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CheramieIII 03-18-2019 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by jeanpierre (Post 840827)
Easton's not filling Unger's shoes - we need better at Center...

Easton at best, factoring health issues, is a sixth man...
I think he is. I think the Saints knew about Unger. Why else would they pay 24 million for this guy.

K Major 03-18-2019 03:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jeanpierre (Post 840827)
Easton's not filling Unger's shoes - we need better at Center...

Easton at best, factoring health issues, is a sixth man...
If Easton's not the man in the middle for 2019, where do you go?

Tom or possibly Clapp?

K Major 03-18-2019 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by CheramieIII (Post 840829)
I think he is. I think the Saints knew about Unger. Why else would they pay 24 million for this guy.
+1.

According to beat writer LHolder, Saints staff was aware of Unger's retirement well before the start of Free Agency so they must have felt confident in Easton to become that man in the middle.

Gotta believe Saints coaches/medical staff know what they are doing here.

I'm simply not a believer in Tom at center ...yet.

WillSaints81 03-18-2019 10:06 PM
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The NFCCG loss is unraveling this team. We lose Ingram (not that it's a big loss but he was a good decoy) and now we lose an integral piece of the offensive line that was in much need after the 2014 season.

st thomas 03-18-2019 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by WillSaints81 (Post 840848)
The NFCCG loss is unraveling this team. We lose Ingram (not that it's a big loss but he was a good decoy) and now we lose an integral piece of the offensive line that was in much need after the 2014 season.


We”ll be alrite Will I believe were reloading just fine we need to get the ota’s going to get these boys accustomed .

AsylumGuido 03-19-2019 09:46 AM
Re: Max Unger Retires !
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by WillSaints81 (Post 840848)
The NFCCG loss is unraveling this team. We lose Ingram (not that it's a big loss but he was a good decoy) and now we lose an integral piece of the offensive line that was in much need after the 2014 season.
Wow! I see no "unraveling" at all. We make a parallel move at RB and lose a center that had begun to struggle with chronic injury issues. We should still have a top five rated offensive line with whomever mans the middle.

Unraveling? Isn't that a bit extremist?

:confused:

joker-saint 03-19-2019 05:54 PM
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So we lost everything for that trade. Stephone Anthony was the first round pick we got as pick 31 in2015 and he's gone. Jimmy Graham is long gone, but what if he leaves green bay and Breeze makes him look better than ever? Definitely disappointing but easy to recover from.

jeanpierre 03-19-2019 09:21 PM
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Guess Drew is coming out of denial now...

jeanpierre 03-19-2019 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by joker-saint (Post 840966)
So we lost everything for that trade. Stephone Anthony was the first round pick we got as pick 31 in2015 and he's gone. Jimmy Graham is long gone, but what if he leaves green bay and Breeze makes him look better than ever? Definitely disappointing but easy to recover from.
Two very deep playoff runs with Max Unger, I wouldn't say we lost everything...

Stephone Anthony had an encouraging defensive rookie of the year run, didn't win, but got strong consideration; then the wheels inexplicably fell off the year two (e.g. D.A., maturity, unknown issues)...

And we kept enough cap money to start adding defensive players - something new for Sean Payton teams...

SaintsBro 03-20-2019 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by BakoSaint (Post 840755)
I wonder if they asked him to take a pay cut and/or to work with a specialist of his issues snapping the ball to Brees poorly and causing fumbles lately, and he took offense and hung them up. Or maybe they wanted him to restructure his contract and in the process it was clear they were not comfortable with a long extension so he felt less valued. I am not sure this is the buggest loss but it does show why maybe you dont blow all your future draft picks on trading up, long term projects, and backup qb when you need to win now. Most teams could deal with this loss better but most teams have more cap money and draft picks to make something happen.
There's absolutely NO indication that ANY of that stuff is true. Unger said he has been having lower body issues and battling through injuries at the end of the year, so he decided it's time for him to hang it up and walk away. He is a 10 year vet. 10 years is a long run for a lineman. Most don't even last half or a third of that time.


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