The Saints are expected to sign cornerback Desmond Trufant, (Twitter link via NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport). The veteran impressed in his Monday workout and will join the club just in time for Week 1. 
Trufant missed the Bears’ final cut but also missed the last couple weeks of training camp due to a family situation. A first-round pick of the Falcons back in 2013, the Washington product became a quality starter in Atlanta. He was a full-time first-stringer for all seven of his Falcons seasons and made the Pro Bowl in 2015. He received a massive payday when the Falcons gave him a five-year, $68.5MM extension in April of 2017.
The terms of Trufant’s new deal are unknown, but he’s still going to collect $3.5MM from the Lions for this season. Meanwhile, the soon-to-be 31-year-old will look to fortify the Saints’ banged up secondary.
Truant was very good for most of his Falcons tenure, but he has certainly lost a step since then due to injuries. The Saints’ zone scheme should protect him more from having to match receivers physically in one-on-ones (something the Bears did more often than the Saints did) and allow him to use his instincts and experience to lean on instead. Hopefully for New Orleans Trufant is 100% and can tide them over until they find a longer term solution at their second corner spot.
Surprised the pats didn’t try and sign him
The Bears let him go because they’re sooo deep at CB. ugh.
Pace wants to distance himself from any player whose last name begins with the letters TRU.
I don’t know the details of his “family situation”, but to release a player due to that make the Bears seem like an extremely classless organization.