Evans
 

If he doesn't restructure could we shop or cut Evans?

Re: Evans
 

Trade him for a another OL and a draft pick

Re: Evans
 

Maybe for a 6th round pick at best? He's old, overpaid, and underperforming like every other player we've cut in the last 3 years.
Cut is more likely than trade, but I think a restructure is iminent.

Re: Evans
 

I think we have to hear something in the next 24. No details yet on Colston's deal (why?), but we still have to find 14 million. Of course, converting Galette will get us almost there

Re: Evans
 

Evans had a bad season. He needed surgery on his wrist.

O lineman can play at a high level longer than other players.

Don't be foolish. He should be Brees's RG for the next 2-3years.

Re: Evans
 

yeah, but not for 11 million, dog

Re: Evans
 

In a way his value is inflated at the moment since he made the Pro Bowl purely on past performances, but I doubt the Saints could find a trading partner for Evans... at least not one that would be willing to make it worth while for the Saints.

Re: Evans
 

Yeah, I am not sure, but I tend to agree it would be hard.

He has to cut some of that salary or we will have to release him. He isn't worth 11M.

Re: Evans
 

Restructure and keep shopping him. I feel like with a competent center beside him he will be fine now that he had his wrist surgery..........which leads me to wonder if he's too old to stay healthy for an entire season? I hope he comes back because I love the big guy.

Let's not forget Nicks may have a little left in his tank and is looking to return to football and NO would be the perfect landing spot.

Re: Evans
 

I'm not arguing he should make $11M.

Name a O lineman under Sean Payton who's been paid $11M a season...

Re: Evans
 

he's sched to make, so yeah im for keeping him too, especially if he restructs, but I was saying if he doesn't we will have to shop or cut him

but yeah id like to keep him for much less than 11m

Re: Evans
 

You stick with Evans. 100%. Restructure and enjoy the benefits.

Carl Nicks??

You want to trade Evans - a pro bowl guard - for someone who limped away from football?

The only way New Orleans is a perfect landing spot for Carl Nicks is if Tulane Medical Center needs a new cadaver to study.

Re: Evans
 

wrong guard to trade. restructure and ride it out another year or two.

Grubbs is the one to look at. If the saints pull the trigger in the draft and get Scherff or Collins in round 1 then LG is a the spot. both are better suited here than at RG. plus trade wise Grubs is more appealing salary for the team in the trade but for the saints in regards to dead money. Grubbs dead money is 3 million in 2016 and Evans is 1 million.

then you draft a promising young upstart like Marpet to groom to take over for Evans down the road.

If the saints draft Scherff or Collins i am expecting a trade on draft day with Grubbs to the Bills. it is rumored that is the the one they want not Evans. besides having the worse run blocking OL in the NFL here is the reason why? LeSean McCoy

heck any guard in the first two days opens this option up. but in round 1 i would say it is as close to a lock as you can get

Re: Evans
 

Can you explain why the player would ever agree to that? The team cannot unilaterally restructure an existing contract. Players restructure when the team sweetens the deal. Taking non guaranteed money and making it guaranteed for example. That relieves the immediate cap issue by spreading the hit over a longer term.

Once the money is guaranteed and you trade the player, the spread out cap money comes right back to the current league year.

So it doesn't make sense to sweeten a deal for a player the team doesn't plan to keep. And the player has no incentive to change anything if there isn't a benefit to them. In fact they are better off getting cut and being a street free agent because they can then dictate under what conditions they continue in the future.

So given all of this I ask again why would Evans agree to any of this?

SFIAH

Re: Evans
 

Keep Evans, trade Grubbs and draft an OG in the 3rd/4th round