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Newest Saint Glenn strengthens cornerback position

If the Saints weren’t so god-awful at the cornerback position last season, I would say Monday’s signing of Aaron Glenn was made strictly for mentoring purposes.

But as I’ve chronicled so often over the past year, New Orleans has been atrociously horrible in the secondary for the last few seasons. 

So the addition of Old Man Aaron (can we really call him anything else after 15 seasons in the league?) has to be seen as a move made to strengthen the position.

I say strengthen because I don’t want to think that OMA has a legitimate shot to secure the starting position.  I’d like to think he’s there to provide depth. 

If the Saints had signed OMA, say eight years ago when he was hitting his athletic prime, I’d have said that was a really solid pickup.  But he is now 35 years old and hasn’t been a starter since 2004.  He can’t be considered the answer to the Saints’ cornerback woes. 

Odds are OMA is getting a one-year deal in the $1 Million range, which means the Saints aren’t expecting much out of him.  Perhaps he’s being brought in to serve as both a mentor and an on-the-field contributor. 

Either way, his signing doesn’t really mean much. He’s coming cheap and he won’t do anything to screw up the secondary—only because it can’t possibly get any worse.  Maybe it’ll be good to have a guy whose been around forever in the locker room to provide guidance.  Like I said, it can’t really hurt.    

So now you’ve got to wonder where New Orleans will be going in the draft.  They’ve added two cornerbacks in free agency thus far in Randall Gay and OMA, so does that mean they’ll look elsewhere with the No. 10 pick?  I think it does. 

Of course, the cornerback position is still in need of an upgrade, but with upwards of six cornerbacks now on the roster, New Orleans has to be looking for help elsewhere with that first-round selection.

Defensive tackle maybe?  Linebacker perhaps?  Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait until April 26 to find out.         

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