re: If you could take one player from any team it would be....

That's what maddened me more than anything last year. I hope it was primarily a coaching thing. We did seem to drop a shitload of passes at key moments though.

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I feel what you are saying & I totally agree with you. The match up problems with having Megatron in the Saints offense would be entirely too much for a defense to handle. Defenses already have to bracket & double him every play & that would just create big play after big after for the other weapons on offense.

The offense would be able to dictate flow & tempo of every game. Time of possession would be heavily in favor of the Black & Gold every game & the offense would probably be able to maximize every possession into points. You would probably looking at an offense that would set a record for fewest punts in a season. It would be very hard to lose when you are constantly dominating time of possession while scoring in the high 30's & 40's every single game with occasional half a hundred. The only factor that could cause an offensive team of this potential to lose would be multiple turnovers.

I'd still go with J. J. Watt.

That dude just makes all the difference in the world to that team.
What he brings to the table cannot be matched by anyone else.

Goddamit. You guys can have convinced me.

I'll take CJ.

You would take a QB that wouldn't see the field until he is 28?

Edit: It's a tie between Von Miller and Aldon Smith for me.

Exactly!

With CJ it becomes more than the addition of 1 guy . Guys will have much much easier match ups across the board. How do you possibly fully cover Graham if you're dedicating that much to Megatron. Maximizing Brees's ability to completely dictate a game is going to mean a shitload more than adding a linebacker although the defense would be helped similarly to a lesser extent. It will dramatically alter how opposing teams have to play week in and out because they're going to HAVE to score 35+. I also am assuming we get at least some improvement from our defensive changes in addition to the help they would get by the offense dictating the flow of games.

Aldon Smith disappears without an effective DT playing next to him.

I want Demarcus Ware or JJ Watt.

Yep, I couldn't agree more. The running game would be almost impossible to stop when Payton would chose to want to run. Defenses would NEVER be able to put 8 in the box even in an I formation single receiver set because you can't get away with single covering Johnson. Teams would also face the possibility of giving up huge chunk yards on the ground & through screens if they are caught in situations where they bracket Johnson. The NFL has become a game of numbers & matchups. If you understand that concept completely & consider the talent already on the Saints offense, then one can easily see why the addition of Megatron would triumph over the addition of even the best defensive player in the league.

"Andrew Luck"

Good one

As much as I would love to have AP as well, the Saints need a Watt, Miller, Willis, or Ware type.

League fricked