The #Saints have acquired WR Devaughn Vele from the Broncos

08-21-2025, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by voodooido

Will cooks even make the squad now? You have this guy, Olave, Shaeed, and Tipton. Can cooks beat out Bubba or any other of the cheap #5 wr’s?

Originally Posted by Halo

That's my question too. I have a feeling they're not done shuffling and trades.

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Luke McCown was on NFL Radio just now to talk about the Saints and their QB situation, he also talked about the talent of the WR corps. He had Cooks, Shaheed, and Olave as a solid top three for sure. He said Vele would give them that added size for the red zone much like Graham and Colston when he was with the team. As for Cooks specifically, McCown said what he's seen from Cooks this camp has him with the same dynamic speed and veteran presence. The Saints "official" depth chart has him clearly sitting as one of the three starters.

So we're trading Olave after all for an OG?

AsylumGuido · 08-21-2025, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by SmashMouth

So we're trading Olave after all for an OG?

Assuming there was even a guard available for trade that would be an upgrade to what we have it wouldn't come close to losing arguably our best WR still on a cheap rookie contract. But, yeah, why not?

Btw, here's all of the available free agent guards per spotrac.

Player (9)	Pos	Age	YOE	Prev Team	Prev AAV	Type	Market Value
AAV
Brandon Scherff	G	33.6	10	JAX	$16,500,000
UFA
$6,682,311
Shaq Mason	G	31.9	10	HOU	$12,000,000
UFA
Jon Feliciano	G	33.5	10	SF	$2,750,000
UFA
$1,446,769
Cody Whitehair	G	33.1	9	LV	$2,500,000
UFA
$1,860,204
Dalton Risner	G	30.1	6	MIN	$2,410,000
UFA
$3,354,288
Mark Glowinski	G	33.2	10	IND	$1,210,000
UFA
$1,656,688
Jack Driscoll	G	28.3	5	PHI	$1,125,000
UFA
Carter O'Donnell	G	26.6	3	ARI	$915,000
UFA
Jack Anderson	G	26.8	4	DAL	$302,400
UFA

rezburna · 08-21-2025, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by voodooido

Will cooks even make the squad now? You have this guy, Olave, Shaeed, and Tipton. Can cooks beat out Bubba or any other of the cheap #5 wr’s?

Originally Posted by Halo

That's my question too. I have a feeling they're not done shuffling and trades.

Chris Olave
Rashid Shaheed
Brandin Cooks
Devaughn Vele
Mason Tipton
Cedrick Wilson

That'll be your six receivers in my opinion. I'd make a call to Gabe Davis and part ways with Cedric Wilson. Add a little more height to the position group.

AsylumGuido · 08-21-2025, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by rezburna

Chris Olave
Rashid Shaheed
Brandin Cooks
Devaughn Vele
Mason Tipton
Cedrick Wilson

That'll be your six receivers in my opinion. I'd make a call to Gabe Davis and part ways with Cedric Wilson. Add a little more height to the position group.

Here's what we had on the 53 on October 1st last season:

LWR	12	Olave, Chris 22/1	17	Perry, A.T. 23/6
RWR	84	Tipton, Mason CF24	11	Wilson Jr., Cedrick U/Mia
SWR	22	Shaheed, Rashid CF22	16	Means, Bub 24/5

St. Brown and Austin on the practice squad.

turbo_dog · 08-21-2025, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by rezburna

Chris Olave
Rashid Shaheed
Brandin Cooks
Devaughn Vele
Mason Tipton
Cedrick Wilson

That'll be your six receivers in my opinion. I'd make a call to Gabe Davis and part ways with Cedric Wilson. Add a little more height to the position group.

Some could make a case for Pettis over Wilson. Other than that, I agree with you.

K Major · 08-21-2025, 02:04 PM

Been reading a few articles from the Bronco nation forums & apparently Payton raved about this guy all of 2024. I think the signing of Evan Engram, extending Sutton, and then getting Pat Bryant (3rd rd) in the draft just made this a numbers game for Devaughn.

Apparently he wasn’t going to get many targets up in Denver.

From what I saw from him last season, the guy could become a legit target on 3rd downs & in the red zone.

We’ll see.

AsylumGuido · 08-21-2025, 02:33 PM

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Halo · 08-21-2025, 03:38 PM

Hopefully we can catch an interior guard. Appears they are in demand.

AsylumGuido · 08-21-2025, 05:19 PM

AsylumGuido · 08-21-2025, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by Halo

Hopefully we can catch an interior guard. Appears they are in demand.

Tremendous demand. Half the teams in the league are in dire need. While in demand they are not out there.

08-21-2025, 12:33 PM	#11
Threaded by SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 39,277 Blog Entries: 29 Rating: (0 votes - average) Originally Posted by voodooido Will cooks even make the squad now? You have this guy, Olave, Shaeed, and Tipton. Can cooks beat out Bubba or any other of the cheap #5 wr’s? Originally Posted by Halo That's my question too. I have a feeling they're not done shuffling and trades. Originally Posted by AsylumGuido Luke McCown was on NFL Radio just now to talk about the Saints and their QB situation, he also talked about the talent of the WR corps. He had Cooks, Shaheed, and Olave as a solid top three for sure. He said Vele would give them that added size for the red zone much like Graham and Colston when he was with the team. As for Cooks specifically, McCown said what he's seen from Cooks this camp has him with the same dynamic speed and veteran presence. The Saints "official" depth chart has him clearly sitting as one of the three starters. So we're trading Olave after all for an OG?
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08-21-2025, 01:31 PM	#13
rezburna 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Kenner, LA Posts: 8,244	Re: The #Saints have acquired WR Devaughn Vele from the Broncos Originally Posted by voodooido Will cooks even make the squad now? You have this guy, Olave, Shaeed, and Tipton. Can cooks beat out Bubba or any other of the cheap #5 wr’s? Originally Posted by Halo That's my question too. I have a feeling they're not done shuffling and trades. Chris Olave Rashid Shaheed Brandin Cooks Devaughn Vele Mason Tipton Cedrick Wilson That'll be your six receivers in my opinion. I'd make a call to Gabe Davis and part ways with Cedric Wilson. Add a little more height to the position group. AsylumGuido likes this.

08-21-2025, 01:41 PM	#15
turbo_dog 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,717	Re: The #Saints have acquired WR Devaughn Vele from the Broncos Originally Posted by rezburna Chris Olave Rashid Shaheed Brandin Cooks Devaughn Vele Mason Tipton Cedrick Wilson That'll be your six receivers in my opinion. I'd make a call to Gabe Davis and part ways with Cedric Wilson. Add a little more height to the position group. Some could make a case for Pettis over Wilson. Other than that, I agree with you.

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K Major Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedford, TX Posts: 24,920 Blog Entries: 3	Re: The #Saints have acquired WR Devaughn Vele from the Broncos Been reading a few articles from the Bronco nation forums & apparently Payton raved about this guy all of 2024. I think the signing of Evan Engram, extending Sutton, and then getting Pat Bryant (3rd rd) in the draft just made this a numbers game for Devaughn. Apparently he wasn’t going to get many targets up in Denver. From what I saw from him last season, the guy could become a legit target on 3rd downs & in the red zone. We’ll see. turbo_dog and AsylumGuido like this.

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AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,953	Re: The #Saints have acquired WR Devaughn Vele from the Broncos Originally Posted by Halo Hopefully we can catch an interior guard. Appears they are in demand. Tremendous demand. Half the teams in the league are in dire need. While in demand they are not out there.