New Orleans Saints

The Saints are reportedly preparing for the real possibility that Ryan Ramczyk is medically not able to play this season. (Source: Ian Rapoport on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: Saints coach Dennis Allen alluded to Ramczyk’s knee not responding as they hoped, and it’s unclear when or if it will. The two sides agreed to restructure his contract earlier in March.

The Saints agreed to terms with Ugo Amadi. (Source: New Orleans Saints on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: Amadi will remain in New Orleans for a second season after spending time with the Seahawks, Chiefs and Titans. He'll provide depth in the secondary for the Saints, while likely also maintaining a role in special teams.

The New Orleans Saints agreed to terms with Olisaemeka Udoh. (Source: ProFootballTalk on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: Udoh had been with the Vikings for the previous five seasons. He'll provide depth on the offensive line for the Saints.

Chase Young is undergoing a neck procedure that is expected to sideline him into training camp. (Source: Adam Schefter on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: Young, who recently signed a one-year deal with the Saints, is expected to be fully healthy by the start of next season. Schefter added that New Orleans was aware of his neck injury when signing him.

The New Orleans Saints are bringing in QB Nathan Peterman to compete for their backup quarterback spot. (Source: Nick Underhill on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: With Derek Carr as their starter, the Saints are signing further depth behind him after he dealt with several injuries in 2023. Jameis Winston was New Orleans' QB2 last year, but he has moved on to the Cleveland Browns. Last season's draft pick Jake Haener will compete for the QB2 gig alongside Peterman, who has reinvented himself after a rough start to his career.

The New Orleans Saints re-signed Adam Prentice. (Source: New Orleans Saints on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: Prentice figures to remain in his fullback role with the Saints. He has made six starts across the past three seasons with New Orleans.

According to Saints beat reporter Nick Underhill, Michael Thomas is no longer under contract with the Saints, per source. He is now officially a free agent. (Source: Nick Underhill on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: Thomas will look for a change of scenery after struggling to stay healthy in recent seasons with the Saints. He'll likely sign a short-term, prove-it deal with a team as he looks to work his way back to his old self.

Jameis Winston is finalizing a one-year deal with the Cleveland Browns. (Source: Jordan Schultz on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: Winston reportedly fielded interest from multiple teams and decided he’s going to Cleveland. He will backup Deshaun Watson with the Browns.

The Texans are expected to sign veteran DB Lonnie Johnson Jr. (Source: Ari Meirov on Twitter )

Fantasy Impact: Johnson will return to Houston for the second time in his career. The 28-year-old only appeared in nine games last season, tallying eight tackles and one interception.

The Saints and LB Demario Davis have agreed to a reworked deal. The deal is a two-year, $17.25M contract with $13.25M guaranteed. (Source: Adam Schefter on Twitter )

Fantasy Impact: Davis was in the final year of his contract, so this also ensures some security for Davis. The 35-year-old will likely finish out his time with the Saints if he plays out the remainder of this reworked deal.

The New Orleans Saints tendered Rashid Shaheed. (Source: Jason_OTC on Twiitter)

Fantasy Impact: Shaheed will return to the Saints as an exclusive rights free agent. He has impressed in a depth role the past two seasons with New Orleans to go along with a role in special teams. Shaheed figures to remain in a similar role next season.

New Orleans Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu has signed a one-year extension with the team to remain in the Big Easy for the next two years. (Source: Nick Underhill on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: Mathieu was approaching the final year of his deal but now he will remain in New Orleans for the next two seasons. This deal helped the Saints financially as well, helping lower his cap hit in 2024. Mathieu had four interceptions, 75 tackles and nine passes defended in 2023 while recording an 87.4 PFF coverage grade.

Several teams believe that CB Marshon Lattimore is available for trade with the New Orleans Saints cap-strung again. (Source: Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler, ESPN)

Fantasy Impact: The Saints battle to make their way under the salary cap every offseason, forcing them to make tough choices they don't want to make. One of these could be trading away Lattimore, a four-time Pro Bowler and the team's leading corner. Lattimore will be 28 next season and has a $14.6 million cap hit, and he has an out after the 2024 season. After that, though, he has cap hits of $31.4 million and $28.6 million in 2025 and 2026, respectively, with a pair of void years to follow. A Lattimore move could be no more than a cap casualty in anticipation of future struggles.

Cameron Jordan signed a deal that freed up $1.5 million in cap space for the Saints. (Source: Mike Triplett on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: Jordan is the latest Saints player to restructure their contract to open up cap space for the team. He recorded two sacks last season.

The Saints have restructured the contract of starting DT Nathan Shepherd (Source: Field Yates on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: The move clears just north of $3M in 2024 cap space. The Saints have now created $33 million in cap space this week between the moves they made with Shepherd, Derek Carr and Erik McCoy.

Derek Carr has restructured his contract with the New Orleans Saints as they look for ways to get under the salary cap. The move is expected to save the team $23 million. (Source: Jeremy Fowler on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: The Saints are among the top teams in terms of being over the salary cap. Thankfully, Carr taking a large chunk of his money as a signing bonus gives them more room to work. As for his fantasy value, Carr is all but locked in as their starter for the next several years, since releasing him would be a massive dead cap hit and it’s unlikely he will be traded with the size of contract he has. He’ll likely be a QB2 like he has been for his entire career, steady enough to start in 2QB and stream in 1QB formats, but not worth rostering in single QB formats unless it is a deep league.

The New Orleans Saints D/ST allowed 17 points, while collecting one sack, three interceptions, and a fumble recovery in a 48-17 win over Atlanta.

Fantasy Impact: The Saints’ defense allowed 311 passing yards and 78 receiving yards in the win Sunday. Outside of Bijan Robinson’s receiving day, the Saints’ defense were able to hold the Falcons’ offense at bay for the majority of their win Sunday.

Blake Grupe converted 2-of-2 field goals and 6-of-6 extra points in the Saints’ 48-17 win over the Falcons.

Fantasy Impact: Grupe ended his rookie season on a high note, converting on all of his kicks Sunday. The 25-year-old will finish the year 30-of-37 on field goal attempts and 40-of-40 on extra point attempts.

Juwan Johnson caught 3-of-3 targets for 40 yards in the Saints; 48-17 win over the Falcons.

Fantasy Impact: Johnson closed out the 2023 regular season with a relatively quiet game compared to his performance last week against Tampa Bay. The 27-year-old will end the season with 368 receiving yards and four touchdowns on 37 receptions. Johnson remains under contract with the Saints for 2024.

Taysom Hill caught 4-of-4 targets for 28 yards in the Saints’ 48-17 win over the Falcons.

Fantasy Impact: Hill added 51 rushing yards on six attempts in the win. The 33-year-old will finish the 2023 season with 83 passing yards, one passing touchdowns, 401 rushing yards, four rushing touchdowns, and 291 receiving yards and two touchdowns on 33 receptions.