report recently released a 2025 overview, which included a potential free agent for the Saints to consider this offseason. That player was linebacker Nick Bolton, of the Kansas City Chiefs. Here is what they had to say about Willie Gay Jr.’s former teammate:
“Demario Davis turns 36 years old this summer and will be entering the last year of his contract. According to Over The Cap, New Orleans can get out of his contract and save $4 million of cap space with a post-June 1 cut, so Davis might be on his way out and the defense could afford to add a young linebacker.”
Bolton would certainly be an interesting player to watch in the New Orleans defense, especially if Demario Davis is on his way out. But you have to think he’d choose to retire rather than be released like this.
The 24-year-old already has 458 tackles with 32 going for a loss. He also has five sacks, showing he can get to the quarterback if he needs to. The Saints like to blitz their quarterbacks and he could fit the scheme if they go with a familiar face at head coach.
His run stopping skills are a little bit better than his aptitude in coverage, but he does have four career interceptions and eight passes broken up. Maybe he could help cover the tight ends that have plagued New Orleans’ secondary.
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