At the conclusion of the New Orleans Saints’ second OTA practice open to the media, head coach Dennis Allen announced that defensive end Tanoh Kpassagnon had torn his Achilles tendon while training in the offseason. Allen furthered this by stating that he will be out for a “little while” indicating that the team will be short a guy at what was already a position of need.
Knowing this now, the Saints may look to bring in a veteran player to compete and possibly find a role on the team during training camp. Here is a list of free agent defensive ends that the team could look to sign over the next couple weeks: