Register All Albums FAQ Community Experience
Go Back   New Orleans Saints Forums - blackandgold.com > Main > Saints

2019 Saints NFL Free Agency

this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by frydaddy I'm not so sure. I mean, if the price is right then yeah. But we have Cam and Marcus, Mario Edwards can play DE and we still have Trey Hendrickson. Onyemata can also kick out to ...

Like Tree478Likes

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 03-26-2019, 12:01 PM   #781
Site Donor 2019
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Bedford, TX
Posts: 24,030
Blog Entries: 3
Re: 2019 Saints NFL Free Agency

Originally Posted by frydaddy View Post
I'm not so sure. I mean, if the price is right then yeah. But we have Cam and Marcus, Mario Edwards can play DE and we still have Trey Hendrickson. Onyemata can also kick out to DE if necessary, once he's in the clear to play. I can't imagine he'll get more than a 3 to 4 game ban if anything. I just don't see it as a need at this point, more of a luxury.

Hear me out ...

Gotta get more pass rushing specialists (probably why we brought in Quinn and Ansah) Fry. The best teams in 2018 rotated their pass rushers in waves & you need guys fresh on the DL. We only have 2 (Cam/Davenport) legit pass rushers. I don't think the Saints have a whole lot of confidence in Trey. He hasn't hurt us but hasn't done anything special either.

And to your point, I don't see adding another player as a "luxury". In a pass happy league, you need 3 to 4 legit pass rushers. The "new league" is now based on passing and stopping the pass. NFL is a brutal sport and I expect guys to go down at some point of the season. Looking back at the 2015 Broncos & Philly Championship teams ... solid rotation throughout the season.

At the blink of an eye, you can go from deep at the position to signing guys off the street in less than a week.

I don't see Okafor's replacement on the roster ... yet.
saintsfan1976 and shawnkytonk like this.

“Winning is a habit, but losing is too.” Russell Wilson
K Major is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 03-26-2019, 01:05 PM   #782
1000 Posts +
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 3,015
Re: 2019 Saints NFL Free Agency

Originally Posted by dizzle88 View Post
Payton finally learned his lesson?
You either break the bank for elite players or sign underrated guys who performed on elite level like Demario Davis, Malcolm Brown...

Guys that "showed potential in some games or had decent season" usually get overpaid. I'm not a fan of that approach.
dizzle88 likes this.
brees84 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-26-2019, 03:23 PM   #783
10000 POST CLUB
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Madison, WI
Posts: 11,482
Re: 2019 Saints NFL Free Agency


Come to papa!
jeanpierre likes this.
ChrisXVI is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-26-2019, 06:02 PM   #784
Site Donor 2018
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Thibodaux
Posts: 43,543
Blog Entries: 39
Re: 2019 Saints NFL Free Agency

Cowboys' interests in Quinn is leverage vs Lawrence, may backfire on them...

Cowboys still have several players to get extended in the next year...


jeanpierre is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-26-2019, 09:35 PM   #785
1000 Posts +
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Lafayette
Posts: 1,947
Blog Entries: 1
Re: 2019 Saints NFL Free Agency

Originally Posted by K Major View Post
Hear me out ...

Gotta get more pass rushing specialists (probably why we brought in Quinn and Ansah) Fry. The best teams in 2018 rotated their pass rushers in waves & you need guys fresh on the DL. We only have 2 (Cam/Davenport) legit pass rushers. I don't think the Saints have a whole lot of confidence in Trey. He hasn't hurt us but hasn't done anything special either.

And to your point, I don't see adding another player as a "luxury". In a pass happy league, you need 3 to 4 legit pass rushers. The "new league" is now based on passing and stopping the pass. NFL is a brutal sport and I expect guys to go down at some point of the season. Looking back at the 2015 Broncos & Philly Championship teams ... solid rotation throughout the season.

At the blink of an eye, you can go from deep at the position to signing guys off the street in less than a week.

I don't see Okafor's replacement on the roster ... yet.
I see your point, and I don't disagree. Ideally we would add one more guy who has a proven track record as a pass rusher. But with our cap situation as it is it feels more like a want than a need, unless it's a team friendly deal. Looking at the roster I still see big time question marks at WR and backup OT that need to be addressed, as well as needing room to sign draft picks. Of course we could continue to kick the can down the road, but with a core of young studs who will need extensions over the next few years I'd rather we stopped doing that so much. Sometimes you have to roll with what you've got and hope for the best. But hey, if they can find a way to make it work then I'm on board.

Mais forte do que a morte
frydaddy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-27-2019, 06:05 AM   #786
10000 POST CLUB
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Bossier City, LA
Posts: 24,392
Re: 2019 Saints NFL Free Agency

Originally Posted by frydaddy View Post
I see your point, and I don't disagree. Ideally we would add one more guy who has a proven track record as a pass rusher. But with our cap situation as it is it feels more like a want than a need, unless it's a team friendly deal. Looking at the roster I still see big time question marks at WR and backup OT that need to be addressed, as well as needing room to sign draft picks. Of course we could continue to kick the can down the road, but with a core of young studs who will need extensions over the next few years I'd rather we stopped doing that so much. Sometimes you have to roll with what you've got and hope for the best. But hey, if they can find a way to make it work then I'm on board.
There's always a way to make it work.
AsylumGuido is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-27-2019, 08:42 AM   #787
Site Donor 2018
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Thibodaux
Posts: 43,543
Blog Entries: 39
Re: 2019 Saints NFL Free Agency


jeanpierre is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-27-2019, 08:47 AM   #788
Site Donor 2018
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: lafayette
Posts: 7,753
Re: 2019 Saints NFL Free Agency



If he wasn’t on the move he will be now . And motivated to boot. Arians putting a statement out there a new sheriff in town
MarchingOn likes this.
st thomas is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-27-2019, 08:53 AM   #789
Site Donor 2018
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Thibodaux
Posts: 43,543
Blog Entries: 39
Re: 2019 Saints NFL Free Agency

Originally Posted by brees84 View Post
Tweet Share

I'd like to know what the Saints had in mind for an elite slot receiver...
jeanpierre is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-27-2019, 08:54 AM   #790
Site Donor 2018
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Thibodaux
Posts: 43,543
Blog Entries: 39
Re: 2019 Saints NFL Free Agency

Originally Posted by FinSaint View Post
The Vikes never even made an offer to him... I guess he wasn't in their plans going forward.
Two years of significant missed time probably factored into Zimmer's calculus...
jeanpierre is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules

LinkBacks (?)
LinkBack to this Thread: https://blackandgold.com/saints/92305-2019-saints-nfl-free-agency.html
Posted By For Type Date Hits
2019 Saints NFL Free Agency This thread Refback 01-26-2019 10:16 AM 3


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:14 PM.


Copyright 1997 - 2020 - BlackandGold.com
no new posts