If you’re washed up like me, you woke up Saturday morning to find out that the New Orleans Saints had agreed to terms with former Carolina Panthers safety Kurt Coleman the night before. Oddly, he joins Ted Ginn Jr. and A.J. Klein as the third former Panthers starter to sign with the Saints, and the fifth Ohio State Buckeyes grad (including Marshon Lattimore, Michael Thomas, Vonn Bell, and Ginn). This is a smart move that reflects last year’s franchise-changing offseason strategy in a number of ways.
Making sense of the Kurt Coleman signing
