Saints Address Defense With DT Bunkley

In other news … the New Orleans Saints have agreed to a five-year contract with free agent defensive tackle Brodrick Bunkley. The deal is worth $25 million, with $9 million guaranteed, a league source confirmed. Bunkley, 28, is the first big score for the Saints’ defense this offseason. The 6-foot-2, 306-pounder fills their most glaring [...]

Saints Bring Pro Bowler Grubbs To N.O.

The New Orleans Saints have agreed to terms with free agent guard Ben Grubbs, the club announced Thursday morning. The deal is supposedly worth around $7 million a year, according to published reports. The arrangement means the Saints have moved with alacrity to replace departed guard Carl Nicks, who signed with division rival Tampa Bay [...]

Saints Make LB Herring First Free Agent Add

The New Orleans Saints have agreed to terms on a three-year-contract with former Seattle Seahawks linebacker Will Herring, according to agent George Mavrikes. Herring, who turns 28 next month, is a 6-ffot-3, 241-pounder who served primarily as the nickel linebacker for Seattle with seven career starts. He’s hoping to compete for a starting job with [...]

Saints Ink Pierre Thomas To Four Year Deal

The New Orleans Saints have reached a four-year deal with running back Pierre Thomas. Sources indicate the deal is worth $12 million. Thomas was an undrafted free agent when he signed with the Saints as an out of Illinois in 2007. He had ankle injuries that held him in check last season and had surgery [...]

Saints Add Competition With LB Ingram

The New Orleans Saints and free agent linebacker Clint Ingram have agreed to terms on a one-year contract, team officials said late Wednesday afternoon. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. Ingram, 27, spent the first four years of his NFL career with Jacksonville after being drafted out of Oklahoma. In that stretch he [...]