New Orleans Saints: The Significance of Junior Galette’s New 3-Year Contract

March 9, 2013   ·   Tyler Raborn   ·   Jump to comments

Restricted free agent Junior Galette has signed a three-year contract with the New Orleans Saints.
As Nakia Hogan pointed out in his Times-Picayune article, the Saints have been determined to sign Galette.
The deal between the Saints and Galette didn't come as much of a surprise. Earlier this offseason, Galette said it was simply a matter of when not if a deal would be reached.
With just three years of experience, Galette was a restricted free agent, meaning the Saints would have had the right to match any offer Galette received on the open market as long as the Saints tendered him a one-year offer. 
The Saints apparently were prepared to make Galette a second-round tender offer of $2.023 million before the three-year deal was announced. 
This determination is well-founded. Junior Galette, who turns 25 at the end of this month, has played three seasons with the New Orleans Saints since being signed as an undrafted free agent in 2010. During that time,...

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