{"id":798070,"date":"2026-03-07T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/798070\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T09:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T09:00:20","slug":"jaguars-rb-saints-free-agent-target-travis-etienne-jr-seeking-10m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/798070\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaguars RB, Saints free agent target Travis Etienne Jr. seeking $10M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 6, 2026, 12:13 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Here&#8217;s another free agency rumor linking the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-orleans-saints\/350\" data-autotag=\"84b23fc0-f769-4d65-9d38-018c62e4efd7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New Orleans Saints<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" data-autotag=\"0e187629-debe-49e8-9e02-83bd36ad3fcc\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> free agent running back Travis Etienne Jr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/albert-breer-mailbag-likely-landing-spots-malik-willis-kyler-murray\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Illustrated&#8217;s Albert Breer<\/a> fielded questions from readers in a mailbag, and when asked about the market for the former first-round pick, had this to say: &#8220;Etienne could wind up at over $10 million per year, and could fit with a team like the Saints.&#8221; It isn&#8217;t the first time <a href=\"http:\/\/saintswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/saints\/2026\/03\/03\/nfl-free-agency-rumors-saints-jaguars-travis-etienne-team-fits\/88954825007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Orleans has come up as a good fit<\/a> for the Louisiana native.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">That would be pricy, but it isn&#8217;t unprecedented. It would match what the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/minnesota-vikings\/347\" data-autotag=\"839728ed-97f0-4c7c-9ea6-299b7540514e\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> paid Aaron Jones on his last deal and fall just shy of what Kyren Williams and James Cook got in extensions with their teams. It also wouldn&#8217;t stop the Saints from drafting another rusher if the value is there. Their backfield needs fresh legs and big-play ability, and they shouldn&#8217;t stop adding new talent even after spending on someone like Etienne.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 27-year old is already up to 937 career rushing attempts (including the playoffs), plus 177 receptions, so he&#8217;s already some miles on his tires before testing the open market. He also averaged the most yards per carry last season since his first year in the NFL. There&#8217;s plenty of gas left in the tank. If we&#8217;re nearing the end of the road for Alvin Kamara, Etienne would be a good choice to take the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 6, 2026, 12:13 p.m. CT Here&#8217;s another free agency rumor linking the New Orleans Saints to Jacksonville&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,15505,96128,98748,95882,95936,97056,95988,95896,96129,95888,95895,95899,96716,95883,96046,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-798070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jacksonville","11":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","12":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","13":"tag-jaguars","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflsaints","16":"tag-sstsnsaints","17":"tag-tagalvin-kamara","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","20":"tag-tagkyren-williams","21":"tag-tagminnesota-vikings","22":"tag-tagnational-sports","23":"tag-tagnew-orleans-saints","24":"tag-tagnfl","25":"tag-tagnfl-hub","26":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","27":"tag-tagsports-illustrated","28":"tag-tagsports-news","29":"tag-tagtravis-etienne-jr","30":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116187078732537388","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798070","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=798070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}