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Ahead of Tuesday’s deadline, there were a number of trades to trim the roster to 53 players, and the most impactful of them may have been the one that sent defenseman Chauncey Gardner-Johnson from the Saints to the Eagles.
While Gardner-Johnson was looking for a new contract early in the final year of his current contract, there was no sign the Saints planned to trade him before news of the deal broke Tuesday and the compensation — a fifth and a sixth-round pick with a seventh-rounder going back to Philly – didn’t knock most people’s socks off. Saints head coach Dennis Allen declined to comment on Gardner-Johnson’s contract demands as he discussed a trade he said was “not an easy decision” for the team.
“I love the player,” Allen said of NOLA.com’s Luke Johnson. “These movements are not easy. But we felt it would be a good move for us.”
The Saints are confident that Marcus Maye, Tyrann Mathieu, PJ Williams, Marshon Lattimore and Paulson Adebo will give them everything they need in the secondary this season. The results of this bet will weigh heavily on the NFC South race this season.