{"id":165879,"date":"2025-06-28T18:41:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T18:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/165879\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T18:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T18:41:17","slug":"the-5-time-pro-bowler-who-would-be-a-great-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/165879\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5-time Pro Bowler who would be a great fit"},"content":{"rendered":"

If the New Orleans Saints are going to be competitive<\/a>, they still have roster work to do. And they need to sort out the quarterback position<\/a>. Also, a five-time Pro Bowler would be a great fit for the Saints.<\/p>\n

The good news for the Saints is that they have room to maneuver under the salary cap. That\u2019s at least true for the 2025 season. And they need to use that room wisely. The best bet is shoring up the cornerback position<\/a> in the form of Stephon Gilmore<\/a>, according to espn.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, their starters at the position are 2024 second-round pick Kool-Aid McKinstry and veteran Isaac Yiadom, who returns to New Orleans after playing in San Francisco last season,\u201d Aaron Schatz wrote. \u201cGilmore maintained his high level in 2024 with Minnesota, ranking 30th in my coverage DVOA metric while being assigned to some of the league’s toughest receivers. He could challenge Yiadom for a starting job, while serving as an important mentor for McKinstry and fourth-round rookie Quincy Riley.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saints need to add CB Stephon Gilmore<\/p>\n

A 13-year veteran, Gilmore\u2019s best days are behind him. He hasn\u2019t made the Pro Bowl since 2021. However, he still has some juice. And he could likely help a team like the New Orleans Saints and their first-year head coach Kellen Moore.<\/p>\n

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Gilmore said he\u2019s not the only quality cornerback still on the market<\/a>, according to a post on X by Josina Anderson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are still some good corners and safeties out there like Justin Simmons and myself that are still not signed. Honestly, I\u2019m still being patient and staying ready until teams see what they have in training camp; but you mean to tell me among 32 teams that there are 64 starting corners that are better than me? I don\u2019t think that. If teams want to win, I think they should sign the best players. I know I\u2019m still a starter in this league. I started games last year, but the season doesn\u2019t start until September, we got a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Saints may put a lot of pressure on rookie Quincy Riley if they don\u2019t get a veteran like Gilmore. But maybe Riley could handle it<\/a>, according to saintswire.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cRiley has the athleticism and pedigree to compete for a starting role,\u201d Luke Loffredo wrote. \u201cBut his path to playing time may depend on whether the Saints add another veteran at outside corner. If they don\u2019t, Riley could easily be in the mix alongside Kool-Aid McKinstry on the outside.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Gilmore would be the addition that would solidify the Saints secondary for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

Douglas Fritz<\/a> is an experienced sports journalist covering the NFL, MLB, and NBA for ClutchPoints. Douglas spent over 30 years writing at the Johnson City Press daily newspaper covering University of Tennessee athletics. He is also a screenwriter, book writer, and songwriter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If the New Orleans Saints are going to be competitive, they still have roster work to do. And…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,896,55,2572,2571,6,832,397,9896],"class_list":{"0":"post-165879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-orleans","10":"tag-new-orleans-saints","11":"tag-neworleans","12":"tag-neworleanssaints","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-nfl-rumors","15":"tag-saints","16":"tag-stephon-gilmore"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114762460977853470","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}