The Saints are signing defensive end Carl Granderson to a four-year, $52 million contract extension that includes $35.3 million in guarantees, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
to a four-year, $52 million contract extension that includes $35.3 million in guarantees, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
This is a major leap from Granderson's current deal, a two-year contract worth $5.2 million with just $240,000 guaranteed.Payton Turner in training camp this season. Granderson has started two games in 2023, with 2.5 sacks, five total tackles, seven pressures and a forced fumble for the 2-0 Saints. His seven pressures are almost halfway to his 2022 total of 13.Editor's PicksThe 27-year-old Granderson signed with the Saints as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2019, but did not join the team until after training camp that year while serving time in jail.
Granderson was sentenced to six months in jail in July 2019 after pleading no contest to one count of sexual battery and unlawful contact. He was accused of inappropriately touching two women while they slept at his apartment while he was at the University of Wyoming in 2018. Granderson originally agreed to a plea deal that would have put him on probation, but it was rejected by the judge presiding over the case.
This is the second major contract extension the Saints have finalized this month. The Saints gave guard
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