For the second time in two weeks, a Pro Bowler from New Orleans agreed to sign with the Saints. Following Tyrann Mathieu‘s agreement, the team is signing Jarvis Landry.
The former Dolphins and Browns wide receiver confirmed his decision Friday on Twitter. It’s a one-year deal, Aaron Wilson of ProFootballNetwork.com tweets. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero adds that the contract is worth up to $6MM (video link). Landry visited the Saints before the draft and will now join a receiving corps that, if Michael Thomas can stay healthy, could be formidable. The team has made two major investments at the position this offseason, with the Landry addition coming after a trade-up maneuver for Chris Olave.
Absent Thomas last season, the Saints deployed perhaps the league’s worst receiving corps. The team did not have a 700-yard receiver in 2021. This year’s crew now features the NFL’s single-season reception record holder, a five-time Pro Bowler, and a top-15 pick. The Saints also re-signed former third-rounder Tre’Quan Smith and still have 2021 receiving leader Marquez Callaway under contract. This corps stands to give Jameis Winston a better chance of succeeding after ACL rehab.
Connected to the Falcons and Ravens as well, Landry had been in the mix to return to the Browns. But that door closed recently, with Cleveland — which made Landry a cap casualty in March — intent on seeing how its younger players perform around Amari Cooper. The Saints opted for veteran stability, and the LSU product will be positioned as a key contributor.
Landry, 29, is coming off his worst season as a pro — 52-catch, 570-yard campaign. But Baker Mayfield‘s shoulder injury did well to sink the Browns’ passing attack. Battling an MCL injury last season, Landry also missed five games. Prior to 2021, Landry served as the top receiver on a 2020 Browns team that snapped a 17-year playoff drought. He also has three 1,000-yard seasons and five 900-yard slates on his resume. Used as a slot player in Miami, Landry also has compiled 110- and 112-catch seasons as a pro. The latter showing led the NFL in 2017, leading to the Dolphins franchise-tagging Landry and trading him to the Browns.
ugh
Where did you want him to sign?
I would have liked him back in Cleveland but Clowney is a higher priority. I wonder what the money is.
For a team that’s always 100m over the cap to start the off season they do a hell of a job finding ways to get players
Missing 5 games probably had more to do with his career low numbers, though I am sure Baker’s issues last year held him back as well.
Probably right, being that he put up all those numbers in Miami without a good QB
Well it’s interesting that the under performing receivers get a pass because Mayfield was injured yet the reverse doesn’t apply.
Now that the Saints have signed Landry,
the team is on the lookout to find and sign a Hudson.
Then they will try to land Bruiser LaRue !!!
I was hoping they would sign him. Good pickup, Saints voodoo economics strikes again
Micheal Thomas, Landry, Olave and Kamara.
No excuses for Jameis Winston.
For some reason everyone seems to suddenly rate him, seen someone say they’d Winston over Kyler Murray. That’s crazy. All I remember from Winston is lots of interceptions.
With this team and that reviving core, he must take them to the playoffs and win atleast 1 game in the post season. Way to much talent to be wasted otherwise
They forget dude coming off injury and they have to pray he can stay healthy to make this even work
On overthecap.com, they are already 43 million over the cap next year by kicking the can down the road. That is before the Landry signing. LOL