Tim Lelito was originally tendered on March 9 with a $1.67 million offer. However, Lelito revealed to WWL’s Lyons Yellin that he turned down an offer from the Dallas Cowboys, saying that the Saints had much more to offer.
“You have to weigh your options and it’s a gamble,” he said. “So you can go somewhere else and be a backup for a couple of years with less money or you can try to go into a one-year tender and do the best you can and hopefully come out with a little better contract after it.