As you might have already read, the episode with the failed moment of silence to Officer McNeil was the final straw for me. I'm now done with the NFL in it's entirety, including the Saints. And the more I think about it, what occurred in the Dome on October 15, 2017 was the perfect signal to me that the league has gone beyond the point of no return.

There are so many factors over the past several years that have moved me closer and closer to this tipping point. One of the big ones...

Ok this mock draft has more to do with players I really like to fill a need for the saints and for the first time I want to bring up FA. Disclaimer is the elephants left in the room. Drew Brees and Kenny Vaccaro are both FA and what the saints do here governs everything.

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Historically, the Saints have performed decently well when coming off of a bye week. As the infographic linked below illustrates, the Saints have a winning record (3-2) when coming off a bye week over the last five years.

New Orleans Saints Bye Week Breakdown

One of the teams that dealt us a loss during that period was none other than our upcoming post-bye-week foe: the Detroit Lions. In that 2014 loss, the Lions came roaring back under the arm of Matthew Stafford...

I did post that initially and then after further research (see my post on our strength of schedule for our remaining opponents), that this stretch of games might be somewhat easier, but certainly not easy anymore. Washington is tough, they...