Jared Cook committed to sign with the New Orleans Saints last week, but won't reconsider his decision following the retirement of Rob Gronkowski.

The New England Patriots had a sense last week that Gronkowski was likely to retire, but now the free agent tight end market is incredibly thin.

Martellus Bennett also considered coming out of retirement to rejoin the Patriots after they acquired his brother Michael Bennett, but he said he will remain out of the game.

The New Orleans Saints are close to a deal with Jared Cook, according to a source.

Cook, 31, had a career-high 68 catches for 896 yards with the Oakland Raiders last season. He scored six times.

The New Orleans Saints have agreed to a four-year, $24 million deal with guard/center Nick Easton, according to a source.

The addition came shortly after news broke that Pro Bowl center Max Unger is retiring.

The Saints plan to play Easton at center. He missed all of last season because of surgery to repair a herniated disk in his neck. But he started a total of 17 games at both guard and center for the Minnesota Vikings in 2016 and 2017.

Max Unger has decided to retire, leaving a large hole in the middle of the New Orleans Saints' offensive line.

Unger, who turns 33 next month, was officially placed on the NFL's reserve/retired list Saturday. He had one year left on his contract. He's a veteran of 10 years.

The Saints will save $6.95 million in cash and salary-cap space that he was due in 2019.

Teddy Bridgewater has agreed to re-sign with the New Orleans Saints on a one-year, $7.25 million deal worth up to $12.5 million in incentives.

Bridgewater also met with the Miami Dolphins. Bridgewater is originally from Miami.

Bridgewater is apparently willing to wait to find the perfect long-term fit, even though he has started just one game over the past three seasons.

Bridgewater suffered a devastating knee injury in the summer of 2016, tearing his ACL among other ligaments and structural damage.

The New Orleans Saints have created some cap space by restructuring Drew Brees' contract.

According to a source, the move created $10.8 million in space.

Brees will still get the $23 million in cash he's due in 2019, but the simple restructure will push the cap figure to 2020, freeing up space to use now.

Mark Ingram has agreed to a three-year, $15 million deal with the Baltimore Ravens.

Baltimore was never involved in negotiations with Le'Veon Bell and always had its sights on Ingram.

The Saints' best offer to Ingram was for four years, $17 million with only $5 million guaranteed.

The New Orleans Saints have agreed to sign Latavius Murray to a four-year, $14.4 million deal.

Mark Ingram will not return to the Saints with the move.

Murray played his first three seasons with the Raiders and earned his lone Pro Bowl selection in 2015 when he rushed for a career-best 1,066 yards. 

Alvin Kamara will remain the Saints' No. 1 option at running back.