Max Unger, the Saints’ starting center for the past four years, may be ready to call it quits. The 10-year veteran will announce his retirement, Field Yates of ESPN.com tweets. Unger made the Pro Bowl this past season and had one more season remaining on his contract. The soon-to-be 33-year-old blocker had missed only one game during his Saints tenure. Traded from Seattle to New Orleans in the Jimmy Graham-headlined deal four years ago, Unger became one of the Saints’ constants. His 2018 Pro Bowl appearance was the third of his career, with the other two such honors having come when he was a Seahawk. A 2009 second-round pick, Unger started all 130 games in which he played. He was a key part of the Saints’ revitalized running game, helping Alvin Kamara and Mark Ingram form one of the league’s best backfield tandems in years. The Saints still have the other four members of their past two offensive lines under contract — Terron Armstead, Larry Warford, Andrus Peat and Ryan Ramczyk — but now have a need at cente
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