Will the Saints cut Morstead this offseason?

He sucks too

I hope not. He's a weapon.

Needs to. That's too much.

Issue is you save 1.25mil by cutting him, down a punter, and you need to then spend 420k on another punter that is rather unknown. You'd save only 800k, but sacrificing a solid punter for an unknown. There are better ways to make 800k. Next year is the better time to do it, not this.

Most overrated punter ever

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Even at 1.25mil in savings, you lose 2.15mil in dead money. It just isn't as worthwhile when we lose more in dead money than savings.

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That is the wrong way to look at it IMO. It is a sunk cost. So you'd have to ask yourself is that risk worth $1.25 million towards another player. I'd absolutely agree with you if he was going to go against the 51, which I highly doubt he would

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Don't have to spend 2 draft pick on guards when you can get a young vet like decastro.

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True, which is why it is time to go away from our old philosophy. I still want an incredibly athletic rookie guard like Dallas has.

I think it would be

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Easily enough for a FA guard

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If the position of need is for Guard, they'll almost certainly go after the players in those positions now for restructuring. By asking Morstead to restructure for a need on the offensive line is the age-old analogy, "Robbing Peter to pay Paul". Now, if they were going after a kicker with a longer FG range, then I would say asking Morstead to restructure wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility. Typically GMs look at salaries categorically, ie. you move money from Special Teams to pay for a need on Special teams.

The real issue is we are paying big money for sub-par play at the Guard position. Honestly they need to target a Guard in the draft and possibly grab a FA from somewhere. Also they need to get a real Oline coach. This transition for Ingalls is clearly not working out. As far as the fate of Evans and Grubbs, one of them should go and the better of the two should be kept at a reduced rate. They've looked like oversized babies on roller skates getting pushed around all season.

I'd be shocked if they draft 2 guards though. Especially with the needs on defense. We obviously need a second lock-down corner to complement Lewis on the other side. Linebacker has been woefully ignored for far too long in the draft by this FO. The last two games against run-heavy offenses have pretty much shown the entire league that all they have to do is borrow Les Miles' playbook in preparation for playing the Saints. We are looking like we will also need another NT with Bunkley showing his age. That doesn't even address the hole that Mark Ingram will leave on our running game after he leaves. Also Colston is probably done, so now we need a quality possession receiver.

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I honestly don't think we should keep either one of them at this point. We have a chance to have a very young, athletic, and cheap offensive line next year.

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Do not discount the effect that a veteran can have on the interior line. You don't want a bunch of young-bloods in the middle of the line for Brees. A good defensive line who knows how to do a lot of stunts and twists will really reek havoc on a rookie interior. Look at Dallas last year, when their amazing Oline (this year) was cutting their teeth. It resulted in a potentially career-ending injury for Romo.

To me, Grubbs would be the best candidate based on what I've seen this year. Evans looks lethargic and running high in mileage this year.