You sound like a sad little person.
Saints are confirmed as already offering a contract to Winston before the whole Watson situation emerged. So they were willing/hoping to lock him up before free agency (likely at a number that led Winston to see what other offers would be), but you are saying what really happened is the Saints “settled” by offering a contract before free agency?
Maybe I am missing something, but it seems you want to play semantics games to make your point? Silly rabbit.