The New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs are both expected to have strong interest in signing cornerback Joe Haden, who was released Wednesday by the Cleveland Browns, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have also emerged as a possible landing spot for Haden, NFL Network's Aditi Kinkhabwal reports.
None of the three teams are flushed with cap space - the Saints have around $8.2 million, the Steelers have roughly $10.5 million, and the Chiefs have close to $9 million, according to overthecap.com - so trading for the two-time Pro Bowler had been unlikely due to his enormous salary.
Now that Haden is a free agent, however, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, and Kansas City are apparently among the teams that will look to add him to strengthen their questionable cornerback groups.
Moving forward, Haden is unlikely to be asked to shadow the opponent's top wideout like he was in Cleveland, but would instead compete for the No. 2 cornerback position on interested teams - a role his declining skill set is far better suited for.
