The Saints have exercised Marcus Davenport’s fifth-year option, according to a source. Means he will have two more years in this system to show what he can do.
— Nick Underhill (@nick_underhill) April 29, 2021
The Saints have made a somewhat-surprising decision to exercise their fifth-year option with defensive end Marcus Davenport, per NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill. The option’s value will be $9.553 million, fully-guaranteed under the new collective bargaining agreement. The old CBA only guaranteed option payouts for injury.
Davenport, 24 years old, hasn’t met expectations after the Saints invested two first round picks to acquire him in a trade during the 2018 NFL draft.