Jarvis Landry visiting Saints tomorrow

sainthood said

Older free agents typically sign after the draft in part due to the compensatory pick formula. It is in the free agents interest to go to a team that has not drafted a player at their position. The Landry and Mathieu visits are contingency planning based on who the Saints draft and what other options the players have post draft. It makes no sense for either side to sign before the draft unless the Saints were going to overpay. The fact they are both still on the market implies no team wants to meet the player's salary request thus the advantage is to the team.

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It's my understand that because Cleveland cut Landry, he would not be part of any compensatory pick formula regardless of if he signs before or after the draft.

As for Mathieu, Underhill said that he is willing to wait until a team meets or comes close to his asking price and the he is even willing to wait until training camp injuries at Safety make a team desperate for a Safety and willing to meet his price. Not sure what the situation is with Landry. Obviously he's not going to want to go to a team that took a slot WR in the first round, but then again, I don't think most teams are likely to do that. First round WRs tend to be outside guys with big play ability.

But, I guess if a team takes a guy like David Bell in the 2nd or 3rd, it could be competition for a guy like Landry.