Saints made strong push for CB Charvarious Ward before he signed with Colts for 3yrs/$60m

Whodat GT said
I agree that that would be the best overall strategy. I'm personnaly ok with seeing them build for the future even if 2025 is a subpar season. But I sincerely wonder if this team can actually attract up and coming, young talent without overspending. It is not in Loomis's MO to overspend... so he goes and tries to get a superior talent in Ward that is reaching 30 years of age... I imagine he goes with the classic mantra of not offering more money that what he thinks he is worth (spotrac had him as a 13 M/ year type of player), and lost the bidding war, as you would expect.

It's easier said than done, but I think the plan should be to look for other teams' Zack Baun types of releases. Maybe a player with tools who had obstacles in front of him or something that didn't allow him to show out. Maybe he was just a slow developer. Something like that. Thats the kind of guy we might be able to get and benefit from down the road. I know this, no matter what I'd be doing today, it would be with 2027 in mind. The next two seasons will be a challenge no matter what.