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By Kyle T. Mosley | SI

The New Orleans Saints are masterful for creating exciting plays and dramatic finishes over the years. Through all of the dramatic flare, the Saints fans are clamoring for another Super Bowl Championship. They want another “Party with the Lombardi.” However, the latest developments with the Saints quarterback situation have the Who Dat Nation very concerned.

Drew Brees is pondering retirement. Teddy Bridgewater is an unrestricted free agent. Now, Taysom Hill (restricted free agent) believes he is worth franchise quarterback consideration. The team has 27 free agents and may battle a holdout from a star player requesting a well-deserved contract extension. There are many personnel moves Mickey Loomis, and the Saints will juggle the next few months. The major goal for New Orleans is to decide on the leadership at quarterback.

The direction of the team is in question. Drew Brees has had 14 seasons as the leader in New Orleans. Aside from his many historical performances as the Saints’ unquestioned leader, the team has captured only one Super Bowl title. Brees is a beloved figure in the Crescent City. The last decade has been a study on lost opportunities for the Saints.

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By John Hendrix | SI

If you didn't know by now, the New Orleans Saints are some of the NFL's best at maneuvering the salary cap. Mickey Loomis and Khai Harley continue to do great work in the front office, and it allows Sean Payton's team to stay competitive and bring in some good free agents year after year. This offseason proves to be no different for New Orleans, who has several decisions to make to create more salary cap space. There are a few cap-saving angles they could pursue to get there, but let's first review their top hits of 2020.

1. Drew Brees, QB - $21.3 million ($10.5 million in signing bonus + $5.4 million restructure bonus)
2. Terron Armstead, OT - $15.9 million ($10.7 million base)
3. Michael Thomas, WR - $15 million ($11 million base)
4. Larry Warford, OG - $12.875 million ($7.65 million base)
5. Janoris Jenkins, CB - $11.25 million ($10.15 million base)
6. Demario Davis, LB - $9.9 million ($7.35 million base)
7. Jared Cook, TE - $9 million ($7 million base)
8. Cameron Jordan, DE - $8.347 million ($1.5 million base)
9. Sheldon Rankins, DT - $7.69 million (all base)
10. Kiko Alonso, LB - $6.4 million ($6.375 million base)

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By John Sigler | Saints Wire

The New Orleans Saints are hard at work in drawing up their offseason strategy, and we’re following along with a daily survey of every NFL team’s pending free agents. This series will take us right up to the beginning of unrestricted free agency’s legal tampering period and help give a better idea of which players may be on the market, as well as which teams will be contending for the Saints in checking off their roster needs. Next up is the Detroit Lions. Here’s who may be available in March:

• WR Danny Amendola
• DT Mike Daniels
• SS Tavon Wilson
• P Sam Martin
• CB Rashaan Melvin
• WR Jermaine Kearse
• DT A’Shawn Robinson
• T Oday Aboushi
• LS Don Muhlbach
• TE Logan Thomas
• G Graham Glasgow
• S Miles Killebrew
• QB Jeff Driskel
• DT Darius Kilgo
• DE Jamie Meder
• CB Michael Ford (ERFA)
• CB Dee Virgin (ERFA)
• RB J.D. McKissic (RFA)

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By Brent Sobleski | B/R

The hope for every NFL team is one key free-agent signing will push it to the next tier of success.

Franchises should never build through free agency, but a well-placed veteran can make a significant impact. For example, Tyrann Mathieu's addition to the Kansas City Chiefs lineup helped create a Super Bowl-caliber defense.

Judicious signings can create an advantage.

Before going any further, one must acknowledge certain big-name targets will never hit the open market. It's hard to envision quarterbacks Dak Prescott, Drew Brees and Tom Brady playing for any other team. Current teams will also desperately try to re-sign some of their best players at other positions before they become available to the rest of the league.

Furthermore, the idea of an "ideal target" in free agency insinuates the inclusion of a player not previously with the team. New additions bring excitement to potentially fill problem areas.

As such, the following are perfect free-agent matches.

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By Nathan Beighle | Fansided

How should New Orleans Saints feel about their 2017 NFL Draft class after three years? We take a deep dive into it.

The 2016 New Orleans Saints season finished with one of their only losing records of the decade. They went 7-9 in that season and finished third in the NFC South and were left out of the 2016-17 NFL playoffs.

Drew Brees ended up being their only Pro-Bowler. Therefore, the New Orleans Saints had a lot of work to do to gear up for the next season. That year, they also ended up losing G Jahri Evans, CB B.W. Webb, and RB Tim Hightower in the offseason.

They started out the rebuilding process by signing G Larry Warford from Detroit, LB...

By Nick O'Malley | Mass Live

The 2020 offseason is shaping up to be a weird one. Tom Brady could leave the New England Patriots and high-profile members of the media are talking about Taysom Hill as a potential franchise quarterback.

At least, that’s the case following a column from Bleacher Report’s Mike Freeman last week, looking into the situation surrounding Hill, the backup/gadget quarterback for the New Orleans Saints. Freeman, for one, labeled Hill as “an excellent candidate” to become the next stay quarterback in the NFL.

Not just that, he thinks the Patriots could make a run at him as a potential option to replace Brady:

“(Saints coach Sean) Payton told NBC Sports’ Peter King that he believes a team will attempt to sign Hill to a restricted free-agent contract this offseason. If a team does, the Saints can match it," Freeman wrote. "The team to watch is the...