rebelrouser

The Saints reached (was thought to be more like a late 2nd early 3rd not no. 8 in the second) for a 26 yo qb prospect in the draft so they obviously saw something the believed in so i think they hold off on using their first rounder on a qb. That means they can trade down for someone who wants one of the top three guys.

Howell is an UFA in 2026 so it would not cost anything. For those who want to cut Dalton, that would be a 5.8M cap hit. They guaranteed 5.9M of Dalton's salary because they thought he was a good mentor for Bryce so the plan is obviously to keep them both in '26, which really means they plan to pick up the fifth year option in May. Adding a Sam Howell or third round draft pick in '26 makes sense even though it limits roster spots. Dalton is Bryce's security blanket.

Why? He signed a contract that says he gets paid 3.9M next year as a 39 year old or we take a 5.8M cap hit. He would be a fool to walk away from that.

I hope we sign Icky but the more i look at the '26 draft the more i think we are in a good place for tackles. Moton is signed through '27 so....

There are several options for BY: 1. Cut him now and incur a 12M cap hit=no. 2. Keep him for 2026 and risk (.0001%) him balling out and leaving in FA=no. 3. Wait until April 23 for the draft to see if we get a qb=yes. 4. Decide before May 1 whether to exercise the fifth year, which would cost us 26M in '07=yes.

He would not be a big cap hit liability, but then we really need to move up the wr position in the draft or fa.

Bryce is under contract through 2026 with an option for 2027. SI article from this summer.

No and that is saying something. After the way Tepper handled Reich, he was the best we could get.

This^

Sign Marcus Mariota as FA and trade for Will Levis (6th or later). Cut Bryce and Andy.

I know they are backups but our starters should be the backups. Arvell Reese please.

Yes exactly. The Dalton deal looks worse every day.

Good thing we gave Andy Dalton a new contract.

I think we finish 7-10 and will pick after Mendoza, Moore, and Simpson are off the board.

I really like Purdue but Mac Jones has shown it is more of the coach/system than the qb and Purdy makes more than Herbert, Jackson, Hurts, Stafford, etc.