SaintsBro

It is just the nature of the beast, with Unrestricted Free Agents, that anything the Saints offer to an unrestricted free agent player will be compared to what other teams will offer the same player...that takes time.... So there is no real benefit to the Saints, by making their offer right out the gate, early at the start of free agency, because, then other teams will have more time to make their offers, and they will already know what the Saints offers are, so they can offer more. It is better for the Saints to quietly decide what they can afford, figure out what the Saints' offer is going to be, and then stick to it, and not get into an escalating bidding war unless they really really need the player.

Personally, I am starting to get a feeling that the Brees deal will get done the minute that Nicks is officially signed elsewhere. That's what I think the holdup is. Maybe it won't even get done until July, depending on how long it takes Nicks to make up his mind.