The New Orleans Saints made their first big move of the offseason by hiring Kellen Moore as their new head coach, and have been managing to fill out their offensive staff ever since. Now, free agency remains less than a month away, which means there is time to look back at the 2024 signing period and analyze the acquisitions and departures the Saints had.
One of the players they let walk was left guard Andrus Peat, a veteran of the team and a quality offensive lineman for multiple seasons. He chose a new team in the Las Vegas Raiders, and here is how that move panned out for them:
Free agent contract
Peat signed a one-year, $2 million deal with the Raiders, with $1.21 million set as a base salary, a $340,000 per game roster bonus, and other bonuses as well. This contract was paid out for only the 2024 season with no additional money pushed back to 2025, so the team can make a clean cut with him as he goes to free agency this offseason.
Snap counts
The snap counts for Peat have been relatively consistent over the years, however the 2024 season was a disaster overall for him. After eight straight seasons with 75% or more of offensive snaps taken, he fell below 10% in 2024, indicating how quickly he declined, and how little he was utilized.
Here are his career snap rates and counts for each season, only including games he played in:
- 2015: 50% (426)
- 2016: 97% (1,042)
- 2017: 93% (919)
- 2018: 88% (740)
- 2019: 85% (575, 10 games played)
- 2020: 88% (766)
- 2021: 83% (303, six games played)
- 2022: 84% (574)
- 2023: 75% (809)
- 2024: 6% (57)
- 2024 season review
As previously mentioned, 2024 was a pretty horrible season for Andrus Peat, as he barely saw the field whatsoever, and even when he did, his impact was minimal, or negative. On those 57 snaps taken, he had no penalties but gave up a sack and three pressures. His blocking and protection were poor for the span of time he did play, and unfortunately for the Raiders, he made no real impact on the team.
Report card grade
The New Orleans Saints seem to have cut ties with Peat at the right time, whether it be a lack of playing time or a decline in talent, 2024 was the worst year of his career. The only thing that could even keep this from being an A+ departure is that the Saints’ replacement plans at left guard were extremely hit or miss as well, so that will need to be addressed. Injuries and poor play meant five different players had to take snaps at that spot last season. Regardless, Peat seemingly would not have…
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