I look for Saints to only sign two more players before draft

Marlboro Man · 04-20-2014, 12:43 PM

One thought is that we're so tight up against the salary cap, that we may just trade up so that we don't have so many draft picks to pay. We could make up the later picks with UDFA's which we seem to do so well with. Just something that I've been thinking about. This would allow us to move up to get a Darquez Dennard or a Gilbert or even an OBJ. All I know is that we need to knock this draft out of the park and we need playmakers with our first 3 picks, not just starters, playmakers. If we can pull that off, I'd say Super Bowl.

Seer1 · 04-20-2014, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by Marlboro Man

One thought is that we're so tight up against the salary cap, that we may just trade up so that we don't have so many draft picks to pay. We could make up the later picks with UDFA's which we seem to do so well with. Just something that I've been thinking about. This would allow us to move up to get a Darquez Dennard or a Gilbert or even an OBJ. All I know is that we need to knock this draft out of the park and we need playmakers with our first 3 picks, not just starters, playmakers. If we can pull that off, I'd say Super Bowl.

Jeanpierre was saying the same thing on another thread. It sure does make a lot of sense. The questions I have about that are, is there really any such thing as a sure bet in the draft? And is that sure thing a position we really need? We could also use the shotgun approach, draft as many bodies as we can and then cut'em before they affect our cap position.

Sigh, how many weeks until draft day?

04-20-2014, 12:43 PM	#1
Marlboro Man 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,469	Re: I look for Saints to only sign two more players before draft One thought is that we're so tight up against the salary cap, that we may just trade up so that we don't have so many draft picks to pay. We could make up the later picks with UDFA's which we seem to do so well with. Just something that I've been thinking about. This would allow us to move up to get a Darquez Dennard or a Gilbert or even an OBJ. All I know is that we need to knock this draft out of the park and we need playmakers with our first 3 picks, not just starters, playmakers. If we can pull that off, I'd say Super Bowl.

04-20-2014, 12:52 PM	#2
Seer1 Site Donor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Bayou Bayfield CO Posts: 4,722	Re: I look for Saints to only sign two more players before draft Originally Posted by Marlboro Man One thought is that we're so tight up against the salary cap, that we may just trade up so that we don't have so many draft picks to pay. We could make up the later picks with UDFA's which we seem to do so well with. Just something that I've been thinking about. This would allow us to move up to get a Darquez Dennard or a Gilbert or even an OBJ. All I know is that we need to knock this draft out of the park and we need playmakers with our first 3 picks, not just starters, playmakers. If we can pull that off, I'd say Super Bowl. Jeanpierre was saying the same thing on another thread. It sure does make a lot of sense. The questions I have about that are, is there really any such thing as a sure bet in the draft? And is that sure thing a position we really need? We could also use the shotgun approach, draft as many bodies as we can and then cut'em before they affect our cap position. Sigh, how many weeks until draft day?

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