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Cameron Jordan won’t go looking for a trade: ‘I’m black and gold forever’

Cameron Jordan won’t request a trade to chase a Super Bowl ring — and doesn’t feel he needs to. He wants to remain a New Orleans Saints lifer:

Myles Garrett has requested a trade from the Cleveland Browns, but don’t expect Cameron Jordan to follow suit. Garrett and Jordan are at two different points of their careers, but Kay Adams told the New Orleans Saints defensive end he was the first person Adams thought about when she heard the news.

Jordan questioned why, but didn’t let her answer before affirming: “I’m not asking for a trade from anywhere. I’m black and gold forever.”

This is a common sentiment from Jordan, so it may not seem out of the ordinary. However, he did consider forcing his way out during the regular season, so it was refreshing to hear him express this.

So why did Adams think about Jordan in relation to Garrett’s trade request. Adams said the reasons for wanting out would be the same, and she has a point. Garret is in his prime, while Jordan has more time behind him than in front of him.

Players in both categories would want to be in best position to win a ring now, due to an understanding their window could close soon in different ways.

If you ask Jordan, he is in the best place to win a ring. Injuries were costly in 2024. New Orleans lost their entire interior offensive line. By the time Spencer Rattler was leading the team, he was dealing with makeshift weapons and a pieced-together offensive line. 

Without these injuries, Jordan still sees the Saints as a championship team. With a healthy roster, they’re better than 5-12, but it’s hard to say championships are on the horizons when they’ve missed the playoffs four years in a row.

Jordan has always been an optimist. That optimism was on full display with Adams, and if he has his way he’ll continue to be the optimist in the New Orleans locker room as his career draws to a close.

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8-time Pro Bowler considered forcing his way out of New Orleans

Tensions got so high in 2024 that lifelong New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan almost took his father’s advice and requested a trade:

Cameron Jordan has been a Saint for the last 14 years, and has often expressed a desire to finish his career with the New Orleans Saints. His father, Steve Jordan, played his entire career with the Minnesota Vikings, and the younger Jordan hoped to do the same. But for the first time in his career, his hope wavered.

The 2024 season was a frustrating one for Jordan, especially early on. One of the notable low moments of the season came after the Saints’ loss on the road to the Carolina Panthers. Instead of joining his teammates in the locker room, Jordan was spotted walking alone down a hallway at Bank of America Stadium, frustrated after a seventh consecutive loss and having to be calmed down by Derek Carr and Alvin Kamara. In that moment, Jordan thought about pushing for a trade.

Jordan reflected on the incident in a feature with Sports Illustrated: “At the end, I was like, ‘Man, this has to end this way?’ I was about to, you know, force my way out of there; really, I was contemplating that for the first time ever.”

It wasn’t a fleeting thought, either. Jordan’s father had supported it and he spoke to his agent about a trade. Ultimately, they decided options weren’t viable. He wanted to go to a contender and that wasn’t likely with his contract.

One of the biggest catalysts of Jordan’s frustration was feeling poorly-coached and lied to by Todd Grantham, who reduced his playing-time in favor of younger teammates who weren’t producing. The tension boiled over to a point where Jordan told Dennis Allen he wouldn’t speak to Grantham any longer because of a lack of respect shown to Jordan.

It wasn’t until Allen was firing Brian Young that became the defensive line coach that things began to turn around. Jordan began to see more snaps and the the fundamentals and technique were emphasized along the defensive line, which helped those younger pros like Payton Turner make more plays.

Jordan is still a part of the Saints’ roster, and we’ll see how long that lasts. They have a decision to make about that contract this offseason (his $20 million salary cap hit is second-highest on the team), but it’s interesting to know he and New Orleans nearly parted ways earlier in 2024.

“There will be major talks that happen after the season, I’m sure,” Jordan told SI. “My mind, and how I take things, is: I’m either all-in or all-out.”

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Jets request to interview Chiefs OC Matt Nagy

According to a report, the New York #Jets requested to interview Kansas City #Chiefs OC Matt Nagy to be their next head coach.

According to a tweet from NFL Network reporter Tom Pelissero, the New York Jets have requested to interview Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy to be their next head coach.

The Jets had a disastrous 2024 campaign and finished third in the AFC East with a 5-12 record with enigmatic quarterback Aaron Rodgers under center.

After firing head coach Robert Saleh just five games into the season, the Jets gave defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich the reins, which did little to help right the ship.

Now set to enter a rebuilding period, New York is doing its due diligence on qualified candidates who may be able to lead the Jets back to playoff contention.

Nagy may prove to be one of New York’s most enticing options, given his role in Kansas City’s Super Bowl LVIII victory and the Chiefs’ recent regular season success.

Nagy spent four seasons as head coach of the Chicago Bears and will be a hot commodity during the offseason for teams wishing to hire an experienced skipper.

No, Alvin Kamara did not request a trade from the Saints: ‘That’s a lie’

Alvin Kamara took time out of his Saturday to say, no, he did not request a trade from the Saints. He wants to sign an extension and stay in New Orleans:


Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet, even if it comes from a random fantasy football analyst with a couple thousand Twitter followers. Alvin Kamara had to take time out of his college football Saturday to say, no, he did not request a trade from the New Orleans Saints. He’s traveling to Knoxville to see if Tennessee can knock out Alabama again this year.

If anything, Kamara would rather sign an extension to become a Saints lifer. Everything he’s done this year has been in pursuit of that goal. Right now, the Saints are set to cut him in the spring rather than pay the non-guaranteed money left on his contract. He left minicamp early to put pressure on the front office. He didn’t hold out of training camp to make good on his word and support his teammates. He’s actively playing through hand and rib injuries to show he’s committed to helping them win football games.

He wants to stay in New Orleans and be able to say he’s spent his entire career with one team. Even if they’ve fallen into a 2-5 slump with poor coaching, injuries, and poor effort costing them games. If the Saints trade Kamara, it won’t be because he asked them to.

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The Raiders have set their price for a potential Davante Adams trade

ESPN reports the Raiders have set their price for a potential Davante Adams trade. But should the Saints be willing to pay it? Can they even afford him?


ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports the Las Vegas Raiders have set their price for a potential Davante Adams trade. But should the New Orleans Saints be willing to pay it? Just what would it cost them, anyway?

Schefter says the Raiders have told other teams that serious offers would include a second-round draft pick plus “additional compensation,” which can mean different things for different suitors. Maybe a player already under contract gets the deal done. Or maybe the Raiders would settle for a late-round pick in 2025 or 2026.

Those are the details that must be hammered out in conversations between general managers. And it’s worth noting the Saints have three former GM’s advising Mickey Loomis these days. One of them, Dave Ziegler, was the last GM to trade for Adams when he sent a package of first- and second-round picks to the Green Bay Packers a few years ago. Another one, Randy Mueller, said earlier this year he wouldn’t trade a first rounder straight-up for Adams at his current age, but he’d support dealing a conditional second-round pick that could upgrade to a first if the receiver hits various incentives.

One complicating factor? The Saints’ stressful salary cap situation. They’re under the 2024 cap by about $2.7 million right now and would need $13.5 million to fit Adams on their books. They could convince the Raiders to pay part of that salary by trading a better pick than other teams, but that’s a risky strategy. And Loomis is known for taking more risks than his peers given his ironclad job security.

Either way this situation seems to be developing rapidly. Check back for more updates as more information becomes available.

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Would the 49ers accept our Brandon Aiyuk trade offer?

Brandon Aiyuk has requested a trade from the San Francisco 49ers. Would they accept our Saints trade offer? Niners Wire editor Kyle Madson weighed in:

It’s official: Brandon Aiyuk formally requested the San Francisco 49ers trade him to a team willing to pay him what he feels he’s worth. Aiyuk earned a spot on the All-Pro second team last season after posting a career-high 1,342 receiving yards (at a very impressive 17.9 yards per catch), but the 49ers haven’t budged in contract talks or seriously considered offers from other teams. They want him to remain a fixture in Kyle Shanahan’s offense, and at their preferred price point.

Could the New Orleans Saints get involved? They should have a good handle on Aiyuk’s strengths and what makes him tick after they hired one of his coaches to call plays for them this year, and Klint Kubiak would probably enjoy working with him again. But it’s complicated. You have to consider the salary cap commitments as well as the draft capital involved in a potential deal like this. To say nothing of San Francisco’s reluctance to even pick up the phone.

So we collaborated with Niners Wire managing editor Kyle Madson on hypothetical trade talks between the two teams. We made him an offer that feels realistic, and he countered with what he believes the 49ers would be seeking. Here’s how it shook out:

New Orleans gets: WR Brandon Aiyuk

San Francisco gets: 2025 second-round pick, 2026 third-round pick

Madson’s response: “If San Francisco was cool with taking a deal like this, which in a lot of cases is a pretty substantial offer, then Aiyuk likely would’ve been traded during the draft so the 49ers could recoup an asset to help them in 2024. Decent offer from the Saints, but we’re going to decline.”

He then made a counteroffer, proposing a player-for-player swap.

New Orleans gets: WR Brandon Aiyuk, 2025 fourth-round pick

San Francisco gets: WR Chris Olave, 2025 fifth-round pick

Now we’re cooking with gas. It would be painful to give up Olave — he’s one of the team’s young stars — but it almost makes sense when you take a bird’s eye view of the situation. If the Saints are trading for Aiyuk, it’s because they plan to pay him top dollar. And that’s money which would otherwise be earmarked for Olave’s extension once he’s eligible for it in a few years. They’re effectively choosing Aiyuk over Olave anyway, so making him part of the trade to facilitate Aiyuk’s extension is actually kind of coldly rational. Bumping that future draft pick up a round (a 26-slot jump, potentially, based off this year’s draft order) isn’t bad at all.

But would the Saints do this? Almost certainly not. They’ve had opportunities to break the bank in free agency this offseason and they repeatedly chose not to, instead taking small steps towards conventional salary cap management. Sure, they could trade for Aiyuk and fit a hefty contract extension on the books. But that doesn’t mean they should. If they aren’t going in to sign a top-tier defensive tackle like Christian Wilkins (who is earning $27.5 million per year) or trading for a blue-chip defensive end like Brian Burns (who signed a new deal averaging $28.2 million with his new team), they shouldn’t be making those kind of moves at positions like wide receiver. Not when they’re developing a star in Olave who is rapidly approaching the same heights Aiyuk has reached.

A blockbuster trade for Aiyuk would be fun, and it would absolutely raise expectations for this Saints team. It would also be prohibitively expensive. but at a time when the Saints are pinching pennies and trying to get their books in order while counting on a weak division to keep them competitive, it seems more like the stuff of daydreams.

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Mickey Loomis walks back response to Marshon Lattimore trade question

Mickey Loomis walked back his response to questions focusing on a possible Marshon Lattimore trade at Tuesday’s pre-draft press conference:

Just how confident is Mickey Loomis that Marshon Lattimore will be playing for the New Orleans Saints this year? The team’s general manager fielded questions from local media during his pre-2024 draft press conference on Tuesday, and the topic of Lattimore’s status came up.

So how did Loomis react when asked whether he was confident Lattimore would be on the roster this year?

“Yeah,” Loomis said, but when asked if he’d have responded with anything but a positive confirmation, he replied with “What do you think?”

When asked a follow-up question, Loomis tried to tamp it down, saying that he was “trying to avoid” the topic of player availability. But his next observation was a little more telling.

“Everybody is tradeable,” Loomis continued, “It depends on the offer you get. I don’t like trading players that have been contributors. There’s too many variables.”

That sure doesn’t make it sound like the Saints are open for business and shopping Lattimore around. They set the stage for this speculation back in January with a unique contract restructure that made Lattimore’s contract easier to trade, following reports of friction between the team and its star cornerback behind the scenes.

After he averaged 14.6 starts per year with four Pro Bowl appearances in his first five seasons, separate injuries have limited Lattimore to just 17 games over the last two years. Sources within the organization let it be known to the media that they were frustrated with a player they perceived as being injury-prone and slow to recover. Fair or not (we’re inclined to downplay it; a lacerated kidney and sprained ankle have nothing to do with each other), that’s how the relationship began to fray.

So it’s relieving to see that things have settled down now. The trade market for veteran corners is terrible right now and the Saints would be moving Lattimore at a big loss. It’s still possible they could trade him, as Loomis acknowledged, but it doesn’t appear to be as likely as it did a few months ago. We’ll see if that changes on draft day or in the summer months ahead.

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Saints suggested as a good fit for Jets draft bust Zach Wilson

The New Orleans Saints were suggested as a good fit for New York Jets draft bust Zach Wilson. But they shouldn’t trade anything for him:

Where will Zach Wilson play football in 2024? The New York Jets draft bust has been given permission to look for a trade partner, but there haven’t been many takers. With other former first-round quarterbacks changing teams it feels like only a matter of time until Wilson ejects.

It just might be difficult for him to find a parachute first. Throwing 25 interceptions in 33 starts will do a lot to turn off suitors. Despite that, CBS Sports’ Cody Benjamin argues that the New Orleans Saints could be interested in Wilson’s services, writing:

There isn’t exactly a strong market for a former top-three pick whose erratic quarterbacking resulted in multiple demotions, but at just 24 with dual-threat traits, Wilson could be a low-risk reclamation project for a contender. The return would almost certainly not exceed that which the Bears or Patriots got for Justin Fields and Mac Jones, respectively. But one thing’s for sure: The Jets have had their fill, with the aging but superior Aaron Rodgers once again back in the saddle.

There are some coaches on staff Wilson knows well like John Benton, the former Jets offensive line coach, and Wilson wouldn’t face as much pressure competing with Jake Haener to back up Derek Carr. He’d be more competitive in that role than Nathan Peterman will be.

But is it worth trading anything for him? Probably not. If the vision is for Haener to knock down whatever punching bag the Saints set in front of him, it makes more sense to sign a player like Peterman on a non-guaranteed minimum salary than to invest draft capital in Wilson (even if it’s nothing more than a late-round pick). And there’s the possibility of Wilson being released outright. If that comes to pass, then it’s worth seeing if Wilson is willing to match Peterman’s modest salary.

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Russell Wilson implored Seahawks to fire Pete Carroll, hire Sean Payton

The Athletic reports that, prior to last year’s blockbuster trade, Russell Wilson implored the Seahawks to fire Pete Carroll and hire Sean Payton:

Here’s some bombshell reporting. The Athletic’s Kalyn Kahler, Mike Sando and Jayson Jenks broke the story on Russell Wilson’s high-stakes split with the Seattle Seahawks last year, and who should make a cameo other than former New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton?

The Athletic reports that Wilson implored Seahawks ownership to fire longtime head coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider after their frustrating 7-10 finish to the 2021 season, and that he pushed for Seattle to make a run at Payton instead. From the story:

“Wilson and Carroll had clashed in recent years over the quarterback’s role in the offense and the overall direction of a team that had gradually declined after back-to-back Super Bowl appearances. Convinced that Carroll and Schneider were inhibiting his quest to win additional Super Bowls and individual awards, Wilson asked Seahawks ownership to fire both of them, according to league sources who spoke to The Athletic on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the details. Wilson also had a preferred replacement in mind: Sean Payton, who had recently stepped down from the New Orleans Saints.”

It makes sense. Wilson spoke glowingly of Payton over the years and there were rumors even in-season in 2021 that he wanted to work with the former Saints coach. And, of course, Payton eventually ended up with Wilson on the Denver Broncos. It wasn’t going to happen last year, though — Payton wanted to take a year off from football, spurning offers from other teams like the Miami Dolphins (who forfeited a draft pick for tampering with him anyway).

Wilson struggled to get things going with Nathanie Hackett in Denver for a year before Payton eventually made his way to Colorado. So Wilson got his wish. It just didn’t happen in Seattle. For what it’s worth, he quickly issued a denial of the story on social media:

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Dolphins request interview with Saints’ co-defensive coordinator Kris Richard

The Miami Dolphins have requested an interview with New Orleans Saints co-defensive coordinator Kris Richard, who has already met with the Carolina Panthers;

Another interview request has come in for one of the New Orleans Saitns co-defensive coordinators. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports that the Miami Dolphins are seeking permission to speak with Kris Richard, who held the co-DC position along with Ryan Nielsen last season. Before that promotion, Richard worked as the secondary coach while Nielsen coached the defensive line.

Richard has been a full-time coordinator before with the Seattle Seahawks and Dallas Cowboys, and he’s been overqualified for the role in New Orleans for some time. He recently met with the Carolina Panthers about their defensive coordinator vacancy and it feels like only a matter of time before he moves on to bigger responsibilities.

And because he shares the co-coordinator title with Nielsen, the Saints can’t block Richard from any of these opportunities since it’s technically an advancement. Nielsen has interviewed with both the Minnesota Vikings and Atlanta Falcons, too, so there’s a real possibility the Saints lose one or both of them to this hiring cycle. It’s something to monitor in the days ahead.

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