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.
Drafting a 4.8 speed TE with expectations as a pass catcher is probably no longer a fit in the NFL. Traut is strictly a blocking TE.

With how NFL with analytic you to death. Having too many one dimensional players can used against you in pressure situations.