Saints To Bring Back LB Kaden Elliss
After three Falcons seasons, Kaden Elliss is returning to its unique aspect on this NFC South rivalry. The Saints are bringing again the 2019 draftee.
Elliss is headed again to New Orleans on a three-year deal price $33MM, NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport reports. The veteran linebacker will obtain $23MM assured, becoming a member of a Saints workforce that simply misplaced cornerstone defender Demario Davis (to the Jets).
The 2019 seventh-round pick of Idaho spent the primary 4 seasons of his profession in New Orleans. He largely served as a particular teamer by his first three campaigns, however he took on a bigger defensive function in 2022. That season, he compiled 78 tackles and 7 sacks, a quantity that also represents a career-high.
That efficiency ended up incomes him a three-year, $21.5MM deal from the Falcons in 2023, and Elliss ended up enjoying out that deal in Atlanta. He became a real three-down linebacker throughout his stint with the Falcons, averaging greater than 125 tackles and 4 sacks per season. This previous yr, he collected 107 stops and three.5 sacks, with Pro Football Focus grading him thirty first amongst 88 qualifying linebackers.
Elliss might slide into Davis’s spot atop the Saints LB depth chart, though the workforce is at present retaining the remainder of their 2025 depth. This consists of the likes of Pete Werner, Danny Stutsman, and Isaiah Stalbird.
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