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The Rant with Jeff Ratcliffe

Travis Etienne Signs with the Saints

The Rant with Jeff Ratcliffe

Jeff Ratcliffe

Sports, Football, Fantasy Sports

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Jeff is back with another quick slant instant reaction podcast episode to break down Travis Etienne signing with the New Orleans Saints. Jeff takes a look at what this means for Alvin Kamara's future and what Etienne's outlook is like if Kamara ends up being cut. He then heads to Jacksonville to break down the Jags backfield and Bhayshul Tuten's initial fantasy football outlook.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Another team looks to be out on the Jeremiah Love Sweev Stakes, top 10 team in the NFL draft.

0:08.1

The New Orleans Saints, because, well, they agreed to terms with Travis E.TN, of course, of the Jaguars previously.

0:15.6

It's reported to be a four-year $52 million contract.

0:19.7

Of course, we don't have details beyond what's guaranteed or anything like that.

0:25.3

Initial numbers are often inflated.

0:28.0

They definitely do not tell the full story.

0:31.6

But on the surface, it's a fairly sizable chunk of change to pay for ETN that comes in at roughly 13 million

0:41.1

per year.

0:42.3

So, I mean, you're close to top of market, honestly, at 13 million per year.

0:46.3

We know running backs don't get paid very well.

0:48.8

The top guys are being paid pretty well, Sequin Barclay, Christian McCaffrey, Derek Henry.

0:53.8

But honestly, the only

0:55.1

other players who would be ahead of this number average annual would be Breece Hall, who's playing

1:00.2

on a franchise tag, and Jonathan Taylor, who's at 14 million average annual. Devils into details.

1:05.4

We'll get those details later on, but as of right now, well, ETN is going to the Saints.

1:11.9

The Saints are, I don't want to portray them as a basement dwelling team because I'll be bluntly honest with you.

1:18.2

They showed something down the stretch last year.

1:20.5

They showed they weren't willing to give up for Kellyn Moore.

1:23.0

He had his team playing well.

1:24.9

And maybe just maybe they found their quarterback. It's still in the

1:28.8

maybe phase. It's not definite with Tyler Shuck. It was only a half a season. But in that half

1:34.4

season, he played himself into the offensive rookie of the year conversation. He flashed mobility

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