We’ve already touched on two of the high-profile New Orleans Saints players likely headed for free agency in Michael Thomas and Jameis Winston, so we’ll keep it going and discuss Andrus Peat’s future with the team.
The Saints only kept Peat on the roster last offseason after convincing him to take a pay cut, and he was kicked down to the bottom of the depth chart in training camp. For a while he looked like a candidate to be released during roster cuts. But Trevor Penning’s poor performance to start the season pushed him back into the lineup at left tackle, and Peat finished the year as New Orleans’ best option to protect Derek Carr’s blind side.
But that’s simplifying things. Let’s take a deeper look: