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Cooks wasn't going to get us over this slumo. Drew time is running shorter and its time to throw the chips down. Cooks was an expendable assest. The front office took the best offer available and will try to improve the defense. The move up from 4th round to end of the 3rd is a bonus and could be the difference in a player we want. The offense has lost 1100 yards. With an improved defense take some yards off. You can easily see Thomas and hopefully Fleener covering a third to half them yards and Ginn can easily be a 4-700 yard receiver. A new slot receiver/3rd down back will cover the holes too. This isnt loosing a Graham/Colston type thats also a massive red zone threat. Changes needed made |
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So SP was just blowing smoke up everyone's a$$ when he said it would take a significant offer to trade away Cooks.
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Our defense stinks because our recent picks and FA moves stink. Sorry, but that's just reality. |
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Let's remember at this time last year the "Experts" were crying because of our poor WR class. "No real #1" By the end of the season it was "The best WR trio in the NFL!!!"
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Now we're sending a Top 5 proven NFL wide receiver, 23yo, healthy and our 4th round, pick 118 to New England, for the Patriots' first round, pick 32 and third round, pick 76... And as I said on the other thread, it's not realistic to expect to recover Loomis/Payton's reach and overpay to get Cooks, but damn, to have to give up two picks in return again?!? AND to see that 4th round pick killed by Goodell for Deflategate; why not trade back in the fourth before and get a fifth round pick first - Just, D*mn... New England NEVER loses in trades... Forget the salary cap hit by Cooks bonus in a few days, but we've only once seemingly won on a trade (Graham to Seattle) and even that's in jeopardy because we took a near rookie of the year on defense and turned him into a marginal roster player making the trade more even now - Unger has been a gem... But now, it would seem, the Mickster is back to his old self and buffoonery - Bet Benson would have never let Mickey near his car business back in the day... Were we ever able to confirm the Titans offer? Are we sending Cooks further away thinking we won't hear his name again? Something's amiss and I'm sure we'll hear Coach P with his doubletalk, new speak spin before long where he says a whole lotta nothing... This further damns Payton/Loomis' credibility in trade negotiations as now everyone in the league will know they're FOS on standards "it would take a significant offer"? MFer, C'mon Sean! You're a great X&Os man but stay the f*ck out of the business end of it or you'll be a one-hit wonder... |
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Look guys in the end we didn't end up with much less than we gave for Cooks. The draft picks are important this year and Cooks wouldn't have been as important. Thomas would've eaten up a lot of Cooks yards, Snead will take some more and the younger receivers, well their young and will take up the rest of the slack. Maybe we look at another Sproles type and pass, pass, pass! Cooks is a good player but he wouldn't have made us good enough to win the division, now 2 picks on the other hand might? It's a chance we must be able to allow our Saints!
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agree with most on here, although we don't like what we did on this trade. This must have been as good as it gets. We have to make changes to set what we want in the end.
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I read Cooks got into a shouting match with coaches after the Ram game.
A malcontent that was gone next year for a big asking price. We didn't have much leverage and 31 other teams probably knew it. I'm guessing the extended wait Friday was we were trying to get the best deal. This was the best deal on the table |
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True, we don't have any behind the scenes details
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1. Cooks was owed a $750K roster bonus Monday. 2. If the Saints were not going to pick up his 5th year option, then he would be a free agent one year from now. In short, this was the best time for a trade. If a suitable deal was not to be had, the Saints would had kept him at a cheap price this upcoming season then let him go into free agency with nothing in return. and so.... Quote:
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Told everyone here BB was going to fleece Payton and Payton was going to smile about it. I surely wouldn't have given up the 4th with the draft being this deep, Payton got creampied. NE has to many WR.'s now, I look for them to trade 1 of their WR to get some of their picks back.
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So what you keep a player that has made it obvious he doesn't want to be here. Likely wont re-sign and the Saints wouldn't want to pay him.
What do you do other than take the best offer thats there. There was obviously no Titans offer of 18 without more going back. Most think they wanted tbe Saints 2 and Cooks for 18. A far worse deal. |
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How exactly is Cooks a top 5 in talent at WR? He wouldn't put up the #'s he did with 3/4 of the league's qb's out there.
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Don't think the deal was good but I agree they took what they could get. Sort of like shopping for something you really like but can't afford and have to settle for something less. We just have to see how it turns out for us. Reality SUCKS! Cooks must have really pissed them off.
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Cam Jordan was on Twitter complaining about the move. We might as well send him packing too. We don't need anybody who can't keep how they feel about trades to themselves.
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Almost all losses by less than a score with a D almost dead last. Think he would be grateful we are going to address it and improve his squad.
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Well we are paying cam way too much for 7.5 sacks. Do your job and shut your mouth. Hell at normal people work most people can't say what they want without getting in trouble. What makes them think they are untouchable. If someone paid me millions to play/work half the year id do it with a smile.
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Not much of a difference when you chose to trade the player away before the 5th year can be picked up. |
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We didn't get two picks, why do people keep perpetuating that lie on here? |
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I don't think Cooks is the player a lot of you have him out to be.
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He isn't a #1 reciever We are a system that doesn't need a 1 or 2 guy. He fit our deep threat guy and we replaced him. He is expendable for D help and we cut him loose now why we have something to get in return. Next year nothing for him... The other part of the problem is that there was talks of trading with other teams and everyone's hopes we'd get a highter pick. Those havn't been proven to be true and or didn't pan out. This is what we got. |
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What's done is done....but we can't screw this up again. Potential only does so much. |
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Sure, what d help did we get, I missed it? |
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his value is what you get for him. |
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Well, thats BC gone! :-(
I just hope this all works out and the FO know what they're doing! Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! We'll see! Thanks for everything Brandin! GEAUX SAINTS! |
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