We really didn’t improve during the free agency period

Classic Zombie offseason thread.

But you’re not wrong

We got so crushed by injuries that no one really knows exactly how good we were last year. So yeah you’re not wrong but it may not matter as much as we fear

Loomis himself said they'd be waiting for the first few waves to go by.

We will be K mart shopping and they've said as much

"Our philosophy is going to be, we're looking for value in free agency," he said. "We're going to be looking for a value player or two in that middle-market, low-market range."

This has been a very not ideal offseason. Factor in CSP as well.

I think a good draft can turn it around. But a bad one could start a downhill slide for the future.

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Could be keeping cap space/options open for post-draft and/or training camp cuts.

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I’m thinking maybe some late round trades for veteran players a la 2006

Free agency period has a long way to go. saints plan has always been about the 2nd waive players

If the teams that have improved are teams like

Miami who just shipped out a 1st rounder, a 2nd rounder, plus are now paying a WR 30 million a year

Cleveland who in the past season has now lost Odell, Jarvis, Hooper, traded 3 1sts, and guaranteed a guy who didn't play last season at all 230 million guaranteed

I think we should rejoice the Saints are being reserved and calculated because some of these moves can cripple a franchise

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late round trades for veteran players

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If I'm not mistaken, players traded for don't count towards the compensatory formula, only free agents. Which means you can pick up a quality player for a fifth rounder, and replace it the next year with comp pick that's better. Can someone correct me if I'm wrong

It almost sounds a bit doom and gloom, but it's not as bad as face value would suggest.

Jamies comes back, he was doing good, another year in the system he should be even better. Keeping a QB with good potential to this contract is great value, especially when he had a 14TD/3INT ratio last season

Swapped M.Williams for M.Maye, I don't think it'll be much of a drop off, plus we saved money

Losing T.Armstead, does suck, but we typically play a handful of games without him each year. Hurst filled in for him nicely without much of a notable drop off, but we do still need another Hurst like signing for the swing T
role. We saved money

All 3 of those moves saved us money, resulting in the loss of only 1 key player, but none have necessarily resulted in leaving us with a "hole". Couple that with the fact that we restructured to get roughly $29M under cap, then I think that suggests that we will indeed bring a few guys to set us up nicely for best player available in the draft.