Observations from the Saints Win vs Eagles

The Dude · 01-01-2023, 08:17 PM

Sucks. Been a tough year for me. Moved out to the middle of BFE 45 min away from the nearest gas station or any kind of civilization. The only people I have contact with are four coworkers and the occasional guest. Big culture shock and lifestyle adjustment. The Saints having a good year would have gone a long way towards helping me adjust. Hell even seeing improvement or a positive sign of things to come would have helped…
That being said, who were the bright spots this year? Who has developed or surprised. I really haven’t had the time to keep up. I know Olave is a beast, any surprises?

SmashMouth · 01-01-2023, 08:28 PM

rezburna · 01-01-2023, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by The Dude

Sucks. Been a tough year for me. Moved out to the middle of BFE 45 min away from the nearest gas station or any kind of civilization. The only people I have contact with are four coworkers and the occasional guest. Big culture shock and lifestyle adjustment. The Saints having a good year would have gone a long way towards helping me adjust. Hell even seeing improvement or a positive sign of things to come would have helped…
That being said, who were the bright spots this year? Who has developed or surprised. I really haven’t had the time to keep up. I know Olave is a beast, any surprises?

Kaden Ellis
Peter Werner
Alontae Taylor
Rashid Shaheed
Juwan Johnson

Those were the young, bright spots in my opinion. I liked the burst Eno Benjamin showed today as well. We gotta have that committee like we used to.

SmashMouth · 01-01-2023, 08:29 PM

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SmashMouth · 01-01-2023, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by rezburna

Kaden Ellis
Peter Werner
Alontae Taylor
Rashid Shaheed
Juwan Johnson

Those were the young, bright spots in my opinion. I liked the burst Eno Benjamin showed today as well. We gotta have that committee like we used to.

Add Olave and Penning to that mix, despite his injury.

rezburna · 01-01-2023, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by SmashMouth

Add Olave and Penning to that mix, despite his injury.

Olave was the best player on offense if you ask me. Dude is a dog.

SmashMouth · 01-01-2023, 08:32 PM

Big_L · 01-01-2023, 09:59 PM

I don’t remember his name, but the kid from Tulane impressed me.

BakoSaint · 01-01-2023, 10:00 PM

I am happy we won. Dennis Allen is probably better than he was with the Raiders. I hope we win next week. But we really need to face the music this offseason, focus on unloading bad contracts, not trading future picks, and cleaning up our salary cap to give our young core a chance in 2024 and beyond. We may have the talent to make the playoffs in 2023 but we dont have the talent and cap space to go all the way while carrying albatross contracts like Peat and Thomas. We need to cut them no matter how big the cap hit. If they want to evaluate Dennis Allen further. Give him some adversity by using any cap we can generate to get out of those bad contracts not add more aging injury prone vets, and see if he can still coach scrappy like the panthers and falcons did this year and win some games while rebuilding a bit.

Also Gardner Minshew is not as good as Andy Dalton. We are better off drafting a mid round qb and hoping to strike gold than paying $15-20m/yr for known mediocrity.

FinSaint · 01-02-2023, 02:51 AM

Originally Posted by SmashMouth

Add Olave and Penning to that mix, despite his injury.

I'd even add the much-maligned Ruiz to that list as he did improve a lot from last season - unfortunate he got injured and placed on the IR.

01-01-2023, 08:17 PM	#21
The Dude 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 9,006	Re: Observations from the Saints Win vs Eagles Sucks. Been a tough year for me. Moved out to the middle of BFE 45 min away from the nearest gas station or any kind of civilization. The only people I have contact with are four coworkers and the occasional guest. Big culture shock and lifestyle adjustment. The Saints having a good year would have gone a long way towards helping me adjust. Hell even seeing improvement or a positive sign of things to come would have helped… That being said, who were the bright spots this year? Who has developed or surprised. I really haven’t had the time to keep up. I know Olave is a beast, any surprises? leilung, SmashMouth, Rugby Saint II and 1 others like this.
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rezburna 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Kenner, LA Posts: 7,677	Re: Observations from the Saints Win vs Eagles Originally Posted by The Dude Sucks. Been a tough year for me. Moved out to the middle of BFE 45 min away from the nearest gas station or any kind of civilization. The only people I have contact with are four coworkers and the occasional guest. Big culture shock and lifestyle adjustment. The Saints having a good year would have gone a long way towards helping me adjust. Hell even seeing improvement or a positive sign of things to come would have helped… That being said, who were the bright spots this year? Who has developed or surprised. I really haven’t had the time to keep up. I know Olave is a beast, any surprises? Kaden Ellis Peter Werner Alontae Taylor Rashid Shaheed Juwan Johnson Those were the young, bright spots in my opinion. I liked the burst Eno Benjamin showed today as well. We gotta have that committee like we used to.

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SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 37,060 Blog Entries: 29	Re: Observations from the Saints Win vs Eagles Originally Posted by rezburna Kaden Ellis Peter Werner Alontae Taylor Rashid Shaheed Juwan Johnson Those were the young, bright spots in my opinion. I liked the burst Eno Benjamin showed today as well. We gotta have that committee like we used to. Add Olave and Penning to that mix, despite his injury.

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01-01-2023, 08:32 PM	#26
rezburna 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Kenner, LA Posts: 7,677	Re: Observations from the Saints Win vs Eagles Originally Posted by SmashMouth Add Olave and Penning to that mix, despite his injury. Olave was the best player on offense if you ask me. Dude is a dog. UK_WhoDat, SmashMouth, Rugby Saint II and 1 others like this.

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01-01-2023, 10:00 PM	#29
BakoSaint 1000 Posts + Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 1,765	Re: Observations from the Saints Win vs Eagles I am happy we won. Dennis Allen is probably better than he was with the Raiders. I hope we win next week. But we really need to face the music this offseason, focus on unloading bad contracts, not trading future picks, and cleaning up our salary cap to give our young core a chance in 2024 and beyond. We may have the talent to make the playoffs in 2023 but we dont have the talent and cap space to go all the way while carrying albatross contracts like Peat and Thomas. We need to cut them no matter how big the cap hit. If they want to evaluate Dennis Allen further. Give him some adversity by using any cap we can generate to get out of those bad contracts not add more aging injury prone vets, and see if he can still coach scrappy like the panthers and falcons did this year and win some games while rebuilding a bit. Also Gardner Minshew is not as good as Andy Dalton. We are better off drafting a mid round qb and hoping to strike gold than paying $15-20m/yr for known mediocrity. iceshack149 and SmashMouth like this.
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01-02-2023, 02:51 AM	#30
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,956	Re: Observations from the Saints Win vs Eagles Originally Posted by SmashMouth Add Olave and Penning to that mix, despite his injury. I'd even add the much-maligned Ruiz to that list as he did improve a lot from last season - unfortunate he got injured and placed on the IR. iceshack149, neugey, leilung and 1 others like this.