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Ideal offseason
Posted on 1/7/26 at 9:49 pm
Posted on 1/7/26 at 9:49 pm
Re-sign Taylor - he has play making skills but is very inconsistent. One of the few draft picks we hit on, rather keep him after losing Adebo. If the money is ridiculous, will have to let him walk tho. Then drafting strategies change.
Re-sign Fortner, hopefully no one offers him starter money. But it could happen. Needed with Mccoys injury history.
Re-sign DD. Hopefully to a one year deal. Still playing at a high level.
Let Cam walk unless he takes a one year 7-8 million deal. Can’t see him getting more than that in fa. One of the best saints of all time but Father Time is undefeated and he’s not going to be apart of the future.
Don’t sign any big ticket free agents.
I like Tevin Jenkins off the browns. Former high pick that just moved to guard. Had good pff grades in backup duty. Let him battle it out with Saldiveri and rookies.
Then maybe target a guy like Algier to start with AK moving to the 3rd down role. Once again, he shouldn’t cost much with a bigger opportunity to start.
And I like Doubs off GB. No idea what is price will be, but GB is loaded at receiver and he won’t be back. Has had big games when given the chance. But was not a starter there.
Draft Bain, Bailey or Downs for the defense in the first.
Draft one of the receivers that should fall to the 2nd hopefully. Concepcion, Bell, or Boston.
Draft 2 offensive lineman with 2 of our three picks in the 3rd and 4th. Hopefully one pans out.
Hopefully these moves don’t push more money into future years. Time to eat all that dead cap and finally get it off the books. Next year should be about adding more young talent in the draft, a few value based free agents and seeing what we really have in Shough.
Then go in deep in ‘27 once the cap is clear and we know what we got.
Re-sign Fortner, hopefully no one offers him starter money. But it could happen. Needed with Mccoys injury history.
Re-sign DD. Hopefully to a one year deal. Still playing at a high level.
Let Cam walk unless he takes a one year 7-8 million deal. Can’t see him getting more than that in fa. One of the best saints of all time but Father Time is undefeated and he’s not going to be apart of the future.
Don’t sign any big ticket free agents.
I like Tevin Jenkins off the browns. Former high pick that just moved to guard. Had good pff grades in backup duty. Let him battle it out with Saldiveri and rookies.
Then maybe target a guy like Algier to start with AK moving to the 3rd down role. Once again, he shouldn’t cost much with a bigger opportunity to start.
And I like Doubs off GB. No idea what is price will be, but GB is loaded at receiver and he won’t be back. Has had big games when given the chance. But was not a starter there.
Draft Bain, Bailey or Downs for the defense in the first.
Draft one of the receivers that should fall to the 2nd hopefully. Concepcion, Bell, or Boston.
Draft 2 offensive lineman with 2 of our three picks in the 3rd and 4th. Hopefully one pans out.
Hopefully these moves don’t push more money into future years. Time to eat all that dead cap and finally get it off the books. Next year should be about adding more young talent in the draft, a few value based free agents and seeing what we really have in Shough.
Then go in deep in ‘27 once the cap is clear and we know what we got.
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Posted on 1/7/26 at 10:20 pm to Townedrunkard
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Draft Bain, Bailey or Downs for the defense in the first.
Agree here strongly.
The Saints have a real chance to make a really good defense in 2025 to even better one in 2026.
Bailey attacks the ball and forces fumbles.
Bain is a straight up bully and a disrupter.
Downs would highly be useful seeing how teams like to use 3 safeties these days. I know the Saints have Sanker and Reid, but three safety looks are pretty common in today's schemes.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 10:36 pm to Townedrunkard
quote:you want to pay a projected $13mm player to compete with Saldiveri? Shouldn’t he be able to easily beat him out?
like Tevin Jenkins off the browns. Former high pick that just moved to guard. Had good pff grades in backup duty. Let him battle it out with Saldiveri and rookies.
Cam isn’t going anywhere and shouldn’t
Bain has baby arms
Taylor is likely going to want too much money and he’s not a boundary cb
You don’t address Olave at all somehow
Posted on 1/7/26 at 10:40 pm to Townedrunkard
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And I like Doubs off GB
Posted on 1/7/26 at 10:48 pm to Proximo
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Bain has baby arms
ahhhh No.
That's not true.
I'm sure people will post arm length and all.
Go ahead.
The guy is a pain in the arse to block and that's what wins.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 10:50 pm to LooseCannon22282
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ahhhh No. That's not true.
Well it is true, he’s said to have < 31 inch arms from the last article I looked at.
33.5” was average with a 1” deviation
Posted on 1/7/26 at 10:51 pm to Proximo
he is an absolute disrupter.
that's what you want in a front seven player.
let other teams get unimpressed with measurables.
that's what you want in a front seven player.
let other teams get unimpressed with measurables.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 10:55 pm to LooseCannon22282
It’s scheme dependent, if he’s asked to play inside it isn’t as big of a deal. If he’s asked to play outside the tackle, it becomes a very big deal
Posted on 1/7/26 at 11:01 pm to Townedrunkard
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Then go in deep in ‘27 once the cap is clear and we know what we got.
Why not go kinda deep now and get David Edwards + Breece Hall/Walker and structure the deals so that the chunk of their money is in years 2 and 3 so that way they’re not eating cap next year or in Year 4 of their deals when we have to pay Shough?
According to Underhill, we’re projected to have over $100M in cap space in 2027 and our most expensive contract then (until Olave is Paid) is Chase Young’s 3 year $51M deal. You can absolutely add some significant pieces THIS year. I’m not saying go crazy. But you can add pieces now AND in ‘27.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 11:04 pm to WicKed WayZ
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money is in years 2 and 3 so that way they’re not eating cap next year or in Year 4 of their deals when we have to pay Shough?
Half the people here don’t understand this concept and are going to freak out when we sign some higher priced people
It’s the opposite of the strategy we used with Brees. Frontload the contracts so the backend of the deals is smaller for when we have to sign Shough to $60mm annually
Posted on 1/7/26 at 11:05 pm to Proximo
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You don’t address Olave at all somehow
What did you want him to say? Him and Shough got great chemistry together. Olave is not going anywhere. They probably give him an extension
Posted on 1/7/26 at 11:06 pm to Proximo
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It’s scheme dependent,
Some players it doesn't matter. If you're looking for a player that is just hard to block, I think he's the guy.
He could free up teammates at times and get home on others.
I agree that the Saints are lacking on the interior though.
I love Bain's mentality though.
I think you can find a place for a guy who is absolute arse kicker.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 11:08 pm to Townedrunkard
Ideal off-season is where the Saints make smart conservative additions/signings that don't kill the cap again. Sure resign these guys but don't give out stupid contracts that backfire.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 11:16 pm to Double Oh
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What did you want him to say?
I guess we’re just assuming it’s a good idea to sign him to $30mm per year Carr contract that everyone freaked out about?
I’m a bit worried about this pulmonary embolism issue that has retired other athletes
Posted on 1/7/26 at 11:17 pm to Proximo
I'll say this though, the Ole Miss QB is a slippery SOB.
could be possibly a good test for Bain and company in the semi final.
I'll die on the Bain hill.
Think he's just a tough block.
That's what you want though, and I think Staley would find a way to use him if that was the pick.
could be possibly a good test for Bain and company in the semi final.
I'll die on the Bain hill.
Think he's just a tough block.
That's what you want though, and I think Staley would find a way to use him if that was the pick.
This post was edited on 1/7/26 at 11:18 pm
Posted on 1/7/26 at 11:22 pm to LooseCannon22282
I haven’t watched him at all, just commenting on the measurables. I’m interested to see how he continues to do too and hard to deny production. I like the prototypical size guys though
Posted on 1/7/26 at 11:57 pm to Proximo
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you want to pay a projected $13mm player to compete with Saldiveri? Shouldn’t he be able to easily beat him out?
Lol. Where the hell do you get these numbers from ? He signed last off season for 3 million for one year and started no games this past year. He previously started for Chicago at tackle.
No one is paying him 13 million. So yes he will compete with Saldiveri or anyone else we draft at guard.
This post was edited on 1/8/26 at 12:22 am
Posted on 1/8/26 at 12:15 am to Double Oh
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What did you want him to say? Him and Shough got great chemistry together. Olave is not going anywhere. They probably give him an extension
Exactly. He’s under contract already. I wouldn’t do anything unless he takes a contract as a highly paid #2 receiver.
Could always franchise him if he blows up and stays healthy after the year Or maybe he takes another hit to the head and his career is over. We wouldn’t be on the hook for anything then. No reason to overpay him now unless it’s a below market deal.
This post was edited on 1/8/26 at 12:21 am
Posted on 1/8/26 at 12:28 am to WicKed WayZ
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Why not go kinda deep now
Team is still to talent deficient in many areas to try and go deeper now. I’d rather have every future dollar available and most of the books clean for when they can really make a run and maybe take on overpriced vets in trades or high dollar free agents.
This post was edited on 1/8/26 at 12:29 am
Posted on 1/8/26 at 3:45 am to LooseCannon22282
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he is an absolute disrupter.
Who disappeared most of the season. Sure he can play with absolute fire when he wants to, but the issue is when will he want to. Only in big games? That’s a big risk in the top 10 of the draft
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