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Important signing for Saints

I have to give kudos to the New Orleans Saints for taking advantage of the San Diego Chargers' mistake of letting Drew Brees go. I don't understand why the Chargers felt it was a good idea to release a 27-year old just a year removed from the Pro Bowl. Brees is an extremely competitive guy who has the talent and intelligence to be a great success in this league, as he's already proven.

It says a lot about his competitiveness for him to take the situation in New Orleans and put it all on his shoulders. That won't be an easy situation for any player, but especially for the quarterback who is going to be the face of the organization. It's good to see that the organization is still able to sign big-name players, despite talk around the league that it might be difficult because the franchise is still in limbo with a split home schedule.

Obviously getting a major talent like Brees is important, but the bigger aspect of this signing for this organization is that it shows it's business as usual for the Saints. This is a very important offseason for New Orleans, because they have to show players and their agents that everything is O.K. The Saints can't afford to sit back and play the pity game, because it could affect this franchise for years down the road. Getting one of the top free agents in the league to sign, especially at such a high-profile position, shows the team is moving forward.

This signing is also going to have a huge impact on the draft, because the Saints were more than likely going to select Matt Leinart of USC with the No. 2 pick. Now they won't need to, because they already have their quarterback of the future.

If I were GM Mike Tannenbaum of the New York Jets, I would immediately call the Saints and start discussing a trade for the No. 2 pick. The Jets should offer the fourth pick in the first round and their second-round pick for the opportunity to draft Leinart. This would give them a chance to get the young, exciting face at quarterback that they haven't had in years.

If they want they can still let Chad Pennington open the season as the starter to see if he brings up his trade value, which would give Leinart a chance to learn the game on the sidelines like Carson Palmer, another former Heisman Trophy-winning USC quarterback. Or they could just throw Leinart into the fire and let him learn on the fly. Either way, they would have the quarterback position set up for the next 10 years, barring injury.

With the Jets' pick, the Saints could draft offensive lineman D'Brickashaw Ferguson, defensive end Mario Williams or linebacker A.J. Hawk. Any of those three players would represent major position upgrades for the Saints and would make Brees' life that much easier.


This was taken from ESPN.comInsider so I don't know how many of you have seen it. I know TheDeuce has posted alot from there so if it was already posted whoops!

Also, for this new thread what does everyone think of Brodie Croyle if we can get a 3rd round pick.