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re: A worthwhile sharing draft tweet that is very relevant
Posted on 4/24/24 at 1:59 pm to GynoSandberg
Posted on 4/24/24 at 1:59 pm to GynoSandberg
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I don’t think this is some huge plot by the league to force the Saints’ hand, bunch
Its not a plot, its just the typical draft week crap.
Everyone knows the Saints are desperate, and everyone knows the Saints are loose with picks.
There are about 1.5 million rumors and stuff like this ever year week of
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Posted on 4/24/24 at 2:00 pm to Chad504boy
Sorry, but that’s a shite case by Kirby Smart 
Posted on 4/24/24 at 2:04 pm to DBG
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but that’s a shite case by Kirby Smart
not really We're sitting here with dudes from old dominion and northern iowa and hoping they develop. Spending 3 years in a prime SEC practice environment does count a long ways.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 2:07 pm to Alt26
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The odds of the Saints finding a quality starter or two with 5th, 6th, and/or 7th round picks are relatively low.
The Saints have four fifth round picks, two sixths and a seventh. That’s seven players. The Saints had a losing record even though we had a weak schedule and a weak division.
Should we be able to find two starters? No, but we could, and we should find some depth.
In the past we trade away potential trying to make home run selections. That really hadn’t worked all that well.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 2:19 pm to Chad504boy
Unless Smart is releasing UGA practice film, which he wouldn’t do in a billion years, I don’t give a frick about Mims’ practice reps
Posted on 4/24/24 at 2:20 pm to doubleb
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The Saints have four fifth round picks, two sixths and a seventh.
They are not going to draft 7 players in those rounds.
I would bet my life on it
Posted on 4/24/24 at 4:09 pm to DBG
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Because the 2025 draft might suck and have 2 first round worthy OTs. Or maybe it’ll be better, point is neither of us know.
This is precisely why the Saints should absolutely not trade up in this draft. The idea of “getting your guy” or not “settling for a lesser player” sounds cool and macho I guess but it’s utterly meaningless except for QB, which ironically is the one position the Saints have now tied themselves to a lesser player because that’s all they could get
The difference between the top 4-5 OT in this draft and the 2nd round and later guys is marginal at best. People get to hung up on these rankings as if they are some mathematical truth instead of what they are which is projections. The guy ranked as the 12th best prospect may turn out to be a stud, the #2 guy a bust. We don’t know. The Saints obviously need players at OT, better to o take a couple even in later rounds than to go all in on “your guy” because if you miss, you’re doubly screwed.
This post was edited on 4/24/24 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 4/24/24 at 4:13 pm to Chad504boy
Mims’ has medicals
Posted on 4/24/24 at 4:16 pm to doubleb
quote:And have the team right in front of where we trade up to take the OT we target.
Trading 14 and 45 to move up a few notches.
I’ve seen this movie already.
Lattimore =/= Mahomes
Posted on 4/24/24 at 4:17 pm to H-Town Tiger
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The difference between the top 4-5 OT in this draft and the 2nd round and later guys is marginal at best.
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This is precisely why the Saints should absolutely not trade up in this draft. The idea of “getting your guy” or not “settling for a lesser player” sounds cool and macho I guess but it’s utterly meaningless except for QB,
Exactly. If we were one tackle away from competing, but we are not. Far from it. Our drafts have been shite and we have been devoid of picks for years with the idiotic trade ups for Olave and Davenport by Loomis. Time to pay the piper now. If we can get an extra 2nd by moving back, yiu have to.
With that being said, Loomis is an idiot and he will not do it. There’s alot better chance of him giving away our 2nd to move up for Alt….
This post was edited on 4/24/24 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 4/24/24 at 4:47 pm to Townedrunkard
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If we were one tackle away from competing, but we are not.
If you’re a OT away, you go out sign the top guy in free agency
Posted on 4/24/24 at 4:53 pm to doubleb
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The Saints need to restock the shelves and draft the best available
That SHOULD be the plan. Unfortunately, the cap situation has made the draft the only place to get an OT and Loomis isn't capable of not filling this year's need.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 4:56 pm to soccerfüt
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And have the team right in front of where we trade up to take the OT we target. I’ve seen this movie already. Lattimore =/= Mahomes
Who would be the OT equivalent of Mahomes? Joe Thomas is a HOF LT. He did not miss a start for 10 years was All Pro 6 times and all decade for the 2010. The Browns never had a winning record with him. He was AP years when they won 3-4-5 games.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 5:28 pm to DBG
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You have zero long term solution at either tackle spot unless Penning performs a miracle.
They’ve put a tremendous amount of resources into the OL and for them to have no long term solution already is kind of sad.
So what does that tell you? Maybe you just take the best player & let everything fall how it may
Posted on 4/24/24 at 6:35 pm to Lester Earl
For the future of the Saints and not DA no projects no reaching no trade ups. Just pick the best damn player.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 7:38 pm to goatmilker
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The Saints have been calling teams to try to trade up, and I assume they want one of the top offensive tackles. I'm not sure how they have the OTs stacked on their board, but I do feel highly confident that New Orleans will be taking a bookend blocker in Round 1.
From Daniel Jeremiah’s mock draft today. The pick was Troy Fautanu
This team is in no position right now to be trading away picks to get one guy.
This post was edited on 4/24/24 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 4/24/24 at 11:26 pm to DBG
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Letting all the OTs go and picking Verse or Turner at 14 accomplishes what, exactly?
It makes our team better just like drafting an OT would. A great edge rusher is just as valuable and important as an OT in today’s NFL.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 7:20 am to Borntoboogy
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Is this franchise an open book that any idiot can read?
It’s what happens when you have a GM who’s been there as long as Loomis has. Your team develops drafting patterns that fricking Stevie Wonder can see.
This post was edited on 4/25/24 at 7:21 am
Posted on 4/25/24 at 8:31 am to H-Town Tiger
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If you’re a OT away, you go out sign the top guy in free agency
Loomis has us buried ten feet under the casket that is buried underground in cap hell so we couldn’t do that anyway.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:11 am to cbree88
Neither Verse nor Turner are “great” prospects and we have 2 starting DEs. We have zero starting OTs.
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