re: Strief Contract Restructured

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Strief is totally taken for granted by our fans. im not sure there is a guy in the SP era that has been brushed off and almost disrespected as much as Strief.

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If Carl frickin Nicks gets in the Saint HOF, Strief may very damn well get a statue out front.

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I do agree, but Nicks at his prime may have been better than Jahri (a possible HoFer) at his prime. Strief at his best is a step or two below that level.

But Strief's continued high level of play is why I question the Ramcszykxcykzck pick. I felt the same (but much more strongly) about the Peat pick, but he's ended up being a good LG and probably an above average starting LT. I already like Kelemete as a backup at either OT position. I just feel like Ramczyk isn't going to see the field too much this season, and maybe not next even season.

On that note, outside of Charles Brown, I can't think of any Payton-era Saints OL draft picks busting, so I can't get upset at them for the pick. Unlike LB, they know what they're doing there.

A touch off topic, but I think this could end up being the Saints's 2nd best draft ever after 2006. Would have loved to get Foster at 32, but I really liked each of their picks outside of Analzone. Ramczyk will be good, I just think he will be on the bench for too long for it to be a great pick.


And now a brief personal story related to the thread:
One night at Lucy's, a handful of whisky drinks deep, I started speaking to a friend while walking from the front bar to back patio area. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going. I suddenly walked into what felt like a support beam. I gather myself and looked at what I just ran into, and it turned out to be Zack Strief's back. The dude seriously didn't even recognize what happened. And not in the "I'm better than you, so I won't pay you any attention" way, but the "I didn't feel you slam into me" kind of way. If doctors removed both of arms, I still have no doubt that he would have little trouble killing me if he wanted to.