N.O. via West-Cal

I am all for experimenting with lineups. There is some talent and even depth on this flawed team so it’s even more important to find the right mix.

The sad thing is that we an OL stacked with high picks and don’t have a good unit.

“Are we at the point where we have to start over? Is some McCoy health luck + getting a legit RT and moving Fuaga all we need?”

This is probably the most interesting part of an interesting question. “Starting over” would prove really hard to do, especially anytime soon, and would require pouring more resources into this position group to the exclusion of needs elsewhere. (This is what’s so frustrating about the OL—we have invested heavily but returns have been small.). So, I think you’re right about keeping your best pieces and hoping they get healthier/better while seeing what you can get for some of the others and then backfilling with mid round picks and solid but attainable veterans. It’s hard to imagine it would produce a worse OL than we have now and would allow the Saints to draft high where there are glaring needs on defense or (I still believe) at playmaking positions on offense).

“It seemed like every single drop back in the game he had very little time before he was getting hit.”

The pressure looked withering to me. When given a little time, I saw first rate throws. The one on fourth down was a dart.

This is the most disappointing position group on the team. All these high picks and “mediocre” seems to be the unit’s high water mark, with plenty of scary bad thrown in there. I wish I knew what to do, but I hope they try to do it through trades, FA signings, and low round picks. If we are going to have a mediocre OL, let’s do it for cheaper.

I think you’re onto something. This can’t stand. There is no way to be successful without better OL play.

It was good seeing a number of Falcons fans at lunch today in the CBD. It's a great, "real" rivalry.

I sure did and will be in the same seats tonight. It was a wild scene downtown pretty much through the entire day. I was at work but we were only about three blocks away so you could not miss the feel of it. I can’t remember what we did pregame, but I remember getting in the Dome early. The place was already buzzing and then Gleason and then DeLoach, which remains the greatest single moment I have ever experienced at a live sporting event.

Allegro’s is no more. Alas …

I will be in the seats we were in twenty years ago. Kinda hard to believe.

“Tell me how that statute is not in violation of the Separation of Powers.”

I can see this point of view, but what about the Senate’s power to approve the presidential nominees? This is going to be very interesting, and I’m not sure where I come down on this one.