Sarik

Yep, the cap hit is pretty substantial. Im all for saving money & using it towards rebuilding this team, but the Saints are in a bad spot with the contracts they have been handing out(Byrd, Graham, Gallete, brees.) Gallete's contract was by far the worst yet. Pretty silly for a situational player with one year of decent production. im hoping something will finally change, but its yet to be seen.

Drafting in the 7-14 range should help a bit in finding us an upgrade, but finances are really holding us back from adding anyone this offseason in FA.

I believe we draft Defense round 1 unless by some miracle Amari Cooper is sitting there in front of us, which i highly doubt. Couple of options id like in that 7-14 range would be Shaq Thompson & Marcus Peters or maybe Benardrick Mckinney later.

Id much rather trade back & gain picks of course. Feel as though theres a deeper crop of OL & pass rushers in this draft that we could select later in Rd 1 or 2 so id rather not spend a high(er) pick on those positions, but would be ok with any of the top tackles(scherff, collins, ogbuehi, stanley, flowers)


As for Big Rob, one great year followed by one bad. But i cant justify giving him his papers bc of one season, despite the mess that it was. It comes down to Joe Vitt, Greg Mcmahon, Bill Johnson & Wes Mcgriff not getting the job done. Joe Vitt is just not the answer...im over seeing the units we put out on the field year after year just stink it up.

IF we do move in another direction heres the two at the top of my list:

Ken Norton JR - could definitely change our LB group like he's had part in doing during his time with Seattle(Wagner, KJ, Malcolm, Irvin.)

Jim Tomsula - we all know what he' done there in San Fran.

K Major

His name has come up around the league quite a bit as of late.
Has done one heck of a job.

Sarik

Yesir. He really has.

Common fans dont realize how good of a job he's done & the name he's been making for himself. Former LB that has not only developed this outstanding seahawks group, but remember the run of USC linebackers that came out? Guess who was coaching that group? Yep, Ken Norton. Now im not gonna say he was the direct root to the success of Cushing, Matthews & Maualuga, but he's definitely had a great hand in grooming & putting out some tremendous talent. Something we desperately need!

Was with USC from 2004-2009, then went over to seattle from there.

Ha, i remember having a few of his cards when he was over in San Fran playing. Had a nice rookie...some good times.