2020 New Orleans Saints free agency and rumor tracker

Keep up with all the Saints free agency and player movement with our tracker.

It's that time of the year again, folks. The start of the new NFL league year is around the corner, and the football world has already seen its share of shock and awe from multiple trades going down on Monday. We're eagerly awaiting moves from the New Orleans Saints, and rumors are already starting to swirl with some of their current players and impending free agents. Here's a look at where the team stands currently through our free agency and rumor tracker.

Saints cap space: $11,814,157(NFLPA Salary Cap Report)

Players under contract: 61

Team needs: CB, WR, DT, LB, OL

Here's a look at the team moves, thus far, which will be updated constantly. 

Re-Signings and Offseason Tracker

• Noah Spence, DE
• D.J. Swearinger, DB: 1-year deal
• Justin Hardee, DB: 1-year deal
• Andrus Peat, OT: 5-year, $57.5 million deal (story)
• Taysom Hill, QB: Officially tendered at a first-round level (source)
• Drew Brees, QB: 2-year, roughly $50 million deal (source | contract details)
• David Onyemata, DT: 3-year, $27 million deal (source | contract details)
• Zach Wood, LS: 4-year, $4.78 million deal with $1.3 million guaranteed (source)

New Players

• Malcolm Jenkins, FS (source | contract details)
• Michael Burton, FB (had previously spent some time with Saints from May-August 2019)
• Emmanuel Sanders, WR (source | contract details)
• Deatrick Nichols, DB

Rumors and News

• Janoris Jenkins agreed to restructure his contract for 2020, converting $9 million of his base pay into a signing bonus. The move created $7.2 million in space (source).
• New Orleans re-signed Noah Spence and D.J. Swearinger, and added Deatrick Nichols, formerly of the XFL.
• The Saints have landed Emmanuel Sanders on a 2-year, $16 million deal that is worth up to $19 million. Sanders chose New Orleans over Green Bay and Dallas.
• Justin Hardee is back with the Saints, and fullback Michael Burton has been signed. Both are one-year deals.
• Andrus Peat is back with the team on a new 5-year, $57.5 million contract that has $33 million in guarantees.
• The Panthers have signed Keith Kirkwood to a one-year deal (source).
• The Saints have restructured the deals of Michael Thomas and Terron Armstead to create more cap space (source).
• Saints are in the mix for Chris Harris Jr. (source).
• Eli Apple is signing with the Raiders (source).
• Malcolm Jenkins is close to a deal to return to the Saints (source).
• Patrick Robinson has agreed to a renegotiated deal for the Saints (source).
• Kiko Alonso is staying with the Saints on a restricted deal that will help the team with salary cap space (source).
• The Panthers are expected to sign Teddy Bridgewater to a 3-year, $63 million contract (source).
• Both the Panthers and Saints are in on Vonn Bell (source).
• The Saints and Drew Brees are close to finalizing a new contract, which could be completed as soon as Tuesday (source), and he's got his extension as of Tuesday morning (source).
• A.J. Klein is signing with the Bills on a 3-year, $18 million deal with $9.7 million guaranteed (source)
• The Saints made an offer to linebacker Jamie Collins (source), but he signed with the Lions (source)
• New Orleans is not expected to use the RFA tag on Justin Hardee (source).
• The Saints would like to keep Cameron Tom, but it doesn't look like he'll get tagged as a RFA (source).
• The Bears are working to make a deal happen with Teddy Bridgewater (source), however another report is stating this won't happen.
• The Saints are using a first-round tender on Taysom Hill (source).

2020 Saints Free Agents

• J.T. Gray, DB (ERFA) - Tendered on 2/7
• Lil'Jordan Humphrey, WR (ERFA)
• Keith Kirkwood, WR (ERFA) - Signed with Panthers on 3/19
• Zach Wood, LS (RFA) - Re-signed on 3/16
• Justin Hardee, DB (RFA) - Re-signed on 3/20
• Cameron Tom, G (RFA) 
• Krishawn Hogan, WR (RFA) 
• Austin Carr, WR (RFA) 
• Taysom Hill, QB (RFA) - First-round tender
• Drew Brees, QB - Re-signed with Saints on 3/17
• Teddy Bridgewater, QB - Signed with Panthers on 3/17
• A.J. Klein, LB - Signed with Bills on 3/16
• Eli Apple, CB - Signed with Raiders on 3/18
• Ted Ginn Jr., WR
• Andrus Peat, T - Re-signed with Saints on 3/20
• P.J. Williams, CB
• Zach Line, FB - Retired on 1/16
• Vonn Bell, S
• Johnson Bademosi, CB
• Patrick Omameh, T
• Stephone Anthony, LB 
• Josh Martin, LB 
• Manti Te'o, LB 
• David Onyemata, DT - Re-signed on 3/16
• Noah Spence, DE - Re-signed on 3/23
• Dwayne Washington, RB
• D.J. Swearinger, DB - Re-signed on 3/22