NoSaint

You are arguing need/fit strategy and he’s doing BPA. Two different models and each have their place I think either can be impactful and getting the guy you think is best is huge. Both OL and the secondary are spots where you need to constantly be adding talent regardless of how pressing week 1 of the next season looks.

Fair. I dig the 15% chance but not banking on it

I don’t know that Reid, Payton, and ol bill are new school. I think it’s bad totally stuck in their way coaches that are failing

Honestly the assumption I went with is that this was a modern day equivalent player. So a guy like prime Adrian Peterson level impact dropped on the team.

Gotta be Bruce and juice for an option on either side of the ball.

It’s not super pricey (yes 5-600 but not thousands) or super fancy but I have a martenero that I like day to day. A few of them are over the top but they have some clean looks too. They used to let you customize a lot too. Its been a solid mechanical that I don’t have to be totally paranoid about messing up

When many examples are 9 months after their last college game is it that crazy? how much better is an nfl rookie team an elite cfb player in the national championship before entering the draft? What’s the differential in ability in that guy?

That’s kinda the thing, right? even this years bills could knock off a super bowl contender given enough shots. Bama in theory should be able to hang with a bad nfl team occasionally

Theres not much “sort of” 9m per would be 18th(?) paid left tackle. It’s below average and several of the cheaper are on rookie deals.

2 years 18m would be among the cheaper starting LTs not on a rookie deal

Foles put up 30 points total in 120 mins of playoff football this year. I think he’s proven to be very streaky and a bit limited.

Of all the issues with clay, he’s certainly a willing blocker

You need to “pass the test” everywhere but be great in a few spots. Scoring (offense everywhere) and a pass rush are where I opt. Put up points and hopefully steal a turnover occasionally

I don’t know why but it still surprises me that as they watch the eagles, rams, chiefs in the playoffs that some fans still think it’s a 5 year rebuild process in today’s nfl. The one I quoted was totally ruling out year 3 under McD and only maybe in year 4? If you believe that you need to be calling for heads.

If not next year, not happening with this regime. Second year with a hand chosen qb ridiculous cap space AND a high pick? I’m not saying the expectation is the Super Bowl but it shouldn’t end up seeming out of the realm of possibilities. You should be budgeting for playoff tickets at this crossroads

I could swear he did an interview where he seemed disappointed/frustrated about not getting a call from Buffalo once the deal expired

Crazy drive - with the penalties they had to put up about 180 yards

Looks like the rest the starters week 17 and bye week rust is off should be a heck of a second half. If brees and ginn get it together it could be a big day. Bree’s is what 1-5? 1-6? With a pick and a near pick throwing to him and left two tds on the table. It’s looked horrific though. Saints receivers and defenders other than Michael Thomas look completely lost looking for the ball really consistently.

I’m curious what/if he was

They signed and cut/traded graham and gallette 1 year later too. Tooooons of dead money. Blaming drew would be like blaming McCoy for our cap issues. Maybe not an ideal contract every year but a good player and ignoring $40m+ of dead money. Saints wr group is pretty patchy too

Was he actually offered to stay though?

I didn’t disagree largely. but JA is still a rookie and a single RB who i do think is aging doesn’t really refute my point. I think that our pass catchers were a gap between us and any other unit as far as quality while I think that the line was just normal bad. And RB was at best middle of the pack. As much as anything though I was pointing out that those other lines probably don’t look GREAT with this offense. Outside of JA running and fister down the stretch we didn’t have much that dictated to the other team and that’s going to get everyone (line included) beat up.

We definitely need to help the talent up front but those teams all have good qb play and more weapons all around. We always do the “if Mahomes was here” analogy but there’s some truth to “if our line was in kc they probably wouldn’t be 32” also. Our whole offense needs a talent infusion. Below average blockers for below average playmakers being led by a rookie qb was a clear path to a bad unit.

I may not be remembering right, and it’s a weird google search to really get results on... but I seem to recall that we didn’t even offer him a contract, no?

Ill keep saying it: we are entering our prime 3 year window to win. If we don’t enter September talking about 10+ wins as the expectation, somethings gone terribly wrong.