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The tweet below may seem insignificant, but it's not...

Stupar has shown some good plays in being able to cover in the passing game, not to mention he'll surely be a special teams ace.

But there is nothing more important than having a teammate and locker room presence that really loves the game of football...

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Im prettu high on our LB unit tjis year
No big names but what looks like a nice unit of players.

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It's very telling that Failclown fans really hated seeing him go and were gutted that he signed with us.

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Know their frustration, let 'em stew in it...

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Need a fifth wide receiver, Coleman isn't going to cut it...

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I think/hope Coleman/Allen and Murphy signed their walking paper just there

Too many bigs drops,muffs

Might aswell have kept Preston Parker as have Coleman

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Two free agents I'd like to see the Saints bring in for workouts...

WR Brian Hartline; we're gonna need some size at WR besides Thomas, Coleman can't be trusted with a roster spot...

OG Louis Vasquez; message needs to be sent that the guard play we're getting is unacceptable and OGs can be replaced...

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We could always go to Canada and look for a guard, it's worked out pretty good the last few times (Del Breaux, Erik Harris, David Onyemata) in FA and the draft...

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Premature Contracts of Galette and Lewis really hamstrung us these past two seasons...

Dead Cap Money - 2016

Name	Cap Number
Junior Galette	$12,100,000
Keenan Lewis	$6,350,000
Jahri Evans	$5,100,000
Brandon Browner	$4,050,000
Marques Colston	$2,700,000
David Hawthorne	$2,260,000
Brodrick Bunkley	$1,612,500
Erik Lorig	$500,000
Stanley Jean-Baptiste	$482,448
Ramon Humber	$167,000
Vinnie Sunseri	$88,250
Ronald Powell	$84,430
Sean Hickey	$6,667
Mike Caputo	$5,500
Tavaris Barnes	$5,000
Markus Pierce-Brewster	$4,000
Cyril Lemon	$4,000
Harold Spears	$3,600
Ashaad Mabry	$3,600
R.J. Harris	$3,600
Dominique Tovell	$1,500
TOTAL	$35,532,095

Total Cap Liabilities: $175,439,234

(Top 51: $153,951,268)

2016 Team Salary Cap: $155,167,847

(Available: $970,709)

Source: Over the Cap: New Orleans Saints

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Dead Cap Money - 2017

Name	Cap Number
Keenan Lewis	$3,600,000
Brandon Browner	$1,300,000
Dominique Tovell	$3,000
TOTAL	$4,903,000

Total Cap Liabilities: $127,986,933

(Top 51: $122,046,933)

2016 Team Salary Cap: $166,000,000

(Available: $43,953,067)

Note: Brees, Ungar, Edebali, Lelito are not under contract for 2017

Note: Jairus Byrd has a cap number of $11,700,000 with $8,000,000 in dead money if released

Source: Over the Cap: New Orleans Saints

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I don't remember Ben Watson being this much work...

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Warm up McCown on the Trade Launcher...

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I heard a Falcon stubbed his toe. Better reserve 20 or 30 pages for that.

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He might actually have some decent trade value at a position we can afford to deal.

As Bobby Hebert said, he's no Drew Brees but from all the starting QB's he's seen in the NFL, McCown would be about middle of the pack as an NFL starter.

I don't think we have the supporting cast right now to seriously compete for postseason if Brees went down, so McCown doesn't really do us much good other than fill in for a few games if Drew needs to sit.

I think its worth a gamble to trade McCown to either add some help along the O-line or a mid-round pick in next year's draft.

I wonder if McCown for Leary straight up is workable?

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As long as the Mickster understands, we don't have to give up draft picks!

If anything, I'd find a way to package Byrd with a contract redo to minimize our cap hit...

Then you can let Bell get on the field and justify taking him with two draft picks...

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No way the Cowboys trading for him. Prescott has looked good in preseason and will get the time to see if he is the long term answer

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I still cant believe the money they gave him. Watson showed that Brees can work with any above average TE. We paid a man that loves dropping the ball

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Dak has looked good thus far however but the Cows have no backup and trust me, rookie QB's will eventually come down to earth once NFL coaches start game planning. Luke could do well with that stout line, a run game and a elite WR.

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Agreed. Ben is a special man and he will always be a favorite of mine in or out of football. I was thrilled when we signed him and still remember the questioning of the move by several around here. If anyone can handle this adversity it is him.

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Very unfortunate to a great player and better human being.

Truly a good guy & I wish him a healthy, speedy return.

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Best Remaining Free Agent Options:

WR Brian Hartline 29 CLE
WR Riley Cooper 28 PHI
WR Marques Colston 33 NO
TE Owen Daniels 33 DEN
OL Will Beatty 31 NYG
OL Louis Vasquez 29 DEN
DE Greg Hardy 28 DAL

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Why the heck haven't we tried to sign Louis Vasquez? Is there some injury issue I don't know about?

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From what I've read the knee is healthy however Vasquez has been rather disappointing in zone blocking scheme (what Payton runs).

Kind of wished we had taken a flyer on Matt Slauson after the Bears cut him. A proven vet and QUALITY pass blocker. Meanwhile we have two back up guards and a tackle who never played guard in college. If you look at JP's depth chart, there are a few UDFA that some here thought would be our savings grace. At this level of football, potential disaster waiting to happen.

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I don't understand this either. He's been mentioned on this board for months. Even if he came in as a 1 year stop-gap he would be an upgrade.
There really has been no news on him anywhere

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I think they were getting away from the zone blocking scheme this year with the new line coach...(Dan Roushar)

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The VIKINGS are over stocked @ the OL. Keep an eye on their cuts.
NY (Giants) are pretty weak upfront so there will be competition for any average to good lineman that becomes available.

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It's time to call the Eagles and see if G/T Matt Tobin is available...

C'mon Ireland, time to start beating the desk...

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This is the vikings 3/4/5 choices on the O-Line according to our lads latest roster

Anyone

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...efd953a4fe.jpg

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We signed Sean Hickey last year as an undrafted FA so the familiarity is there... But if he was worth keeping we would have.

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Trade a DB (Swann) or RB (Ingram or Spiller) or QB (McCown) for G/T Matt Tobin.

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I really like Ingram but was suprised they gsve him a relatively big deal,especially when you consider they felt the need to give Spiller a similar deal a year later. Too much money wraped uo in a pair of RBs that cant pkay 16 games.

Id rather spend a 3/4th rounder on a RB run them into the ground for 4 years and draft another.

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Or a seventh rounder, this time next year, Lasco may just be better than Ingram...

Goes to my thinking, you don't spend first, second round picks on running backs...

Especially when you have holes in your defense and on your offensive line...

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Agreed
A good oline will make even a average RB look good. Look at McFadden. If the pieces are there id take a great RB in the first myself but only if you habe few holes to fill and they are the best player on the board

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WTH?!? Who's evaluating/scouting NFL Free Agents for the Saints?!?

Twitter

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NFL roster cuts tracker: Teams trimming to 75 players - NFL.com


http://static.nfl.com/static/content...0000164806.jpgMiami Dolphins

Cuts to 75: LB Akil Blount, C/G Ruben Carter, WR A.J. Cruz, LS Ryan DiSalvo, WR Matt Hazel, TE Gabe Hughes, K Marshall Koehn, CB Al Louis-Jean, G Vinston Painter, WR Brandon Shippen, CB Brandon Harris

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NFL roster cuts tracker: Teams trimming to 75 players - NFL.com


http://www.nfl.com/static/content/ca...thers_logo.jpgCarolina Panthers

Cuts to 75: LB Jared Barber, WR Avius Capers, TE Braxton Deaver, G Reese Dismukes, DT Ray Drew, OT David Foucault, WR Stephen Hill, DE Tom Lally, C Matt Masifilo, WR Miles Shuler, OT Willie Smith

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