METAIRIE, La. -- The New Orleans Saints weren’t ready to give up on Cameron Meredith.
The fifth-year receiver seemed like a candidate to become a salary-cap casualty this offseason, since he never fully recovered last season from a major 2017 knee injury and played in only six games. But the Saints worked out a pay cut with him instead.
More importantly, New Orleans didn’t sign anyone to replace Meredith in the first wave of free agency.
The Saints did consider making at least one big move to fill their need for a reliable slot receiver, which is Meredith’s most likely position in this offense.