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What Saints Player Locked Up a Starting Spot This Year After the Draft & So Far In Free Agency?

New Orleans Saints On SI·Jim Derry·about 1 month ago
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By most accounts, the New Orleans Saints have now had three consecutive solid drafts, although obviously we’ll see what happens with this 2026 class in the coming months. The one veteran player Who Dats have been (not-so-secretly) wishing would be moved to at least a backup role is right guard Cesar Ruiz . And while the team found their starting left guard in free agency last month in former Buffalo Bills lineman David Edwards , they obviously have made it clear Ruiz is their starter on the right side. Contractually, the likely thing was always for Ruiz to come back and start. He signed a four-year $44 million extension just before the start of the 2023 season that runs through 2027. According to Spotrac, his dead cap figure this year is $16.85 million this year but $9.49 million next year. It would be much more feasible for the team to address this spot next offseason if Ruiz has another down year.…

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