JKool

I would be shocked to find out that any unit of last year's Saints was the worst AT EVERYTHING. Thus, while the defense was ranked LAST in yards allowed, it was not last in points allowed. Clearly our Offensive Line was not the WORST in the league, but it was still pretty darned bad.

This fact has generated a lot of poor arguments.

In order to see if we can get some agreement on anything, I propose we try and figure out where our effort should be placed in the offseason.

Let us say that we have 20 points of effort. Each point represents coaching, money to spend on FAs, scouting, scheming, drafting, etc. Where would you assign these and how much would you assign. Here is my quick list (which I reserve the right to modify after discussion ensues, since I basically just pulled it out of my azz):

MLB - 3 (We need one, and how.)
OT - 3 (Replacing Riley is the only way to get things done.)
OLB - 2 (We need a backup AT LEAST)
DT - 2 (This may not be necessary with new LBs, but it would obvioulsy improve us.)
S - 2 (We need a quality backup AT LEAST)
OT - 2 (Replacing Gandy would free cap space and an improvement here is welcome.)
RB - 2 (I like Stecker, but he doesn't inspire a lot of confidence as an every down back.)
CB - 1 (After MM, we drop off VERY fast.)
QB - 1 (At least a backup who is better than Bouman, please.)
OG - 1 (Our interior wasn't that solid, an upgrade would be nice.)
WR - 1 (After Horn, we're nothing but a lot of potential.)
TE - 1 (They were shakey at times, but with a bit more attention, I don't think they suck.)

I'm willing to drop the points spend on WR and TE and alot them to LB (either O or M) and OT, but I haven't decided yet, so I left it as is.

Thoughts?

[Edited on 6/2/2005 by JKool]