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11% of student body at Ole Miss is black
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I read on ESPN that he is 30 and will be 31 when season starts. If the price is right for a 1-2 year deal, it could be good. He is better as a zone CB and so I think Staley could use him. Declining player but useful for us
If he’s looking for a pay day (unlikely at this point in off season) and not holding out for a contender, we could use him.

I think with the increased depth that they will only have 2 QB’s on the active roster. I think they will pickup a young QB to be on the practice squad.
My point on trading one of Rattler or Wilson is that neither of those guys would stay on the practice squad. They would get picked up.
The state of the QB position in the league is not great after the top 16 QB’s. I think some folks think Rattler doesn’t belong in the NFL. He will likely not be a franchise QB, but he absolutely is as talented as Chase Daniel. Chase Daniel always had a backup job

1. Sign Olave to long term deal
I think his price will go up notably if he plays well this season (and he should). Obviously have some injury offsets that both sides can agree to.

2. Bring Cam back
If we clearly upgraded the edge position, it would be different. But, we haven’t. Cam wants to be here and he adds leadership and production. I don’t think he will produce 10 sacks again. But, him, Wilson, and Granderson in rotation should produce 10-15 collectively. And his run D is still a plus.

3. Sign Lijarious Snead
If he is clear of injury. He played great with the Chiefs. Disaster for the Titans- bad roster and big contract to live up to. I think he could provide quality vet experience to our shakiest position depth wise.

4. Trade one of Rattler or Wilson in training camp
I think both are backup upgrades for several teams. We will likely keep one backup. It would be great to get late round pick for the guy we plan to cut.

5. Most unlikely- trade rights for Carr for draft pick
A team has an unlikely QB injury or Aaron Rodgers screws over the Steelers at the last minute and says he’s retiring. If we can get anything for Carr, it’s like finding money in your pockets that you didn’t know you had.

Any other items to add?

I think it could be as simple as using your picks and not being over aggressive in trades. I think the Saints scouting dept is actually above average. The issue has been that they target specific players early that they had to trade aggressively for. That meant if the player was average or worse, you look like an idiot.
I think the aggression from 2021-2024 was trying too hard to make Allen successful as coach.

While I really like the pick….lets keep things realistic. The difference between Kittle and Delp is lateral movement. Delp is a fantastic athlete and has great straight line speed. But, the reason he’s a 3rd rounder is because he isn’t as fluid moving side to side. In some cases, he will need to be schemed open. That’s fine bc we have a great play caller for tgay

Deep draft for CB. We can get a 3rd rounder to contribute. DT talent supposedly drops off big time soon.
I think last year and this year so far has shown maturity from Loomis.

I think the biggest factor in the lack of big plays was the lack of a running game. Our interior o line could not establish the line of scrimmage in the running game. This made us easy to game plan for and defend. Teams could have a light box- protect against deep pass and still stop running game. Forced us to dunk and dunk to move the ball.
Later in the season, Shough’s abilities created more opportunities.

Arm length matters for some positions and edge is one. No player with shorter than 32” arms has gotten 10 sacks in a season in 27 years!!! That is a fact.
It’s not wise to spend high draft capital on outliers.

I get that. Tyson certainly has the bigger upside. I just see Tate as much safer. Ohio State product at WR, does not drop the ball, scheme versatile, and good size.

The fact that Tyson missed 1out of every 3 college games is concerning. He may hit his ceiling ( compared to Justin Jefferson or Stefon Diggs) or he could be like Payton Turner and never play.
I’m just tired of wasted first round picks and would rather take the safe option

I am hoping Loomis has grown past making unnecessary aggressive trade ups. There is no reason to trade up. We will get one of the best players with the 8th pick