New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton and GM Mickey Loomis cleaned shop in 2014, parting ways with veterans Jonathan Vilma, Roman Harper, Jabari Greer, Will Smith, Lance Moore, Darren Sproles and Malcolm Jenkins, who were staples to the New Orleans Saints organization.
Excluding QB Drew Brees, Smith, Vilma and Harper were the voices of the locker room. The moves haunted the club, but with production decline, it was the right decision.