07-25-2025, 05:19 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Mandeville, LA
Posts: 39,063
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Re: Time to trade Olave?
Originally Posted by BakoSaint
I take it all back. If Olave is laughing off 4 concussions and isn’t worried about anything because gods got him at the end of the day, I am sure everything will be fine. In general, athletes who miss future time with injury just sinned a lot and lack faith, like people who get in car accidents or are effected by natural disasters, whereas athletes with many past concussions just needed a laugh and will be fine. If a gambler says they will win, I believe them. The great thing about this is not only can Olave have a long career, he can do whatever he wants, laugh at serious risks after multiple warning signs, and there will be no consequences. Honestly it he just said the risk was worth it I could relate, but I feel like laughing at risks isn’t faith in god, ita hubris. Even if Olave didnt have this injury history, I would hesitate to pay a young Brandin Cooks type who thinks he’s elite the big money. He’s just not a dominant physical player he is a finesse guy who relies on speed and quickness and has always been good not great, once he loses a fraction of a step his production will drop. Sometimes the market for good matches the market for great because desperate teams need to sell to themselves and fans that their good players are great, but in the end the teams that recognize that mistake will prosper, like the Saints when they traded Graham (sorry, top corners could take him out of a game) and Cooks.
BB when in NE knew when to part ways with a player, Randy Moss included. Maybe Olave has 29 lives, more than cats, maybe not. We'll see sometime in the year. If a team backs up the Brinks Truck with draft picks and we can keep our cap going in the same more healthy direction, why not?
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