The New Orleans Saints are coming off of their worst season in a long time and don’t have much going for them this offseason in looking to improve.
Pro Football Focus’ Tomo Riske recently put together a graph showing each team’s full assets entering this offseason. That is combining their draft capital, salary cap space and contract restructure potential.
When adding all of those things together, the Saints rank No. 30 out of 32 teams. The only two ranked below them would be the division-rival Atlanta Falcons and awkwardly-placed Seattle Seahawks, who don’t have much to build around or build with.
Luckily for New Orleans, they do rank among the teams with the most draft capital in the league. When adding together the PFF value for their picks, they rank at No. 7 out of 32. Not bad.
Their negative cap space is what is holding them back, obviously, as they rank dead-last. While they can potentially restructure some contracts to open up more cap, that is the practice that has them in such a mess right now.
The best bet may be just riding it out, taking their lumps and coming back refreshed in 2026. We’ll see if Mickey Loomis and Co. agree.
