The only thing that irks me is that he was willing to stay for Watson…. Why not be willing to stay for another quarterback? Is his determined the direction of the franchise what we should expect from other free agents?
I don't think that Armstead wanted to stay to play with Watson. He wants to stay, but the Saints are only willing to pay so much for him due to the amount of time he misses with injury. If he is paid as a top 5 Tackle we won't match the offer now. However, had we gotten Watson, the Saints were willing to pay him that money because they felt they had a shot at the Super Bowl and they wouldn't have draft picks to draft a LT either to start or for depth. So, it's not that Armstead doesn't want to play for the Saints without Watson, it's that the Saints won't pay Armstead as much since we didn't get Watson.