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re: Saints sign Unger to an extension

Posted on 9/2/16 at 11:16 am to
Posted by blueslover
deeper than deep south
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Posted on 9/2/16 at 11:16 am to
yeah, I'm not saying it wasn't a good deal. More just the idea that the whole issue came about from not drafting a quality center or guard in past years.

Nicks left in 2012. They brought in Grubbs. He wasn't terrible but he never earned the pay of the contract he got IMO. A free agent swing and miss.

I think they were right not to pay Goodwin at age 33 in 2011. The problem was making due with dLP, a downgrade.

In the entire Payton era they have drafted one center in the 5th Rd, Matt Tennant.

Strief was pegged as guard out of college. Outside of him in the Payton era they have only drafted 2 guards: 2007 3rd Rd Alleman and 2012 6th Rd Tiller.

Sure you had the best middle interior OL with Jahri, Goodwin, and Nicks. But to not invest more than one 3rd, 5th, and 7th Rd picks in these three positions over 11 years is the root cause of the problems now faced there IMO.
Posted by LSUZombie
A Cemetery Near You
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 9/2/16 at 11:19 am to
I agree with everything you said but I don't regard Grubbs a swing and a miss in free agency
Posted by Fleur de Diable
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2010
978 posts
Posted on 9/2/16 at 1:11 pm to
quote:

Outside of him, in the Payton era they have only drafted two guards


Incorrect.
Jahri and Nicks should be included in that number of guards drafted. If Payton gets the misses on his record he should get the hits too.
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