The Dude

Armstead is the best player at his position in the NFL. Didn't read much passed that.

Danno

My humble opinion...

Armstead - Freaking Beast. On an All-Pro pace.

Lelito - Coming along nicely, about NFL average so far.

Unger - Solid, but not a beast yet. Still gelling with the rest

Evans - Dying faster than a vampire in the desert sunlight

Strief - Below average, but could pick it up.

Peat - Everyone knew he wouldn't break the starting line-up until late in the season or next year. Progressing as expected.

Kelemete - He's about average, but has played better than Evans has this year

halloween 65

I got to agree here. Kelemete is filling a huge void with Evans looking like crap. Lelito (slowly) coming along. But what I can't wrap my head around still was the Peat pick, Armstead is a stud LT and Peat was the #1 LT in the draft, why did we use the pick on a LT instead of a G/RT that could step in . G was on my priority list for the draft and thought Strief had at least this year in him I will admit. I'm not a coach but I do have a set of decent eyes to see where we could upgrade but for some reason these high profile, well paid people that put this team can't see an inch in front of them at times.

hagan714

Stealing Danos set up here My humble opinion...

Armstead - He is way ahead of the curve for a small school prospect.

Lelito - Jury is out and Hung. The kid still can not handle a stunt

Unger - Trying to minimizing the damage his two bookends are causing

Kelemete - Jury is out and Hung. The kid still can not handle a stunt

Strief - Age is catching up with swing OT. Saints waited a least two years to long to draft and groom a replacement.

Peat - well we bit the bullet and we have to live with it. IMO we could have traded down a bit and still got him. no way was he getting past that group atop the 20s with Carolina leading the way.

Lets face it the OL has always had a position or two the saints roll the dice on. They just waited a bit to long to address age. waiting to the last minute is never wise.

"We may have lost the game, but you'll be hurting tomorrow." Doug Atkins

jeanpierre

And I'm not harrassing anyone, but when we speak of grading, are we assuming PFF grades?

dizzle88

I still think the Peat pick and possibly the Grayson one should have been spent on WR's instead.

There were plenty of good WR's available and we passed on every single one

Cooks is good but he's not the number one Payton thinks he is
Colston is done
Brandon Coleman is just turrrible, he looks to have no football instincts at all
Snead is developing nicely
Josh Hill is complete and utter trash, Payton spoke of him as a HOF'er
Ben Watson is a liability, drops and Fumbles too much.

jeanpierre

Peat was the right pick and this is why...

Peat should be an upgrade at right tackle over Strief (30+ years) as Peat can learns the NFL game...

Second, the Saints don't know what kind of numbers, dollars it's going to take to retain Armstead...

Third, if they have to franchise tag Armstead, that gives them a year to transition Peat and see their options...

We're rolling alot of dead cap money into the future, and that is huge in the personnel decision making...

Peat was looked upon as a "safe" pick; but he came in late (school) and out-of-shape (Peat's failure)...

Strief's play has been underwhelming and Peat should have had the opportunity to step in at this point and that's not happened...

So I share the disappointment, but he was the right pick...

It's not that my way is the right way, I just make the right way my way...

RailBoss

Not to mention Armstead was playing on a bad ankle.

Crusader

Armstead should be the LT for the Saints for the forseable future. With an athletic ability like that there is wher you want him (as long as your QB is right handed).

Strief is doing what he can with a limited athletic ability but is depending on the interior line doing its job since he rarely stones a DE at the LOS but instead runs them upfield and around the QB.

Which brings me to Unger who has been all right but no all pro so far.

Kelemente was absolutely horrible in this game. A lot of pressure was because of him doing a bad job in the middle. Much rather have Evans in there but that might take a while since he had his knee scoped this week.

W.T. Sherman is my favorite General. After all he did order Atlanta to be burned to the ground.

K Major

From what I saw first half, Strief was beaten badly. Initially he looked awful but got better by the 4th.

Side note: I think Peat's footwork has improved. Filled in nicely when Armstead went down. I'm ready to see more of Andrus moving forward.