We all know now that the retirement of New Orleans Saints center Max Unger wasn’t as big a surprise as first advertised. The team had a couple of months to get their heads wrapped around it and do the preliminary legwork of identifying Unger’s immediate replacement. That replacement, at least for now, is former Minnesota Vikings backup center Nick Easton.
There were a lot of grumblings from analysts and in the media about the move. Primarily, the mood was that the Saints had overpaid for a lack of experience. At face value, Easton’s contract is a four-year, $22.