{"id":116264,"date":"2024-05-03T03:57:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T03:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=116264"},"modified":"2024-05-03T03:57:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T03:57:07","slug":"saints-decline-fifth-year-option-on-dl-payton-turner-tchieu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/saints-decline-fifth-year-option-on-dl-payton-turner-tchieu\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints decline fifth-year option on DL Payton Turner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ac_85667298\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>As expected, the Saints won\u2019t be committing to\u00a0Payton Turner\u00a0beyond the 2024 campaign.\u00a0According to Ari Meirov of The 33rd Team, the Saints have declined the defensive lineman\u2019s fifth-year option.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-116268\" src=\"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/snapedit_1714708579226.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2800\" height=\"1576\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_85667300\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>Thursday was the deadline to pick up the fifth-year option on 2021 first-round picks. That commitment would have locked Turner into a $13.39M salary for the 2025 campaign. Instead, the defensive lineman will hit free agency following the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>Things obviously haven\u2019t gone as planned for Turner in New Orleans, with the Houston product being limited to only 15 games across three seasons. He was limited to only five games as a rookie thanks to a shoulder injury, but he managed to stay relatively healthy during his sophomore campaign.<\/p>\n<div id=\"yb_recirc_container_mobile\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"aditude_inline_container\">\n<div id=\"aditude_ad_article_inline_1\" class=\"aditude_div\" data-google-query-id=\"CMT2rorL8IUDFfdFwgUdagkGdA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/63317524\/yardbarker\/articles\/article_dynamic_1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That season, Turner found himself in and out of the lineup, finishing the season with 16 tackles and a pair of sacks in eight games.<\/p>\n<p>This past season, the defensive lineman landed on injured reserve after suffering a turf toe injury in Week 1. He didn\u2019t return until January, and he ended his third NFL season with only two appearances.<\/p>\n<p>With the Saints pairing free agent acquisition\u00a0Chase Young\u00a0with long-time Saints defensive end\u00a0Cameron Jordan, Turner doesn\u2019t have a clear path to playing time in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a chance the Saints look to save $2.3M against the cap and let the former first-round pick pursue a fresh start elsewhere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As expected, the Saints won\u2019t be committing to\u00a0Payton Turner\u00a0beyond the 2024 campaign.\u00a0According to Ari Meirov of The 33rd Team, the Saints have declined the defensive lineman\u2019s fifth-year&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":116268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116269,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116264\/revisions\/116269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}