The Deep QB Draft

TheOak · 03-11-2021, 07:18 AM

Originally Posted by Boston Saint

Not sure I agree with this Oak. In that playoff game they had an injured Thomas, no Hill, no Murray, no consistent WR behind Sanders, and no Harris after the first quarter. Looking back, Brees had no healthy, quality targets to throw to in that game outside of Sanders and Kamara. The only players lost so far are Easton (providing Ruiz continues to improve he’s expendable), Cook ( who cost the game IMO) and Hill (great blocker but easily replaceable in the pass game).

The team got hit with the injury bug late while Tampa got healthy at the right time aided by a late season bye. Loomis is doing his restructure work. Kamara, Thomas, and Oline quality will still be there in 2021. I don’t think there will be a massive talent drop off like you are predicting. We will see though.

We aren't at a point to say 'we will see' just yet as we do not have our roster yet. Your scenario excludes 1/2 the team as you did not account for the defenses contribution to the 2020 season and you also did not recognize that we still have $40M in cuts to make.

That last $40M will hurt badly, largest easiest moves have been made the rest will dig deeply into our depth, football is a game of attrition not who starts. The Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns applies to the rest of our cap cutting efforts.

You may have forgotten that we still need another QB regardless of Drew's decision? If he stays we need a 3rd as he has not played a 16 game season since 2018 and Taysom is utilized quite a bit in non QB roles, if he leaves then we still need at least a starter or back up for Taysom. Winston is not counted against the cap because he is a free agent but needs to be accounted for theoretically because we need another QB.

Someone asked how much is left to be able to start the season under the cap? Well, we aren't 1/2 way to Disney Land just yet.

03-11-2021, 07:18 AM	#11
TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,047	Re: The Deep QB Draft Originally Posted by Boston Saint Not sure I agree with this Oak. In that playoff game they had an injured Thomas, no Hill, no Murray, no consistent WR behind Sanders, and no Harris after the first quarter. Looking back, Brees had no healthy, quality targets to throw to in that game outside of Sanders and Kamara. The only players lost so far are Easton (providing Ruiz continues to improve he’s expendable), Cook ( who cost the game IMO) and Hill (great blocker but easily replaceable in the pass game). The team got hit with the injury bug late while Tampa got healthy at the right time aided by a late season bye. Loomis is doing his restructure work. Kamara, Thomas, and Oline quality will still be there in 2021. I don’t think there will be a massive talent drop off like you are predicting. We will see though. We aren't at a point to say 'we will see' just yet as we do not have our roster yet. Your scenario excludes 1/2 the team as you did not account for the defenses contribution to the 2020 season and you also did not recognize that we still have $40M in cuts to make. That last $40M will hurt badly, largest easiest moves have been made the rest will dig deeply into our depth, football is a game of attrition not who starts. The Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns applies to the rest of our cap cutting efforts. You may have forgotten that we still need another QB regardless of Drew's decision? If he stays we need a 3rd as he has not played a 16 game season since 2018 and Taysom is utilized quite a bit in non QB roles, if he leaves then we still need at least a starter or back up for Taysom. Winston is not counted against the cap because he is a free agent but needs to be accounted for theoretically because we need another QB. Someone asked how much is left to be able to start the season under the cap? Well, we aren't 1/2 way to Disney Land just yet.
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