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Good man Kelley. I have been fighting that fight to. In that Patrick surtain thread I had to AGAIN explain why getting him at his current cap figure is all but an impossibility for us, even if we traded Howard for him. That\'s also why I was for trading Joe Horn. He deserves to get paid, but what is gonna be the cap impact 2 or 3 years from now when we have to cut him? He has value now, and there are a lot of guys who could come in and do the job. Sentamentality aside, cause we all love Joe, it makes more business sense to move him now. Devote his cap figure to a Derrick Mason or a Coles, who won\'t be 37 in a few years and we won\'t be faced with having to part with an aging star we paid to keep too long. While I can see us spending for ONE name player, say a Hartwell, Hartwell and Pace and Rolle and so on just ain\'t happening. That\'s why there are articles that say if the Saints come out of free agency with at least 2 of their hundred needs, it is a success. Building through the draft is a premium in this league and we are not good at it. We need better talent evaluators and scouts who are allowed to have more imput because we can not continue to fail in the draft and add to that not spending or being able to spend in free agency. Key teams need maybe one pick-up at the most in the off-season to contend. We need so many at so many positions. I hope we do get at least one stud though after trading Howard and cutting Pathon, then we can get a second tier player at another key position like Womack at T or Lucas at CB. That would set us up nicely for the draft.

But besides all that, good work Kelley.