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THE JOE HADEN WATCH

One name to watch this offseason for the New Orleans Saints just might be Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden.

The 27-year old from the University of Florida was a two-time Pro Bowler in 2013 and 2014, but the last few seasons has been frustrating for the talented Haden due to bad play around him, injuries and a concussion issue back in 2015.

Last year in the days leading up to the trade deadline, Saints general manager Mickey Loomis spoke to the Browns about a possible trade for the veteran cornerback, but the Browns and the Saints could never agree on draft pick terms.

The Browns are looking to accumulate draft choices in 2017 and future years so don't be surprised to see Saints head coach Sean Payton urge Loomis to again go back to the Browns and try and make a deal for the talented cover-cornerback.

In May 2014, the Browns signed Haden to a five-year, $68 million dollar extension and Cleveland may just want to unload his contract for the right price now and the Saints are desperate for a top-quality veteran starting cornerback to play opposite Delvin Breaux.
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Now if you talking dumping a first and a boat load of money into a CB maybe this is the guy. Injury issues lately has been a run of groin injuries. but he is a fa in 2019 and in 2018 he becomes eligible for cap causality if it does not work out. 14 mill year cap hit 2017 and 2018. 10 mill in 2019. So there is room to rework that deal out and spreed the cap hit out a bit. In 2019 he will be 30 and a perfect age to end his contract for the saints

Would you roll the dice?

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