Chargers signed Guard Mekhi Becton to a 2-year, $20 million deal

To me, there’s better starting Guard value in FA than Becton for the Saints situation in cap outlook and personnel. Never said Saints shouldn’t sign a starting vet Guard FA before the draft. I don’t believe Becton’s value is a definite $10 million per year. Especially for the Saints OL since he hasn’t started at LG before.
A 2 year deal would’ve been great, but 10m/yr is a lot of cap to pay a player to be plugged at another new position.

To me, that’s the AAV of a player that you want to know what you’re getting at your vacant position on the OL, with several seasons of playing the position at a high level. His first great season comes in his 5th year, at a new position on the right side of an already elite O-Line. We have a young G entrenched on the right side for 5 years and never started at LG. I don’t believe Becton would be mentioned more than other FA Guards, particularly actual LGs, if his most recent season was with the Jets or Bears, instead of the Eagles.
At his age, teams are betting that his best football is ahead of him. You are right in that there is some risk in switching from right to left guard, but that AAV is somewhere around 20-25 of guards and we do not know how much is guaranteed. There are still a few interesting names available. Not sure the Saints want to bank on a rookie as bad our OL was last year. If they are fully in on Carr, he is light years better with good protection.