Nick Underhill reports that the Saints have claimed DE Kasim Edebali off waivers from the Rams and placed OLB Hau’oli Kikaha on injured reserve Thursday.
Edebali, 28, wound up signing on with the Saints as an undrafted free agent out of Boston College back in 2014. He managed to make the 53-man roster in all three of his seasons with the Saints and played out the final year of his three-year, $1,536,000 contract.
New Orleans declined to tender him a restricted offer this offseason and he later signed a one-year, $1.2 million contract with the Broncos. Edebali had a brief stint with the Lions before the Rams signed him to a contract last week.
In 2017, Edebali has appeared in nine games for the Broncos and recorded one tackle.
Kikaha, 25, is a former second-round pick of the Saints back in 2015. He’s currently in the third year of his four-year, $5.266 million contract that included $3.199 million guaranteed and stands to make base salaries of $615,000 and $705,000 over the final two years of the agreement.
In 2017, Kikaha has appeared in 12 games and recorded 10 tackles, four sacks and a pass defense for the Saints.
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