Day three:Rounds 4-7

|Mitch| · 04-29-2017, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by burningmetal

Looks like we're going to have to deal with Fleener as our #1 TE for at least another year.

We were going to have to deal with Fleener being #1 anyway, 12 million cap hit doesn't sit on the bench... Rather 7.5 cap hit; 12 million in dead money

Halo · 04-29-2017, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by |Mitch|

We were going to have to deal with Fleener being #1 anyway, 12 million cap hit doesn't sit on the bench... Rather 7.5 cap hit; 12 million in dead money

Electric shock collar... maybe?

burningmetal · 04-29-2017, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by |Mitch|

We were going to have to deal with Fleener being #1 anyway, 12 million cap hit doesn't sit on the bench... Rather 7.5 cap hit; 12 million in dead money

I didn't say he was going to sit the bench. The Saints use multiple tight ends a fair amount. But regardless of what Fleener makes, that doesn't give him the right to start. The Saints made a mistake signing him, and if they had drafted a tight end who would have come in and outplayed Fleener, then you go with the better player. Fleener becomes an expensive backup, but so be it. How many teams break the bank for a quarterback in free agency, and then they have to bench him a few weeks into the season? You can't be held hostage by a price tag.

04-29-2017, 01:44 PM	#2
Halo Site Donor MONTHLY Join Date: May 2002 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 20,900 Blog Entries: 45	Re: Day three:Rounds 4-7 Originally Posted by \|Mitch\| We were going to have to deal with Fleener being #1 anyway, 12 million cap hit doesn't sit on the bench... Rather 7.5 cap hit; 12 million in dead money Electric shock collar... maybe?

04-29-2017, 09:52 PM	#3
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Day three:Rounds 4-7 Originally Posted by \|Mitch\| We were going to have to deal with Fleener being #1 anyway, 12 million cap hit doesn't sit on the bench... Rather 7.5 cap hit; 12 million in dead money I didn't say he was going to sit the bench. The Saints use multiple tight ends a fair amount. But regardless of what Fleener makes, that doesn't give him the right to start. The Saints made a mistake signing him, and if they had drafted a tight end who would have come in and outplayed Fleener, then you go with the better player. Fleener becomes an expensive backup, but so be it. How many teams break the bank for a quarterback in free agency, and then they have to bench him a few weeks into the season? You can't be held hostage by a price tag.
	If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.

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\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	Re: Day three:Rounds 4-7 Originally Posted by burningmetal Looks like we're going to have to deal with Fleener as our #1 TE for at least another year. We were going to have to deal with Fleener being #1 anyway, 12 million cap hit doesn't sit on the bench... Rather 7.5 cap hit; 12 million in dead money