Saints sign WR Brandin Cooks to a 2-year, $13 million deal

St. Geezy said

Keep in mind...we won't lose the fourth if we sign someone whose contract voided or who got released. We aren't necessarily out of crap-market free agency.

Honestly, I am not really sure holding onto a 2026 fourth rounder is worth NOT signing someone you really want, much less possibly a few someones.

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The question all week, as prime FA season wanes, was whether Loomis would sign another $10-$15M free agent. He signed a $7M depth veteran receiver with an affordable out by 2026 if he's washed.

We can now say they were looking for a receiver in FA (makes sense given all the big unknowns in the WR room!), but Diggs, Allen, D. Johnson, etc... all carried way too much cash value to sign. And it makes me think they do not want to waste time with all the current young receivers on the roster.

Who is left to go after in FA (list below)? Scherff? I don't see it. The Saints are working more in the bottom part of this chart, in year 2 of cap cleanup (a 4 year process).

https://overthecap.com/free-agency
Receiver Room - who steps up to grab 1 or 2 spots (in case they do not draft a receiver early)? Who goes to the practice squad? Bub Means, are you an NFL player or not? Time to evaluate with the intent to move some guys out. I haven't been this excited for OTA's since I was a much younger sonofabitch.