The New Orleans Saints enter the 2020 NFL season with one of the most highly touted rosters in terms of continuity and leadership; emphatically in win-now mode, the Saints took a conscientious, meticulous approach to filling roster holes in the offseason. Not only are key veteran figures such as linebacker Demario Davis and safety Malcolm Jenkins poised to serve as critical mentors in their position groups, but New Orleans’ young talent was just as fastidiously selected.
Despite having a somewhat ‘lacking’ roster in rookie talent, Sean Payton has never been concerned with numbers for numbers sake – the 2019 Saints receiving corp, for better or worse, being Exhibit A.