The New Orleans Saints made a maybe-controversial decision on Friday to re-sign left guard Andrus Peat to a five-year contract extension, keeping the two-time Pro Bowl alternate and 2015 first-round draft pick in the city where he’s played his entire NFL career. But retaining the versatile offensive lineman was hardly a sure thing for the Saints.
According to a report from Herbie Teope of The Kansas City Star, the Super Bowl LIV champions were interested in Peat’s services. If they had landed Peat, he would have replaced Stefen Wisniewski, who agreed to a free agent contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers.