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re: Just read a very interesting Saints mock on footballs future.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 6:54 am to xxKylexx
Posted on 2/26/14 at 6:54 am to xxKylexx
We may as well let RG take our first round pick if we draft a QB. frick that, unless Andrew Luck is sitting at 27, you can't waste a pick on someone who is going to sit the bench for 5 years.
Loomis/Payton will never let that happen.
Loomis/Payton will never let that happen.
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Posted on 2/26/14 at 7:24 am to JMnola
The QB from Tulane seems to be the guy they are grooming unless someone like maybe Murray from UGA or Mettenbreger falls to the 4th round they will take one of them for sure. I think if Peyton has to draft someone they or getting a prototype QB after Brees
Posted on 2/26/14 at 7:50 am to JMnola
I dunno.. Brees is 35. I know he has said he feels good, but hoping he plays into his 40s is a bit of a stretch. I would hope he would play at least 2 more seasons, and I'd be very happy with 3. The fact is, there is no norm with this. Just because Brady and Manning will play into their 40s means nothing. I don't want our guy to play too long - I want him to be medically sound after he retires.
That said, I could see us taking a QB this year. I could see the teams thought process to get there.. Especially if Drew has expressed any honesty to the FO about how long he intends to play for. This years draft is deep - really, really deep. And for the first time in a while, we don't have any SUPER glaring needs. We can all agree we could use a corner, WR, safety and tackle, and maybe a center, but I expect the team to address most of those in FA, and I think a few backups from previous years will step up into starting roles well. The point is - we are not DESPERATE at any position. If the season started tomorrow, we wouldn't be completely screwed... That is the situation you WANT to be in. It's very likely we won't be in that situation again until long after Drew retires. If we are going to attempt to take a QB for the future, now would be the time to do it, rather than wait for Drew to retire and then suffer through a 3-13 season in order to get a high pick for another QB.
I'm not saying they'll do it. I'm not even interested in Carr. But it wouldn't shock me if they did take a QB. I know there would be a lot of rage here..
That said, I could see us taking a QB this year. I could see the teams thought process to get there.. Especially if Drew has expressed any honesty to the FO about how long he intends to play for. This years draft is deep - really, really deep. And for the first time in a while, we don't have any SUPER glaring needs. We can all agree we could use a corner, WR, safety and tackle, and maybe a center, but I expect the team to address most of those in FA, and I think a few backups from previous years will step up into starting roles well. The point is - we are not DESPERATE at any position. If the season started tomorrow, we wouldn't be completely screwed... That is the situation you WANT to be in. It's very likely we won't be in that situation again until long after Drew retires. If we are going to attempt to take a QB for the future, now would be the time to do it, rather than wait for Drew to retire and then suffer through a 3-13 season in order to get a high pick for another QB.
I'm not saying they'll do it. I'm not even interested in Carr. But it wouldn't shock me if they did take a QB. I know there would be a lot of rage here..
Posted on 2/26/14 at 10:25 am to JMnola
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We may as well let RG take our first round pick if we draft a QB. frick that, unless Andrew Luck is sitting at 27, you can't waste a pick on someone who is going to sit the bench for 5 years. Loomis/Payton will never let that happen.
It's not like we are investing in a top 5 QB. This is a late 1st, early 2nd QB. Same place Drew was drafted. If the value is there, and you like the QB better than other players, you have to take it.
As for sitting, I wrote this in another thread and stand by it.
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Vick was first overall and Brees was a round later. Who would you rather have?
Alex Smith was first overall and Rodgers was the 24th pick. Who would you rather have?
Manning and Luck were the 1st overall picks. But so was Carson Palmer and JaMarcus Russell.
Look at that class of Tim Couch, Donovan McNabb, Akili Smith, Daunte Culpepper and Cade McNown. Aaron Brooks was taken in the 4th round of that year and did better than half those guys.
And a lot of starting QBs didn't start right away either. Tom Brady, Ben Rothlesburger, Chad Henne, Philip Rivers, Tony Romo, Carson Palmer, Colin Kaepernick and Drew Brees. (Drew was picked in the second round and didn't start a single game until his second year.) Eli has won two superbowls and shared time with Kurt Warner his first year. And look at what Kurt Warner had to go through to get a job.
Look at two years ago with Luck, RG III and Russell Wilson. In four years we could be saying how great Kirk Cousins is because he won a Super Bowl with the Cardinals or Rams.
I'd rather get our QB of the future a year too early, than 15 years of rotating top 5 QBs.
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