When the Tennessee Titans made Kalan Reed the Mr. Irrelevant of this year’s NFL draft two weeks ago, the New Orleans Saints still had one position group of need left on the board after a workmanlike offseason of additions through the draft and free agency.
New Orleans still needed an interior lineman — preferably a guard — after parting ways with longtime anchor Jahri Evans in February.
And every agent in the NFL knew it. With the phone lines hopping in the hours after the draft, New Orleans brought in six offensive linemen among its 19 initial undrafted free agents, including a trio of players whom most analysts projected to be drafted: North Carolina guard Landon Turner, Michigan State center Jack Allen and Auburn guard/tackle Avery Young.