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.