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Old 09-09-2023, 11:44 AM   #1
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Cesar Ruiz signs 4 year $44 Million Extension

Well deserved, especially in today's market shortage of offensive linemen.

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The future the Saints offensive line looks great!

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Old 09-09-2023, 04:57 PM   #5
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Everyone who was 'let's wait and see', The verdict is in. Here's to the newest Vet Who Dat!
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Originally Posted by leilung View Post
Everyone who was 'let's wait and see', The verdict is in. Here's to the newest Vet Who Dat!
I like the way you think. My first thought was....be a better guard than Peat after he got an extension. Otherwise, we've got a lot of money tied up again in an average to below average line.
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Old 09-10-2023, 05:10 PM   #7
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The money does not seem terrible but I am skeptical giving all this money to a player who seems good but not dominant and took his sweet time to develop until the latter years of his rookie contract. Now that he is paid and he knows we dont have the cap space to bail if it doesnt work out, will he slack off? He wasn't holding out. He only had one good season and we could have waited to make sure he repeats it this year. The most we could lose is having to pay more if he gets even better. But on the other hand if he regresses or we need to rebuild, it would have been nice to have more financial flexibility. If we waited we could have decided to give the money to Granderson, Shaheed, etc instead. We would have also had some protection if Ruiz got injured which has been a frequent issue for all our other oline.
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Old 09-11-2023, 09:07 AM   #8
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The money does not seem terrible but I am skeptical giving all this money to a player who seems good but not dominant and took his sweet time to develop until the latter years of his rookie contract. Now that he is paid and he knows we dont have the cap space to bail if it doesnt work out, will he slack off? He wasn't holding out. He only had one good season and we could have waited to make sure he repeats it this year. The most we could lose is having to pay more if he gets even better. But on the other hand if he regresses or we need to rebuild, it would have been nice to have more financial flexibility. If we waited we could have decided to give the money to Granderson, Shaheed, etc instead. We would have also had some protection if Ruiz got injured which has been a frequent issue for all our other oline.
Not sure if you've taken a look across the league recently, but viable offensive linemen are at a premium. It is easily the thinnest position groups in the league as far as talent goes.
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No one impressed me on the O line yesterday. In fact I was thinking.....
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Old 09-11-2023, 03:10 PM   #10
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No one impressed me on the O line yesterday. In fact I was thinking.....
Yet we had over 351 yards in total offense, good for 8th best in the entire league. Pretty good.
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