The analysts at Pro Football Focus put together their ranking of the 50 best available free agents in 2020, and not a single New Orleans Saints player made the list. It’s not for a lack of pending free agents out of New Orleans: their offseason priorities include starters like left guard Andrus Peat, cornerback Eli Apple, safety Vonn Bell, defensive tackle David Onyemata, and linebacker A.J. Klein.
While the Saints can probably afford to let some of those players go and choose to pursue upgrades instead, many of them were still critical to the team’s success in 2019. If anything, it goes to show just how deep and talented this year’s free agency crop may be.
However, the list doesn’t feature any quarterbacks — the PFF team covered them separately, recognizing the different scale in value they present to teams around the league. Both Drew Brees and Teddy Bridgewater were profiled as maybe-limited passers who teams can win with, but should have reservations about over-committing to. Between Brees’ disappointing finish down the stretch and Bridgewater’s limited exposure compared to other young quarterbacks like Marcus Mariota and Jameis Winston, any teams (the Saints or otherwise) have questions to ask themselves before making a contract offer.
