mickeye76

Did burns play under the tag last year? I felt like it was just his last year under contract so.. Franchise tag is on the table. Higgins on the other hand could also be tagged.

I'm hoping we can get either a 2nd this year and future 2nd or 3rd. Or maybe a player and later pick. If Cinci would be willing to trade Higgins and a 3rd or 4th this year it would be enticing. Getting Higgins would open up that 33 pick for something other than WR. Maybe a pass rusher.

This guy right here is exactly what we need. He also has decent hands.

I'd like to see what BC can do at LT. Remember it was our previous genius coaches that moved him to guard then proceeded to draft Icky (whose run blocking not pass blocking was his best trait ) to play LT. Just a thought. What if we can trade Burns for a mid 1st or even at this point a 2nd and future pick. I see Minnesota as trade partners. They trade 42 and a future pick for Burns. We go WR at 33. Then take a Powers- Johnson, Frazier or Van Pran at 42. Then turn around at 65 and take a guard. Maybe a Mahogany, Kiran A, or Delmar Glaze. Just throwing prospects I like out there but we need to do a ridiculous amount of due diligence on improving the oline and WR room. LT - BC LG- Rookie, Boze or Icky OC - Rookie or Boze RG - Rookie, Boze or Icky RT - Moton Just move the pieces around till it fits. Boze can play guard. Want to try Icky at guard. BC might fit at tackle. Get a versatile rookie or two too. Later rounds we try and find diamonds in the rough at WR and RB. This a deep class for both those skill positions. In FA we add another WR. Hope Mingo puts it all together this year. WR room Mingo, 2nd round Rookie, Mid tier FA, AT, Smith-Marsette and a later round rookie to develop. Fixing this offense is priority. I know "but Young sucks" maybe not,maybe just maybe we need to overhaul the scheme and personnel to fit him.

Give Brown and Luvu extensions. Let Burns test the market or trade him. We are not ready for those big contracts at pass rusher. Heck we don't even know who our DC is gonna be.

This is not a top heavy RB class but it's deep. I don't see 1st round guy. WR I think we need two. RB one bigger guy to pound the rock on early downs. TE I like Tremble but we need someone to replace Hurst and Thomas. That's 4 picks in a depleted collection this year. So one WR needs to come from FA. That's three targets in the draft at skil.

Blackshear, Miles and Chubba can handle some passes going they way. What I prefer is a bigger back we can rely on in short yardage. A bell cow with Chubba and Miles as change of pace guys. Along with that the oline needs to open some gaps.

Impatient owner. Impatient fans. Both are recipes for disaster. Should have just chilled at 9. We needed to build the roster instead we depleted it by trading Moore and going all in on Young. Taking BPA at 9 was the move. Now you want us to scrap a rookie who was dropped into dysfunction. Baker,Teddy, and Darnold all failed here too. Maybe it's the organization not the player. The QB at 33 is not likely to succeed here either. JJ, Bo and Penix could all be reaches by the Falcons, Giants, Vikings and Broncos of the league. Bo could be Paytons replacement for Russ. JJ could sit behind Danny Dimes and be Daboll's guy in the future. That leaves Penix who honestly along with the rest of the second tier guys is a 3rd round prospect but will be pushed to the top because of the premium value that QB's have. Scrap the number 1 ( Maybe he shouldn't have been) for the 4th best QB in a top heavy class, Yeah that makes sense.

Is Higgins the answer? Go big in FA and add a WR at 33. Then we have AT, Mingo, Higgins and a rookie. For sure better than what we trotted out this year. We get lucky at 33 with a guy who catches on faster than Mingo and Tee as the numero uno. I mean it's not outside the realm of possibility. And AT as the chain mover in the slot.

TB ran only to set up play action. And give Baker room to move the pocket. That could actually work with Young too. I hope so. Being less predictable would be nice. Fact is though AT being our best weapon needs to change. Also love Chubba but that straight line with little wiggle don't work every down. We need to get a guy that can run outside too and cut through the lane and explode. So a faster and more explosive back is necessary. Chubba would be a amazing change of pace back but he ain't the one. It's a luxury pick but we need to catch lightning in the bottle at RB to offset our current ineptitude in the passing game. Big play WR, big play RB and better oline play needs to happen along with a huge leap by Young. Then we might compete. Defense can't fall off at the same time. So yeah two year rebuild easy.

Played against somebody that had White in fantasy. Lots of carries and lots of pass plays going his way but only reason he got points was volume. Lots of negative rush plays but had volume. In other words White ain't it. Neither is Chubba or Sanders but on paper that combo could be more productive than White. Personally I want to add another RB in the draft. I like Blackshear and he could honestly fit in a committee but if an upgrade is available at some point in the draft let's do it.

Only did four rounds cause if this happened it's fairly obvious what the later rounds should be. A olineman, another WR, TE or RB. Just offensive weapons. Sweat being there at 65 was a miracle. I've toyed with taking him at 33. Putting him beside Brown is intriguing. Darius is a 3-4 DE which we need cause if we gonna commit to the scheme we need young players that fit it and stop relying on vets. Mitchell is Jaycee insurance. If Horn is healthy. Big IF we have two young bookend CB's. Tez is the token WR we hope becomes Youngs safety blanket. Plus he UNC so homer logic says he can sell tickets and get locals excited. Gotta get lucky at guard but this draft could help the defense quick.

There is gonna be huge pressure on incoming HC to make Young work. Therefore I don't see a early round QB. Our draft capital is limited. WR, OL and TE will be higher on the list to hopefully give Young more weapons and more protection. I could see a sneaky HC move where we take a developmental guy late but splitting reps and a competition at QB is unlikely. 2025 will be the year we either move on from Young or he has developed and makes the leap. Yeah it could happen. Giving up after one year won't.

This is what happens when not quite as lucky. Mitchell is raw and might take time. We actually don't have much time we need a impact at WR quick. Love Frazier pick. Like a younger Boze. Isaiah hopefully can fit in at guard. Then we switched to defense. Tommy is a throwback thumper. Randolph Jr could grow into 3-4 DE. He is already 6-5 and 300 something. Jaylon could fit as a backup SS and special team guy.

A lot of the better teams are always looking to develop and draft pieces to their oline. Just look at the teams vying for the Superbowl. Lions - Oline proficient at pass and run protect. Reiff and Ragnow are recent draft picks. Ravens - best run blocking oline in the biz. Scheme, playcalling and a mutant at QB helps but... 49ers - ya see a theme. Chiefs- they keep Mahommes fairly clean. Teams that compete add Olinemen early and often. The reason we all got excited bout Ikem was because we rarely take Olinemen. We historically ignore the position and plug in FA retreads. So yeah Powers should be a target.

Thanks. I got really lucky. Joe is the anti-Bryce. Reading the field - Nope Decision making - Nah Prototype size - Yeah if not exceptional Rocket launcher - Maybe best in draft The big WR's, an eventual replacement for Boze, and sadly Wilson would be in Luvu's spot.

Ya ya was on my radar. Had a good combine. Which we all knew he was a workout warrior but nothing bout DJ said trade up worthy.

DeVondre Sweat. 345lbs and fairly mobile for that size. Could be available at 33.

Yeah switching schemes again is a silly idea. The pass defense actually has been surprisingly decent. We need Shaq back at ILB. I hope Envero sticks around and if he does the 3-4 will likely also stick. A big NT to clog up the middle frees up Brown to do Brown things like ragdolling Olinemen.

Bountygate. Saints culture became playing dirty and win at any cost.

Kinda confused why Evero was not made interim. I bet he moves on quickly. So a new GM, DC, HC, etc will be our fate next year. A rebuild minus key picks yep.

Stop making sense. It's all Bryces fault. The trade up and including Moore was all his idea. While we at it how bout we put the worst oline in football in front to protect me. This is not the rookie season anyone would want. Cut the kid some slack. Jeez.