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Old 02-28-2024, 10:17 AM   #1
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Dallas Turner would be great.

Do we spend the capital to trade up?

Depends on free agency IMO
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Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 View Post
Dallas Turner would be great.

Do we spend the capital to trade up?

Depends on free agency IMO
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Old 02-29-2024, 12:40 PM   #3
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I think it's safe to say Turner is a top 10 talent who could fall especially if there's a run on QBs. I don't think anyone expects him to be there at 14 so yeah, it make sense we'd have to trade.

I'd hate to lose Lattimore but again, it depends on the return.

Imagine if we land another pick in the top 75 for Lattimore.
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I think it's safe to say Turner is a top 10 talent who could fall especially if there's a run on QBs. I don't think anyone expects him to be there at 14 so yeah, it make sense we'd have to trade.

I'd hate to lose Lattimore but again, it depends on the return.

Imagine if we land another pick in the top 75 for Lattimore.
Trading Lattimore would trigger a $45 million dead cap hit because we have restructured his salary 3 consecutive years pushing money out to 2028 that will all come due if he is traded.

Lattimore is an aging corner in NFL terms and has missed 50% of his games over the last two years. His value is very low. Even his PFF scores have not been elite for years. The script is to scare fans with the thought of losing him and then rejoice in keeping him with excitement of an amazing season where he will finally be healthy, to pull the wool over the fact that we are stuck paying him way too much and his trade value would be a mid round pick at most if we pay his salary.

I know Lattimore turning 28 this year sounds young but not for a corner it isn't. He will be going into his 8th NFL season. Look at what happened to other elite corners in their 6th-10th NFL season, most become unreliable and many drop off a cliff in performance. And although Lattimore's rookie season was elite, he never reached quite that peak again and has never made an all-pro team. He is a second tier very good corner who has started missing half of games and getting old.
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I'd also like to see us draft (lower round) another NT.

We haven't been nasty on that Dline since Malcom Brown was traded.

On the offensive side, I kinda like Cooper Beebe (G) from Kansas. He's played tackle, RG and also LG.

Day 2 projections by national scouts.
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Rd 1, Saints pick #14.

Olumuyiwa Fashanu, OL

Penn State

Hadn't allowed a sack in his 3-year college career and is only 21. We really need someone to solidify the tackle position for the next 7-10 years.
He's athletic (over 6'6" tall) & has superior pass protection qualities.

All Big 10, All Big Ten Academic

Maybe Kubiak moves Trevor Penning inside to guard?
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"This might be nothing, but it could be something big for the New Orleans Saints going into the 2024 NFL draft. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. kept a new trend going in his second mock draft of this year’s first round by projecting Penn State left tackle Olu Fashanu to fall to the Saints at No. 14."
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Rd 1, Saints pick #14.

Olumuyiwa Fashanu, OL

Penn State

Hadn't allowed a sack in his 3-year college career and is only 21. We really need someone to solidify the tackle position for the next 7-10 years.
He's athletic (over 6'6" tall) & has superior pass protection qualities.

All Big 10, All Big Ten Academic

Maybe Kubiak moves Trevor Penning inside to guard?
I actually had that same thought about moving Penning to G. I wonder if he can thrive there
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