Saints trade Adam Trautman to Broncos for #195th pick (WR A.T. Perry, Wake Forest)

Trautman was not our starting TE last year. Juwan overtook him significantly in production and snaps. If you mean our original starting TE from 2-3 years ago. But the past doesn’t mean much when he hasn’t lived up to being a long term starter, hence the trade, and an undrafted WR took the starting TE job from him as a better receiver. We’ll be able to find a veteran FA TE to fill Trautman’s role.
I think you might be underselling what it is that Trautman brought to the table. Johnson was a great receiver. But he was about as much of a tight end as Taysom Hill was.