Originally Posted by ssmitty

Originally Posted by saintswhodi

i'd still take eli for brooks, duece, and whatever our draft pick is..

Glad you're not in the front office. Yikes. I like Eli and all.........

whoodi, when you compare leinart to brady, (in a matter of speaking) well, i'll trade for brady over eli.....

Didn't really compare him, just making the point it does not take 3-5 years for a young QB to make an impact.

oh, and whoodi, care to make a friendly wager as to who will be taken first?

Hmm, there is already a consensus on who is the number one pick, except if we get number one. So if we have the first pick, I will gladly make that wager. Other than that, just about anyone else would take Bush, what is there to bet on? If a DE was rated the number one overall player, and we didn't need it, which we don't, would you suggest we take one of those again? Would that make a lot of sense? No? Neither does taking another RB after you have just made yours one of the highest paid players in the league.

i'm just saying plain and simple if leinart is there when we draft, i don't think the saints go that route. while we probably should start over at scratch with a possibly qb of the future the picture is cloudy at best in no.
those that don't like benson now, really may want his head come draft time with the crap he could stir.........if haz is indeed gone, who knows what new puppet benson will bring in.
if you remember when haz was being interviewed about the benching of brooks, he made sure to mention that benson was informed of this. i'm guessing contract wise, this was a must and haz was covering........after all, we have witnessed what happens to those that don't follow bensons rules........
here is the scenerio i think may happen........
1) come the end of the season, benson may try to offer haz a different contract coming off a 3 or 4 -13-12 season......after all, it is about money and not winning in no......and once again, benson holds the cards......
2) brooks may be offered to rework his contract to the advantage of the payroll dept while the saints try and figure out what went wrong and how to correct it.....
and with this scenerio, figure this, brooks has had time to cool off a bit and may be willing to do it provided he has the chance to compete and win the starting job again.
3) if either one or two happens, which direction do you think the saints will go?

remember this, though most want haz and brooks gone, they are'nt.........yet..............
and, if after the last game, benson does not do the sweep immediately, we may see at least haz back again next season where ever the saints are........

scary? smitty

Here's something to think about, if Haslett quits/gets fired next week, it would be in his best interest to hire someone good/capable, and draft someone worthy because the San Antonio situation still won't be resolved. And it is in his best interest to get this team back on a winning track in case he does get the ok to move, because he is going to have to sell tickets in Texas, and I think he realizes that just showing up in Texas isn't going to guarantee that people will show up and be ready to pay full price for tickets for a losing team.