Saints sign Brandon Browner,trade Ben Grubbs

The New Orleans Saints continued their off season moves with a signing and a trade as the team signed Brandon Browner to start at cornerback and traded starting guard Ben Grubbs to the Kansas City Chiefs in return for a fifth round draft pick.

Brandon Browner will make New Orleans his third stop in three years after starting for Seattle and New England in the last two years.
The ramgy and physical Browner will attempt to improve a corner that was a weakness for the Saints last season after Champ Bailey was signed to start and then failed to make the team.
Browner will turn 31 before the beginning of the season.

New Orleans then traded starting guard Ben Grubbs to the Chiefs and on the surface,it makes one wonder what the Saints have planned as one argument behind trading for Max Unger was to form a strong middle of the offensive line,yet they just traded one of their stalwarts.
Grubbs is 31,so perhaps the Saints have plans to get younger at guard either in the draft or perhaps by moving a veteran to guard and drafting a tackle.
The Saints were rumored (after the fact) to be considering releasing Grubbs in June,so getting something for a player that they may have released later has to be considered a small victory.
It'll be interesting to see how the Saints maneuver to fill the gap....