12:30 p.m. -- Fujita to visit Browns
Saints strongside linebacker
Scott Fujita, one of the veteran team leaders on the defending Super Bowl champions, will make a free-agent visit to Cleveland on Saturday, a league source told SI.com.
Fujita, an eighth-year veteran, remains a free-agent priority for New Orleans, but the Saints opted to let him test the market. Their hope is Fujita's desire to remain in New Orleans, where he has made his home and been involved in the rebuilding of the community, gives them the opportunity to beat any potential free-agent offer.
Fujita will turn 31 next month. He played in 11 games for New Orleans last season, missing five due to a leg injury. He finished sixth on the team with 75 tackles, adding one sack, two forced fumbles and three tackles for loss. He joined the Saints in 2006 in the same free-agency class as quarterback
Drew Brees, and has also played for Kansas City and Dallas.
The Browns, under new team president
Mike Holmgren and general manager
Tom Heckert, are looking for upgrades at linebacker, and have targeted Fujita as one of the best available talents in the unrestricted market.
--Don Banks