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re: What realistic moves this offseason could get us to the Super Bowl next year
Posted on 2/10/26 at 9:28 am to Lsujacket66
Posted on 2/10/26 at 9:28 am to Lsujacket66
If we had traded for Pickens last offseason like I suggested and kept Shaheed, you’d be looking at a hellfire receiver corps with those three all having varying skill sets that fit perfectly together. Shore up the guard spot and sign Breece Hall and you looking at a superbowl caliber offense if Shough is the real deal.
Pray one of the top 3 pass rushers (Bain, Reese, Bailey) makes it to 8 to pair with Young. Try to outscore teams and hope your elite edge guys put teams away.
These moves would be realistic if Loomis had cleared our cap years ago. But that’s not the case currently.
Pray one of the top 3 pass rushers (Bain, Reese, Bailey) makes it to 8 to pair with Young. Try to outscore teams and hope your elite edge guys put teams away.
These moves would be realistic if Loomis had cleared our cap years ago. But that’s not the case currently.
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Posted on 2/10/26 at 9:34 am to Townedrunkard
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If we had traded for Pickens last offseason like I suggested
Again, you continue to deprive the front office and fans of your all knowing talents and yet flaunt them here in front of our faces. Why do you torture us so?!?!
Posted on 2/10/26 at 9:42 am to Townedrunkard
I don’t think we have enough talent at the skill positions. That’s why I like picking Love and taking a WR/TE early.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 9:43 am to Suntiger
He also wanted to tank for Nuss and Arch
Posted on 2/10/26 at 9:48 am to NIH
You keep saying that, and I have to keep correcting you. I wanted to tank for the upcoming qb draft class. There were 5 with first round grades. They all flamed out. No one saw that coming. Usually a few separate themselves as the year goes on.
I definitely wanted a Manning back in black and gold though. Season tickets would be gold again.
I definitely wanted a Manning back in black and gold though. Season tickets would be gold again.
This post was edited on 2/10/26 at 9:51 am
Posted on 2/10/26 at 9:56 am to Townedrunkard
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No one saw that coming
You’re an oracle. How did you miss?!
Posted on 2/10/26 at 10:36 am to NIH
How many years have the Saints sold out now?
Posted on 2/10/26 at 11:16 am to Lsujacket66
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drafting Love at 8
You just fricked it up.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 11:53 am to saintsfan1977
I think we couple years away also. But keep in mind the Patriots record last year Debbie downer
Posted on 2/10/26 at 1:22 pm to Hx15261
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I think we couple years away also. But keep in mind the Patriots record last year Debbie downer
Patriots spent over 350 million in free agency. I think they signed 8-9 starters. Between that and their draft, over half their starting team was brand new. I’m sure we could make a big jump like them. But we don’t have the cap room.
This post was edited on 2/10/26 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 2/10/26 at 1:28 pm to NIH
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I don’t think we have enough talent at the skill positions. That’s why I like picking Love and taking a WR/TE early.
Picking Love in the first would be stupid and short sighted. Agree receiver should be the pick in the 2nd if a good one is there.
This post was edited on 2/10/26 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 2/10/26 at 1:40 pm to Townedrunkard
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Patriots spent over 350 million in free agency.
Loomis says hold my beer.
Just looked at spotrac and looks like Saints spent $157M last year, $69M o new players.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 8:05 pm to Lsujacket66
I will not complain if they take Love, but if looking to fill positions a good value, I would be dancing if they somehow got Raridon at TE and Price at RB. That would require fancy draft maneuvering if trading back the 8 pick for another player and then getting back in the first for Raridon. Price will be available in 2nd or 3rd maybe.
My concern with Love is that he may not be durable, or has been hiding an injury situation. Price played alot of the middle of the game snaps, while Love WA the RB when it was crunch time. Price is a bull runner, Love has fluid hips and get yards where it does not look like there are yards to get. Love is really good but just for some reason he sat out a lot of series.
My concern with Love is that he may not be durable, or has been hiding an injury situation. Price played alot of the middle of the game snaps, while Love WA the RB when it was crunch time. Price is a bull runner, Love has fluid hips and get yards where it does not look like there are yards to get. Love is really good but just for some reason he sat out a lot of series.
This post was edited on 2/10/26 at 8:11 pm
Posted on 2/10/26 at 9:05 pm to Lsujacket66
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Super Bowl next year
wut?
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Let’s assume Shough is elite.
why? he's definitely better than I thought he'd be, but elite? y'all gotta pump the brakes or y'all are going to be very disappointed
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I’d love to have Alontae and Demario back, Cam Jordan too.
i'd love to have both Demario and Cam back, b/c they clearly still have something left in the tank... IMO, Alontae you HAVE TO do whatever you can to keep him... he's one of the better slot CBs in the league, and that spot is so fricking tough to play, that if you have a good one, you have to hold on to them...
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I’m drafting Love at 8.
i'm good with it, depending on who's still around... i'm praying Bain falls somehow, b/c i think he's going to be a fricking monster in this league for a long time, and i think Downs makes the entire back half of the defense rock solid... plus with Estime and Neal coming on pretty well last season, along with Alvin still in the fold, i'm not sure we are so hard up at that position to just be flippant with the 8th pick of the draft... seems more like a luxury vs. a true need
Posted on 2/10/26 at 9:19 pm to Lsujacket66
Get rid of Mickey Loomis.
Get a new younger GM, whose specailty is scoting.
Then hire someone to run the books.
Get a new younger GM, whose specailty is scoting.
Then hire someone to run the books.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 9:53 pm to chRxis
You don’t watch the Saints enough if you think we should sit out adding a RB because of Alvin Kamara and Audric Estime
This post was edited on 2/10/26 at 9:54 pm
Posted on 2/10/26 at 9:56 pm to NIH
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You don’t watch the Saints enough if you think we should sit out adding a RB because of Alvin Kamara and Audric Estime
i didn't say don't add... i'm just not too sure we need to use the 8th pick to do it...
Posted on 2/10/26 at 11:45 pm to Lsujacket66
Don’t think we can get everything we would need unless we hit on some overachiever FAs and/or hit on later draft picks 4-7 round, BUT, to humor OP:
Offense:
- Fix the interior by going HARD after Edwards or someone else. We have a ton of cap space next year and will really only have 1-2 major deals on the books (Olave extension + Young). At least one good guard.
- re-sign Fortner
- Add someone to the RB room whether that’s FA or draft.
- Add 2 Receivers in the draft. 1 with the first two picks. Use a later flier like in Round 5 on another
- Get a decent TE in FA. No, not Kyle Pitt’s. Someone like Otton, Chig, etc. use a 4th on another TE to pair with Johnson + FA TE
Defense:
- Controversial but I would let Alontae walk and sign someone on a one year deal to compete at that spot. Seahawks had a lot of cheaper guys in their secondary that panned out. Outside of outside corners, it’s rather easy to get serviceable guys in the secondary.
- Re-sign Cam
- Re-sign Demario or if you’re letting him walk, be ready to go make a splash at that position like Devin Lloyd (hence why I said don’t pay Alontae) but that would be expensive and I’d rather just keep Demario but if he leaves, that’s a massive hole and what better way to fill it than a guy that’s ascending and just had an All Pro season in Lloyd
- take an edge in Round 3 like Derrick Moore or Romello Height or whoever and hope they pan out
- use one of the other fourth round picks on a secondary player, maybe someone like Jalen Kilgore, that can compete on the slot but at the least can contribute on special teams
- Bonus: try and trade for an interior DL during the season IF it looks like we might be playoff bound. See if you can pry Simmons away from Saleh in TN once they start sucking again.
Special Teams:
- Open competitions at both Punter and Kicker
- hit UDFA hard for some demons at gunner.
Summary: I’m as high on the future as anyone but we’re probably not going to find solutions at all of these holes. But if we hit on some, namely the interior OL and weapons, then I think we can be a playoff team. If we somehow manage to hit on everything: Guard, WR, RB, Edge, LB and Special Teams, then I think we’d have a good shot and trades at the deadline could help as well but as of now still just too many holes
Offense:
- Fix the interior by going HARD after Edwards or someone else. We have a ton of cap space next year and will really only have 1-2 major deals on the books (Olave extension + Young). At least one good guard.
- re-sign Fortner
- Add someone to the RB room whether that’s FA or draft.
- Add 2 Receivers in the draft. 1 with the first two picks. Use a later flier like in Round 5 on another
- Get a decent TE in FA. No, not Kyle Pitt’s. Someone like Otton, Chig, etc. use a 4th on another TE to pair with Johnson + FA TE
Defense:
- Controversial but I would let Alontae walk and sign someone on a one year deal to compete at that spot. Seahawks had a lot of cheaper guys in their secondary that panned out. Outside of outside corners, it’s rather easy to get serviceable guys in the secondary.
- Re-sign Cam
- Re-sign Demario or if you’re letting him walk, be ready to go make a splash at that position like Devin Lloyd (hence why I said don’t pay Alontae) but that would be expensive and I’d rather just keep Demario but if he leaves, that’s a massive hole and what better way to fill it than a guy that’s ascending and just had an All Pro season in Lloyd
- take an edge in Round 3 like Derrick Moore or Romello Height or whoever and hope they pan out
- use one of the other fourth round picks on a secondary player, maybe someone like Jalen Kilgore, that can compete on the slot but at the least can contribute on special teams
- Bonus: try and trade for an interior DL during the season IF it looks like we might be playoff bound. See if you can pry Simmons away from Saleh in TN once they start sucking again.
Special Teams:
- Open competitions at both Punter and Kicker
- hit UDFA hard for some demons at gunner.
Summary: I’m as high on the future as anyone but we’re probably not going to find solutions at all of these holes. But if we hit on some, namely the interior OL and weapons, then I think we can be a playoff team. If we somehow manage to hit on everything: Guard, WR, RB, Edge, LB and Special Teams, then I think we’d have a good shot and trades at the deadline could help as well but as of now still just too many holes
Posted on 2/10/26 at 11:49 pm to chRxis
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i'm just not too sure we need to use the 8th pick to do it...
I actually think he will be gone before 7. I think it would be better to add the RB in free agency. I think Love is great and would love to have him but scouts are catching on that teams view Love pretty highly. He’ll continue to ascend. I bet the Titans or Commanders take him or someone trades up for him.
I think the Saints end up taking Tyson at 8 and just sign a FA RB.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 11:52 pm to Townedrunkard
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But we don’t have the cap room.
For this year, yeah. There’s going to be a lot of dead cap to eat. But after this year the books are clean and they would have a lot of $$ to spend. That’s the great thing about how deals are structured. You can go grab some good players and structure their deals and spread their cap hits out to 2027 and 2028
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