This is interesting. It wasn’t just the New Orleans Saintstrying to sign cornerback Michael Davis to a practice squad contract on Tuesday; NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reports the Detroit Lions called to make him an offer, too.

Teams are capped at paying veterans on the practice squad just $22,000 each week, so the Saints upped the ante by signing Davis to their 53-man roster instead. As an 8-year NFL veteran, he’s eligible for a minimum salary of $1.21 million this season, paid out in weekly game checks of about $67,200. That’s a number Detroit wasn’t willing to meet, or they at least weren’t willing to give up the roster spot, even with a ton of uncertainty surrounding top cornerback Terrion Arnold.

So why were the Saints so motivated to add Davis? Beyond the obvious scheme fit (he started for several years with the Los Angeles Chargers under then-head coach Brandon Staley, now the Saints’ defensive coordinator), you can’t underestimate the positional value. There isn’t a team in the league that has enough cornerbacks.

With Isaac Yiadom on the mend with a hamstring injury, the Saints’ depth has been tested. Rookie draft pick Quincy Riley held his own against the New York Giants on Sunday. But behind him it’s Rejzohn Wright and Ugo Amadi, with Dalys Beanum and Jayden Price on the practice squad. They needed more help, and now they’ve got it.

This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: Saints had to outbid Lions to sign free agent cornerback Michael Davis