{"id":762590,"date":"2026-02-19T14:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/762590\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:53:17","slug":"should-the-saints-re-sign-will-clapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/762590\/","title":{"rendered":"Should the Saints re-sign Will Clapp?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Former 2018 Saints draft pick Will Clapp returned to the team last offseason on a one-year contract. But his season ended prematurely with a foot injury against the Chargers in the preseason, leaving him ruled out for the rest of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Clapp, who returned to New Orleans following stints with the Chargers and Bills, was expected to play an important reserve role for the offensive line in 2025. The 30-year-old enters free agency once again this summer, having rehabbed his injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The veteran has logged 22 starts in the NFL, and the door is open for the center to return to the black and gold on another cheap, short contract. Clapp is familiar with head coach Kellen Moore, having played under him in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWill\u2019s phenomenal,\u201d said Moore in November, praising his wealth of experience, which proved a valuable asset to the coaches throughout 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Would you bring back Clapp? What are your thoughts on the depth chart at O-Line, and what needs to be improved? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former 2018 Saints draft pick Will Clapp returned to the team last offseason on a one-year contract. But&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,896,55,3578,401,2588,2572,2571,6,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-762590","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-new-orleans-saints-free-agency","12":"tag-new-orleans-saints-news","13":"tag-new-orleans-saints-roster","14":"tag-neworleans","15":"tag-neworleanssaints","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-saints"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116097871437440201","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762590","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=762590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}