Saints would keep all 3 QBs in perfect world, 'yet we don't live in one'
 

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The New Orleans Saints' 2019 season ended earlier than anticipated, and now the team must determine how to proceed with its quarterback quandary.

Drew Brees, Teddy Bridgewater, and Taysom Hill are all eligible to hit free agency in March, though Hill will be restricted. And all three passers played pivotal roles in getting the Saints to a 13-3 regular-season record and a home game in the wild-card round.

"I like the perfect-world scenario and yet we don't live in one," Saints head coach Sean Payton said Tuesday when asked if the team could retain all three pivots this offseason.

"We haven't even got that far down the road yet. (General manager) Mickey (Loomis) and I will spend a lot of time meeting - we'll meet on all these topics."

Brees just completed his 19th NFL season at the age of 40. As usual, he put up sparkling numbers, which included throwing 27 touchdown passes against just four interceptions. His contract will automatically void on March 18 and he cannot be franchise tagged.

On Tuesday, Payton couldn't say how talks with his longtime starting quarterback will go.

"I can't speak for Drew as to his wants. I think he wants to play some more and I think that, shoot, we saw him play at a high level," Payton said. "We'll discuss every player on the roster, himself included, but I don't anticipate this grandiose meeting or phone call anytime soon."

For his part, Bridgewater started five games while Brees was injured during the season, winning all of them. By doing so, he may have put himself in a position to command a rich free-agent deal after signing a one-year, $7.25-million contract to remain with the Saints in March.

Meanwhile, Hill proved to be an invaluable asset for the Saints in 2019, particularly in the wild-card loss to the Minnesota Vikings. In that contest, he recorded a 50-yard pass, ran for 50 yards, and caught a fourth-quarter touchdown reception.

"He was exceptional Sunday, he was outstanding," Payton said of Hill. "He's an exciting football player and he does a lot of things well. I'm glad he's on our team."

Source: The Score

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Re: Saints would keep all 3 QBs in perfect world, 'yet we don't live in one'
 

Smart thing to do is keep Bridgewater & Hill

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If Taysom Hill is the guy then the team should probably start getting serious about that transition. Taysom will be 30 in August. We can’t drag it out.

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I agree. We let him go, we're going to regret it. I still like him better than Teddy. He's going to make more mistakes, but he's electric. I'd sign him over Bridgwater this year.

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You think Taysom is going to wait around? Would you? Time to make a move!

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Most interesting offseason in NFL history coming up, for us and a lot of other teams.

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TB is gone. No way we pay him market value. He is overrated anyway

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Taysom comes in and continues to make off the hook plays around Brees.
Question is can he carry the load if Brees is gone.

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This...because the minute he becomes the starter all the other places he contributes is out. Can’t afford to lose your starting QB doing those things. Also, you better have a very good backup as well.

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Teddy did.

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That is going to be a real tough decision. If Hill becomes the QB or even backup QB, much of his current value and contribution is instantly gone. We saw that when Brees was hurt and Hill was the actual backup to Teddy. In my opinion we keep Hill and look for another cheaper option at backup.

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IDK ... just my opinion here.

Brees can win us a lot of games in the regular season but can he get us back to the Super bowl? At 41? 4 years ago I think I may have said of course. Now ... I don't think so anymore :-( . 2011 Brees was a long time ago.

The window isn't closed but it's dark as hell outside. In my mind, we need a LIGHTS OUT DEFENSE to compliment a declining, aging QB.

Difficult decisions ahead.

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TH is a MUST sign. TB, thanks for stepping in this year. I'm comfortable with Hill full time if Drew gets hurt again. We definitely will sign another QB though to take TB place

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This is my thinking too. Let TB walk. He earned his money. Hill is more valuable here than to any other franchise and I don't expect Hill to leave. Bring in another back up QB.

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Taysom Hill will let SP run an offensive style that it's been obvious he's always wanted to run. I just truly believe he's the right choice and the direction that I think SP will choose. I think we would have taken Lamar Jackson if there weren't question marks(ones that I still believe exist) about his ability to throw the ball out of the pocket.

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If we step back and take a serious look. Are we enamored by the Swiss Army knife T Hill or the full time QB T Hill? For me it’s the former. I don’t know if I’ve seen enough of him at QB to say let’s go for 16 weeks under center. The few plays he has made at QB were somewhat unique because the defense was mostly keying run and not pass.

I’m not saying he can’t be the guy but if he was truly better than TB at QB why did we have TB as an insurance policy at 7.5M?

I just been thinking about this the last few days and while he had a pretty good preseason I just not so sure that he is ready for full time QB and he does so much more for the team...where is he most valuable to us?

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What if we let TB walk and another team with tons of cap space gives T Hill a contract that we can’t afford to match...I think that would be the worst case scenario and would really put us in a bind...of course this is dependent that we move on from Brees.

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We also need a commitment to the run game. Murray was ridiculously underused once Drew and Kamara were back. Most of this teams problems fall on play calling.

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I truly appreciate what Teddy did for the team in Drew's absence. They need to find a way to trade up for Joe Burrow even if it means trading Teddy and others to get him. However I am not willing to trade Taysom. I'm almost willing to not re-sign Drew if it makes that possible. I love Drew so much but he doesn't know how to win in the post season anymore not even at home.

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TB did absolutely nothing when Brees was out. It was the defense that won those games. Hill is a RFA so my thoughts are he will get a rd1 tag. Brees would be foolish not to return with the talent on this team. The question is will he cut his pay to retain the players needed......

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