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Is it time for the Saints to get serious about Brees' replacement?

Posted on 10/19/14 at 3:39 pm
Posted by AubieALUMdvm
Member since Oct 2011
11713 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 3:39 pm
He becomes FA in 2017 - is the upcoming draft a good time to trade up and get his replacement? He appears to be entering tdecline (though still the best in the pathetic NFC South) from the games I've watched and this is confirmed by Saints Talk - I assume the fans over there are mostly diehards and have been watching him closely. Seems like everyone agrees he is no longer elite.
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
117734 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 3:39 pm to
It's time.
Posted by REG861
Ocelot, Iowa
Member since Oct 2011
36444 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 3:40 pm to
I wouldnt focus on it this offseason. His decision making is the biggest question mark, not his arm.
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
82063 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 3:40 pm to
Someone to groom or someone to replace him immediately?
Posted by TechDawg2007
Bawville
Member since Nov 2007
32249 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 3:40 pm to
We need offensive lineman
Posted by danman6336
Member since Jan 2005
19440 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 3:41 pm to
It was time a season or so ago

It's way past time now
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
82291 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 3:41 pm to
They need to either demand he renegotiate his horrendous contract or draft his replacement and force him out in 2 years.
Posted by Patrick_Bateman
Member since Jan 2012
17823 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 3:53 pm to
quote:

trade up and get his replacement
Hell no. Never trade up for a QB.
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
Simcoe Strip - He/Him/Helicopter
Member since Oct 2011
36501 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 3:59 pm to
Yes
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
203546 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:02 pm to
quote:

He becomes FA in 2017 - is the upcoming draft a good time to trade up and get his replacement?


I agree with this.. But to say he is washed up is absurd..............
Posted by 9Fiddy
19th Hole
Member since Jan 2007
64163 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:35 pm to
quote:

is the upcoming draft a good time to trade up

With the way the season is going, we could probably trade down and still get a replacement.
Posted by BTRLSU5
Missouri
Member since Jan 2014
154 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:37 pm to
Shane Carden outta ECU would be a good fit imo
Posted by WeeWee
Member since Aug 2012
40194 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:40 pm to
I wouldn't focus on it, but if an Aaron Rodgers situation occurs in the draft and the perfect guy fell to where the Saints are drafting then they should do it. Brees's biggest problem this season is the O-line is not giving him a great pocket and he is rushing throws that he would not have. CSP needs to use that 10-15 pick this year on a can't miss O-lineman.

quote:

I assume the fans over there are mostly diehards and have been watching him closely.


Actually most of them are rantards that just circle jerk each other.
Posted by Roger Klarvin
DFW
Member since Nov 2012
46567 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 4:42 pm to
A QB's true decline (or at least the one which there is no hope of coming back from) is when his arm starts to go.

Brees' arm is just fine, he is just making uncharacteristically bad decisions this season. He used to be the master of the wide open checkdown to the back, now he seems to be pressing the ball downfield too much.
Posted by hg
Member since Jun 2009
123719 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 6:09 pm to
I'm so jealous of the Colts
Posted by Rand AlThor
Member since Jan 2014
9478 posts
Posted on 10/19/14 at 6:21 pm to
Too many issues on the team to blow a top 10 pick (or worse, to trade up and blow HELLA picks a la the falcons w/ Julio) on a QB now. Even with his regression over the last 2 seasons Brees is still playing at a top 10 level (he was like 24 of 30 for 310 and 2 TDs at one point today). They're better off just focusing on getting better everywhere else right now. When the time comes to move on, we can always get rid of him, tank 1 bad year and then draft the guy... At least then the guy is surrounded by talent and doesn't end up like Matt Ryan.
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