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Now that the Saints are open for business would you trade for Lattimore? Say we give a 2nd and a 5th for him, his cap hit for 2024 is only 14.1mil with an out in 2025. You could restructure based on his play and go from there. This then gives us a solid shut down CB and a solid vet presence. His cap hits for the next two seasons are 31mil in 2025 and 28mil in 2026. Add a year and you could make the cap hits more favorable if you do restructure. What are some thoughts? Are. There other players on the Saints roster you would want?

I would love this if it happened honestly. Latimore would be a huge addition. Cap wise his 2024 year still hurts so Ballard would have to get crafty with money from other deals. He likes to keep a cushion throughout the season. Overall good job though.

I am good with Arnold as well. Should be a beast.

I think he would be a good singing. Long rangy corner who is still only 28. Came off a solid season after staying healthy finally. Would be a good cheaper option to help add a vet to the room. Would be outside starting day 1 and could help Jaylen Jones and Brents improve with competition. Any thoughts?

You have more mobile guys for one but you also see more Achilles injuries than ever before. I’m still curious about the playing fields and turf in general. I would like to see stats of what injuries have spiked based on playing surface. Knees and Achilles to be specific.

No worries at all. My mistake for sure.

I stand corrected. My bad! Yea that was my bad.

The Vikings did draft Hendon Hooker last year. I am curious if they see him as a potential starter. They grabbed a bridge guy in Sam Darnold so I am not sure if they go QB early. Obviously it’s a high value position so I could be way off.

So far you have multiple teams cutting very good players because of cap. Cap casualties this year seem to be some very talented players. With this being said I know we don’t go after top money seeking guys but there are solid players that could be huge for us. What are thoughts on some of these players available now. Plus some more will be added….

With some teams needing key positions outside of WR, I can’t see 3 WR’s plus Bowers all gone by 15. I think Rome is our guy at 15. FA will tell a lot for teams. Many WR’s could move to other teams. OT will end up being something that shakes up some boards IMO. Maybe 3 gone before us. Add in maybe 4 QB’s (teams always over draft). I can see a guy like Rome slip to 15.

I agree. Grover is a key piece for our D line. Him MPJ and Kenny would be my priorities.

Sweat from Texas would fit more as the 1 tech to replace grove. Run stopper but can still shoot the gap to disrupt the pocket.

I love when they drop the first mock. Looking at this at the end of April once the actual draft is always fun. Many names will be different. I would take Bowers with a smile though. Solid TE and great future weapon for someone.

I could see him signing a contract for 12/year if there were heavy guarantees for sure! I hope we are right and hopefully Ballard sees the value in a solid FS as well. I just think Ballard wants to stick with Rod Thomas and Nick Cross. Subpar safety group but I don’t know.

I would love having McKinney. As you said he fits Gus’ style and it allows us a playmaker and center fielder. Contract wise yes I bet he sits near 15 mil a year.

I will say every year contract amounts are drastically off in these mock offseasons. Xavier McKinney will get more than 7mil a year. Teams can bid pushing that price to 10+ for sure. Projected contracts for DE’s usually are the same. Huff will more than likely hit higher than 15 as well. Teams spend big each year and he has shown great potential.

Not only would I disagree since there are a lot of good players in this draft but it’s only been 2 years. This draft like many has a lot of very solid players that will have good names now and throughout their careers. Look back in just 2 years and you might not agree with your post.

Playing is what will help AR get better in the pocket and reading Defenses at game speed. He has shown he can get better. They want the franchise guy to improve not Minshew. Now let’s hope the accuracy on out routes improves a lot in a short time.

If he was wanting 10+ a year he just got hit by reality. No team is giving that. He could hope for a raise and maybe a year or two added but nothing huge for sure.

I agree. His agent was probably hoping for some money but not happening.

This tells me that they plan on moving forward and Taylor has a choice to make. Play and hope for a contract next year or waste a year but we have moved on for the year. Get Moss back and we have a decent RB group.

I mean you pay a GM for all of that. The owner just signs the checks.

The fact that Irsay is being the key voice and not Ballard is alarming yet again.

I will say that last year the media and fans expected a decent Matt Ryan to help with the offensive game. Our o-line plus poor play from Ryan really hurt. We have not addressed the o-line so it’s hard to say that it’s improved just yet. Also having a young QB could still create play similar to Ryan. Killing drives and having INT’s because he is learning. The D hopefully stays solid. With this I will always hope for a playoff team but I could still see maybe 6-8 wins.

Ballard is not drafting a QB at 4th overall and then drafting a QB the following year. He would be fired for sure I doubt we end up being the worst team anyways but even if we are top 5 we draft many other positions.