By Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
This would be a good time for the New Orleans Saints to change their approach to free agency.
For most of his tenure, general manager Mickey Loomis has been a buyer at the start of the new league year, and for much of that time, the Saints have had one of the ugliest salary cap situations in the NFL.
It’s admirable, really, the way Loomis has manipulated contracts to fit under the cap, and, in some ways, it’s understandable. As long as Drew Brees is the quarterback, the Saints theoretically have a chance to win the Super Bowl each year, so Loomis uses every possible avenue to improve the roster, even if it means damaging the team’s future prospects of luring top-tier free agents or re-signing their best players to top-of-market deals.
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