The market has changed considerably for Coby Fleener.
Less than two years ago, the New Orleans Saints gave him the sort of mega-payday that most NFL players covet: a five-year contract on the open market after wrapping up his rookie deal with the Indianapolis Colts. The sum total over five years was a generous $36 million, a hefty commitment at the time considering Fleener was coming off of a down year statistically speaking due to the Colts carousel at quarterback in 2015 (the start of Andrew Luck’s shoulder woes which forced Matt Hasselbeck to start half the season).