TE RB and DB Still an issue for Saints

hagan714 · 05-18-2008, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by 504Highlander

I don't feel your sense of urgency in your remarks. There is a window of opportunity for teams and I don't want it to close before Brees is past his prime.

The time is now and we are nowhere near ready to take on the elite teams, given injuries, lack of depth and mediocre players at key positions.

No it is not urgency as much a accepting facts. 3 years of draft and FA have upgraded a lot of positions but there still some areas that need to be addressed. You listed some. They will come. maybe this yrar we can see an improvement in TE production with the group we have or we may add a player before the season starts to help out. As for the TE position I would love to have draft one but the trade in the first killed that idea. I had my eyes on
Martellus Bennett , Texas A&M Decent route runner..Above average blocker..serious raw talent ...considerable upside
I was hoping the third but he never made it out of the second. besides after the trades we never had a shoot any of them. By the time the fifth round came around all the good TE were done. Oh well so be it. I like the trade and the pick and the in the second. So that position will have to wait. Same goes for RB and FS. So we took the players we could and made the most of those picks. We used the day two pick on players that could produce on the field and not go with alot of projects. Good job all in all.
So we have to wait and see what may come available from now till kick off and then we may see a new face or two. If not next year will have to be the year to make the move. So be it. Year 3 of rebuilding is off to a good start.The window will be open for a few more years yet. No reason to panic now.

05-18-2008, 08:33 PM	#9
hagan714 LB Mentallity Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 15,870 Blog Entries: 68	Re: TE RB and DB Still an issue for Saints Originally Posted by 504Highlander I don't feel your sense of urgency in your remarks. There is a window of opportunity for teams and I don't want it to close before Brees is past his prime. The time is now and we are nowhere near ready to take on the elite teams, given injuries, lack of depth and mediocre players at key positions. No it is not urgency as much a accepting facts. 3 years of draft and FA have upgraded a lot of positions but there still some areas that need to be addressed. You listed some. They will come. maybe this yrar we can see an improvement in TE production with the group we have or we may add a player before the season starts to help out. As for the TE position I would love to have draft one but the trade in the first killed that idea. I had my eyes on Martellus Bennett , Texas A&M Decent route runner..Above average blocker..serious raw talent ...considerable upside I was hoping the third but he never made it out of the second. besides after the trades we never had a shoot any of them. By the time the fifth round came around all the good TE were done. Oh well so be it. I like the trade and the pick and the in the second. So that position will have to wait. Same goes for RB and FS. So we took the players we could and made the most of those picks. We used the day two pick on players that could produce on the field and not go with alot of projects. Good job all in all. So we have to wait and see what may come available from now till kick off and then we may see a new face or two. If not next year will have to be the year to make the move. So be it. Year 3 of rebuilding is off to a good start.The window will be open for a few more years yet. No reason to panic now.
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