\u201cJeremy Folwer also reported that Samuel met with the Saints in May,\u201d Holder writes. \u201cThat pairing would make a lot of sense, as New Orleans is looking to rebuild and could use some help at cornerback after trading Marshon Lattimore to the Washington Commanders<\/a> in November and letting Paulson Adebo walk in free agency.\u201d<\/p>\n The Saints need another cornerback, and Asante Samuel is likely the best option on the open market. As mentioned above, New Orleans lost former lockdown cornerback Marshon Lattimore<\/a> to the Commanders and watched as Paulson Adebo signed a massive contract<\/a> with the New York Giants. While it\u2019s probably best for a rebuilding team like New Orleans to let both players leave, somebody must start for this club in the short term.<\/p>\n 2024 second-round pick Kool-Aid McKinstry showed some promise as a rookie, but the Alabama product cannot do it all by himself. With no other proven starting-caliber options on the roster, Asante Samuel could be a great short-term fix for this secondary.<\/p>\n Main Photo: Jim Dedmon \u2013 Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran free agent cornerback Asante Samuel visited the New Orleans Saints in May, and one NFL analyst believes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[6991,5403,7,896,55,2572,2571,6,397,6211],"class_list":{"0":"post-186867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-asante-samuel","9":"tag-chargers-featured","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-new-orleans","12":"tag-new-orleans-saints","13":"tag-neworleans","14":"tag-neworleanssaints","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-saints","17":"tag-saints-featured"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114808593070570579","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186867","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=186867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Saints](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Saints-Asante-Samuel-1024x683.jpg\")
Sep 15, 2024; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Carolina Panthers running back Chuba Hubbard (30) with the ball as Los Angeles Chargers cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. (26) defends in the first quarter at Bank of America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-Imagn Images
\nSaints Linked to Former Chargers Cornerback Asante Samuel<\/p>\n