Are we looking at anyone???
 

We never really score in free agency, it's always really frustrating to monitor. But are we even looking at anyone? Worst defense in history, same personnel and 3 different coordinators. Are we just going to draft our way out of this with our watered down draft picks? Drew Bree's high contract is going to cripple the team until he retires. I love the guy too...but let's be honest here. We also need to find a LT. One of the most important positions on offense.

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I told you in that text I sent you, that we are looking at Nnamdi Asomugha!!!!!!

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So are 5 other teams with more money than us. Is that all we got?

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OMG seriously? You must be kidding.

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No, we are also looking at Derek Cox and Kennan Lewis

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Who besides Bree's? One maybe two people?

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True, but I think we will sign someone soon

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Darren Sharper, Curtis Lofton, Brodrick Bunkley, Tom Johnson, Jonathan Goodwin, David Hawthorne, Dave Thomas, Brian de la Puente, Ben Grubbs, Darren Sproles, Jed Collins, Jeremy Shockey, Lance Moore, Bobby McCray, Anthony Hargrove, Jabari Greer, Issa Abdul Quddus, Rafeal Bush, Pierson Prielou, Courtney Roby, Chris Reis, Steve Gleason...

Again... Seriously?

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Hahaha YES!

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Seriously.
Sharper...one season, thanks
Lofton... I like
Tom Johnson....seriously. He's awesome
Dave Thomas, don't think he was a FA. Not a starter
De la puente...he's ok
Grubs... I like
Sproles...I like
Shockey...thanks for your one good year
Lance Moore...could survive without him
McCray?...seriously
Hargrove?...seriously
Greer...he's been good
Quddus...seriously...let me guess...he shows signs of being good
Rafael bush...seriously...he must show signs too
Prieuleu...seriously
Roby...that's a great signing...can't go on without him
Chris reis...laughable

I stand corrected...4 good signings...not one or two

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I'm sorry, when you said we NEVER score in free agency, I thought you meant we NEVER score in free agency.

Silly me.:rolleyes:

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Agree with everyone except McCray smh @ that dude

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Disagree with everyone except for Grubbs, Lofton and Sporles

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I think u confused score with sign. We also signed Jason David.

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Shockley was also a trade. Everyone else on that list , that sucked,didn't draw interest from anyone else and were signed way after free agency began. Give me someone on day 1 of free agency.

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For what it's worth at this time right now I'm not happy with what we lost and what we've gained. Hopefully all that changes

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Maybe it also means we get more compensatory picks.

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2008 - Randall Gay, Bobby McCray, Dan Morgan, Aaron Glenn, Mark Brunell
2007 - Brian Simmons, David Patten, Eric Johnson, Jason David, Kevin Kaesviharn, Troy Evans, Kendrick Clancy, Dhani Jones
2006 - Brees, Scott Fujita, Anthony Simmons, Mark Campbell, Billy Miller, Terrance Copper, Rob Petitti, Danny Clark, Chris Horn, Omar Stoutmire, Curtis Deloatch, Jay Foreman, Tommy Polley
2009 - Darren Sharper, Jabari Greer, Darnell Dinkins, Anthony Hargrove, Pierson Prioleau, Paul Spicer, Heath Evans, Dan Campbell
2010 - Alex Brown, Jimmy Wilkerson, Clint Ingram
2011 - Darren Sproles, Olin Kreutz, Shaun Rogers, Aubrayo Franklin, John Gilmore, Will Herring, Turk McBride, John Kasay, Korey Hall
2012 - Curtis Lofton, Ben Grubbs, Brodrick Bunkley, David Hawthorne, Chris Chamberlain, Elbert Mack, Rafael Bush

Not quite sure if you make any sense......

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Without Brees we wouldn't have a chance of winning so they had to pay the man... He brought a sb to new Orleans ... had to pay the man ! ... Sure it kinda hurts us in the FA signings but Gotta have faith that Loomis n Payton.... WE will be a strong contender this year no doubt we have r coach back...

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Wow. 2 NFC Championship games, Super Bowl ring, several seasons with double digit wins & multiple playoff appearances.

If only we could get Ditka back, but as GM this time. This Loomis/Payton/Brees thing just isn't working out. :P

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Who are u directing this to? Me? There are 4 people on here worth a $h!t. Loft on, Grubbs, sproles, Greer are the only good ones. Everyone else played one season, if that. This is a funny list though.dan Morgan,Brian Simmons, dhabi jones. Did they leave off zack Thomas, he got a concussion from putting his helmet on. Olin Keutz quit...QUIT. Chris horn...who? Aaron glen was a senior citizen. John Kasey was good, fujita, billy miller was ok.

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saints have never been big spenders in FA over the last few years so its a crap shoot but all in all considering the tier 2 and tier 3 players on list we got more than our moneys worth out of most of them

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Day two.......come and gone! Did we really expect anything different?

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BUT LIKE ARE WE EVEN LOOKING? WHY HAVEN'T WE JUMPED ON THE BANDWAGON OF PAYING THROUGH THE NOSE FOR OLD OR OVERRATED PLAYERS??!! LIKE COME ON LOOOOOOOMI$ I KNO U READ DIS

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let the market price on CB set itself first is what is going on. no CB have really signed yet so agents are holding the players off till other top CB start signing.

player would need to tell his agent make it happen this is the team i want to play for

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I agree that we've had a few good signings, but that list above is watered down with a bunch of crappy players, average players, and undrafted free agents, which do not apply to the discussion.

We haven't had a lot of quantity over the years in free agency, but we've hit some home runs. There's no money for a home run this year. I'm hoping we can land a veteran who'll surprise us like Sharper did. We got lucky that other teams thought he had nothing left. It doesn't have to be a safety, but just someone who'll give us a boost at a good price.

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This. You forgot to mention that of those 22 players he listed, 9 of them are no longer even on the team.

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payton and loomis is tag teamin on these questions we all have. thats what paytons really good at ,he don't tell us tocrapo.

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I didn't really forget, but he was listing all of what he sees as good free agent signings in recent history, and I'm just not seeing where that list, as a whole, makes a valid point. You're right though, a good bit of them are gone.

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Part of winning the battle of free agency is stocking up on roll players and mid-level talent. There isn't a team in the NFL that is just slam full of superstars. Hell, the last time a team tried that approach through free agency the Eagles got Andy Reid fired. To ***** about the wins and loses at the mid-level free agency signings is to show an ignorance of how the NFL works. We have a great GM/HC combination. Let them do their job. They have proven to be pretty damn good at it so far.

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I think most, if not everyone in here understands the importance of roll players, so you're right about that. But that's not really the issue at hand. We have plenty of mid level talent, already, and without a doubt they'll find some more of those guys. But the defense needs more than that, and we're all rather curious as to how it's holes are going to be filled, given our cap situation.

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No, the list was to show that claiming "we NEVER score in free-agency" was shortsighted.

Many of the players I listed were signed to be roll players. They were not signed to be the next Drew Brees.

Thats our approach to free agency and its a good one. Sign roll players and mid-tier players to fill holes in order to draft BPA. If the occasion arises to sign a high dollar stud like Brees then take it.

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We were looking hard at Shanle apparently.

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Its a fake account dude....

What is a fake account dude?

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That tweet from a fake Larry Holder twitter account in the other thread you made about them signing Shanle....

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I think your definition of score is a bit off, or at the least, we interpret it much differently. I don't think the person you were replying to, originally, was saying that we haven't signed decent role players. A score is getting a major contributor.

Also though, you listed some players who were rookie free agents, which is a different animal. It's easy to sign RFA's, and you can sign a ton without any real risk. Most of them get cut within weeks. And some of the players on that list just weren't, or aren't any good.

Tom Johnson is just another preseason warrior. Bunkley, to this point, has not validated his contract. De la peunta was somebody we signed off the shelf during a training camp. McCray had his moments, but was mostly ineffective, and he was given too much money to be a role player. He was expected to be a starter who could come in and post at least 9 or 10 sacks. And guys like Prioleau and Reis were just special teamers. Decent special teamers, and I'm not downplaying their importance, but those aren't the type of players I think of as being a "score".

This doesn't mean the Saints have done a bad job, though they've made some mistakes in free agency. I just think that list was a bit exaggerated.

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Chris Reis, "laughable"?


Come on man... you want us to give the Lombardi back or something? Ever heard of AMBUSH, "blue ball, blue ball" Hank Baskett -- is any of this ringing any bells with you?

I mean I know he's not a Hall of Fame superstar but really, SMH at that one. Plus ragging on Sharper, only one year -- but take away those pick 6's of his and see what you got left that "only one year." Hint: it ain't 13-3 and it ain't home field.

Sheez. Tough crowd.

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FKN Goodell!

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your missing the point my friend. when presenting an argument that negates my points dont throw chris reis at me. a good point he made would be sproles as an example. we need an immediate impact player on defense NOW. Brees is getting no younger and by the looks of last year...not any better either. The elephant in the room is brees' "highest paid player in the league" contract. cut that in half or 1/3 and you get 2 immediate starters on defense. you get yourself a cliff avril instead of begging will smith to restructure. obviously im not privy to all the details of the saints organization, but as a fan, like i stated....Free Agency is tough to watch.
Teams sign people left and right and we the guys that no one wants, two weeks after. we get depth at best who end up starting. i bet 1/2 of our Def wouldnt start on a top 10 defensive team. the free agent starters/ weekly contributors are signed in the first few days of FA....not at the end.