According to Aaron Wilson, the Saints are hosting free-agent WR Jakeem Grant at their rookie minicamp on a tryout basis.  Grant, 31, is a former sixth-round pick of the Dolphins back in 2016. He was entering the final year of his four-year, $2.48 million rookie contract when the Dolphins signed him to a four-year extension worth up to $24 million in 2019.  Miami restructured that contract entering the 2021 season before he was acquired by the Bears in exchange for a 2023 sixth-round draft pick. He was testing the free agent market when he signed a three-year, $13.8 million deal with ..read more

The New Orleans Saints have signed QB Spencer Rattler, WR Bub Means, DL Khristian Boyd and OL Josiah Ezirim, according to Katherine Terrell.   Round Pick Player Pos. Note 1 14 Taliese Fuaga OT Signed 2 41 Kool-Aid McKinstry CB   5 150 Spencer Rattler QB Signed 5 170 Bub Means WR Signed 5 175 Jaylan Ford LB Signed 6 199 Khristian Boyd DT Signed 7 239 Josiah Ezirim OT Signed   Rattler, 23, started one year at Oklahoma and was the preseason favorite to win the Heisman Trophy entering his second when he was benched for Caleb Williams. He transferred to South Caro ..read more

The New Orleans Saints have signed fifth-round LB Jaylan Ford to a rookie contract on Thursday, according to Nick Underhill. This marks the second signing of the Saints draft class. Round Pick Player Pos. Note 1 14 Taliese Fuaga OT Signed 2 41 Kool-Aid McKinstry CB   5 150 Spencer Rattler QB   5 170 Bub Means WR   5 175 Jaylan Ford LB Signed 6 199 Khristian Boyd DT   7 239 Josiah Ezirim OT     Ford, 22, was a two-year starter at Texas. He was a first-team All-Big-12 selection as a senior.  The Saints used the No. 175 overall pick in ..read more

The Saints are signing first-round OT Taliese Fuaga to a rookie contract, according to Nick Underhill. This marks the first of New Orleans’ picks from the 2024 NFL Draft to sign their rookie deal. Round Pick Player Pos. Note 1 14 Taliese Fuaga OT Signed 2 41 Kool-Aid McKinstry CB   5 150 Spencer Rattler QB   5 170 Bub Means WR   5 175 Jaylan Ford LB   6 199 Khristian Boyd DT   7 239 Josiah Ezirim OT     Fuaga, 22, was a two-year starter at Oregon State and earned first-team All-American and first-team All-Pac12 honors in 2023. The Saints s ..read more

49ers Waived DE Spencer Waege Broncos Waived QB Ben DiNucci Cardinals Signed LB Markus Bailey Cowboys Released WR Martavis Bryant Dolphins Signed WR Odell Beckham Jr Packers Waived WR Thyrick Pitts from injured reserve with a settlement Saints Waived QB Kellen Mond and G Tommy Kraemer Seahawks Waived QB Chevan Cordeiro     The post NFL Transactions: Wednesday 5/8 appeared first on NFLTradeRumors.co ..read more

According to Field Yates, the Saints have waived QB Kellen Mond and OL Tommy Kraemer on Wednesday.  This doesn’t come as much of a surprise after New Orleans drafted fifth-round QB Spencer Rattler and two offensive tackles.  Mond, 24, was a four-year starter at Texas A&M and left as the school’s all-time leader in passing yards, completions, pass attempts, passing touchdowns, and total offense. The Vikings selected him in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft.  Mond signed a four-year, $5,223,414 contract that includes a $1,158,847 signing bonus. Minnesota waived him after ..read more

Falcons Falcons assistant GM Kyle Smith said selecting first-round QB Michael Penix Jr. in the first round was about solidifying the most important position in sports. “For the next five years, we feel great about the position. Minimum,” Smith said, via Around The NFL. “It was an unsettling feeling, sitting there in ’21,” Smith added. “I’ll never forget sitting there with (GM) Terry (Fontenot) and being like, ‘OK, well, what’s our future? What’s our plan for the future? How are we going to solidify down the road? It’s not just about this year or next year. It’s about five years minimum.” Smith ..read more

Falcons Falcons GM Terry Fontenot said Kirk Cousins has “hit the ground running” since joining the organization and is very involved in all team activities.  “It’s been great,” Fontenot said. “He really hit the ground running. We knew the excitement about Kirk Cousins is he’s a multiplier on and off the field. We know that. So, when he gets into the building, and the training room — and really everything’s over there right now. It’s all together, and it’s really cool, but the training room and the weight room, on the field activities, the meeting room. He truly is [a multiplier]. The work ..read more

We’ve reached the point in the NFL offseason calendar where everyone’s attention starts to look forward. The draft and free agency are done and the next big event is the NFL’s regular season schedule release. We have weeks and weeks to talk about the upcoming season.  But after all the games are done and another Super Bowl champion is crowned in 2025, we’ll do this same offseason cycle all over again. And one thing that will stay the same is the New Orleans Saints will have to dig out of a salary cap hole that is tens of millions in the red for the fifth straight year. Apologies to the S ..read more

The Saints restructured RT Ryan Ramczyk’s contract this offseason and included $6.5 million guaranteed. According to Nick Underhill, the Saints included salary escalators that include: $1 million for being an All Pro Up to $6 million in play-time incentives $1 million for playing 90 percent of the Saints offensive snaps and the team winning a playoff game $1 million for being selected to the Pro Bowl In total, this comes out to $9 million of incentives. The problem is that prior reports have indicated that Ramczyk may not play this season due to his knee issues.  Underhill says he’s “s ..read more