Releasing Keenan Lewis is a real mind-boggling decision
The New Orleans Saints are not making the playoffs in 2016 if their defense doesn’t put together a significant turnaround. With Sheldon Rankins and Vonn Bell drafted to boastna crew now led by Dennis Allen, you’d think the Saints would keep their veteran studs together.
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Well, not exactly. They made one of the most mind-boggling decisions–releasing Keenan Lewis:
#Saints released CB Keenan Lewis, source said. He’d been bothered by a hip, but it was time. He said goodbye here pic.twitter.com/ixoTi3K5NP
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 20, 2016
The move really doesn’t make any sense to me. Sure, Lewis hasn’t quite been as dynamic as he was in 2013–his first year with the Saints. But when healthy, he’s still a very solid lockdown corner they need against Mike Evans, Julio Jones and Kelvin Benjamin in the NFC South.
Delvin Breaux is now the one “proven,” corner on the roster, even though he still have up way too many touchdowns a year ago.
Sure, they may clear cap space with his release, but the offseason is long gone. They don’t have any needs to free up cap space in order to pursue other big names. Lewis was undoubtedly their best corner.
The team better hope that Dennis Allen knows what he’s doing. Breaux still has work to do, Bell is a rookie and Jairus Byrd has been a disaster so far. Hard to be positive that this team will make the turnaround necessary to compete for the playoffs.
Maybe I’m wrong, and maybe releasing Lewis somehow helps this team going forward. But I’m not seeing it.
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