The New Orleans Saints are one of many reported front-runners to land free-agent quarterback Derek Carr.
Their present quarterback, Jameis Winston, took a second throughout the HBCU Legacy Bowl at Tulane’s Yulman Stadium to remind everybody that he hasn’t gone anyplace.
“Technically I’m not a free agent simply but. I’ve another 12 months below contract,” Winston mentioned on the NFL Community broadcast, by way of WWLTV’s Brooke Kirchhofer. “My important factor proper now could be, I’ll keep wholesome and be able to play. That’s the one factor that’s on my thoughts. I’ve acquired to be able to play, as a result of when given the chance, I look ahead to making the most of it.”
New Orleans is $30M over the wage cap and Winston looks like a powerful candidate to be launched. Slicing him with a post-June 1 designation would save $12.8M.
Winston signed a two-year, $28M cope with the Saints previous to 2022. His season was reduce quick as a result of lingering damage points, although he did begin three video games, passing for 858 yards, 4 touchdowns and 5 interceptions.
Andy Dalton, who’s a free agent, began the remaining video games, main New Orleans to a 6-Eight document.
Winston has spent the final three years with New Orleans, throwing for two,103 yards, 18 touchdowns and eight interceptions. He has a 6-Four document because the starter. The one different quarterback on New Orleans’ roster other than Winston is Jake Luton.
Ought to Carr signal elsewhere, there’s a great likelihood Winston might return and compete for the beginning job in 2023.
