re: Jayden Daniels Meeting With The Saints

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You do realize that total deadcap is only part of this discussion, right?

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You are the one saying we couldnt move on from Carr/not draft a qb because of his 2026 dead cap hit.

JLove sat for 3 full years. ARod - 3 full years.

Which is why the situation with ARod is on par. In 2020 the packers knew ARod may retire/leave etc. They drafted their heir apparent, regardless of what could happen with their cap - dead cap looming etc. that was the right move.

Saints know Carr will be getting long in the tooth by age 36 or so (and he aint ARod) - bad cap or not we are going to be looking for the heir apparent.

Just like we would have done with Brees/Mahomes given the chance.

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One example (that isn't comparable to our situation) = common.

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One example? No. Literally been done repeatedly in nfl history. When your QB is old lots of teams invest in a high draft pick for a potential heir apparent.

Niners - montana/young/garcia
Niners - Garrapolo/Lance
Chargers - Flutie/brees/rivers (bress sat for 1, rivers sat for 2 years)
Packers - favre/rodgers/J love
Chiefs - Smith/mahomes
Cowboys - Romo/Prescott
Patriots - Brady/Garropolo
Falcons - Chandler/Vick
Bengals - Kitna/Palmer (sat for 1 year)
Giants - Warner/Eli Manning
Chargers - Tyrod Taylor/Herbert - was going to sit until Tyrod got hurt
Raven - Flacco/Lamar Jackson - Lamar sat until week 11 after Flacco got hurt.