New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton predicted after practice Monday the team would make a roster move at running back, “sooner rather than later,” and hours later the team came to terms with Ladell Betts, according to Saints officials.
The contract has not yet been signed, according to the team.
Betts had come in for a workout even before Lynell Hamilton, the Saints third running back, was lost for the season with a fluke knee injury during a non-contact drill at New England last week. At that time, however, the team did not offer him a contract.