Saints better without Graham?

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

Losing Graham really had Brees upset....and NOT bc he thinks they will get so much better. 

They not only lost Graham but one of their deep threats getting to year 3 Kenny Stills. Brandon Cooks is coming off an ACL tear late in the season and Colton is on fumes. 

They did revamp their line to run more with Brees getting older, losing some zip on his passes last two seasons. 

I see them using more ball control but Sean Payton will not have the patience bc he loves to air it out and show how creative he is. 

Brees is not getting better.... he is getting older and I think this offseason shut the door on their window with Brees. 

 

 

[332nd]

Am I the only one that thinks the Saints will be better without Graham, and return to their dangerous high powered offense? By giving him up they freed up over 20 mil in cap, received an all-pro center, and a 1st. But more importantly, they removed a player that did only one thing, catch red zone TD's. Graham played limited ST's, couldn't block (wasn't even on the field if blocking was required), and could easily be taken out if the play with a hard jam at the line. The Saints tried to force the ball to Graham all last season, more than not he was the first read, and then the only read. We (Carolina) always knew how to slow him down, jam him at the line and cover him over top. Brees has always been his best and most annoying to play against when he dinks and dunks and takes the best read available. He never forcex it and killed you deep when you fell asleep and blew your coverage. Now that Graham is out of the picture, I think they are forced to go back to that style of ball. If Brees is dinking and dunking, including dropping off to Spiller in the flats, it's going to be a real slug fest when we square up. Am I intrigued? Yes. Am I worried? Not if TD, Luke, and Shaq have anything to say about it. Cardiac Champs!

Get better?  No.

Was it the right time to trade him? Yes.

[Doc Holiday]

Not buyin' it.

Graham was a legitimate matchup nightmare. Of whom on their offense can that now rightly be said?

​I feel like I should add something to the conversation but you summed it up rather well!

[pantherclaw]

They are going more to a run game, but without Graham, it'll be easier to defend their run game.

[GoobyPls]

Losing Graham will hurt them, but if their defense improves they might not miss him as much. Plus Brees can make anyone look good.

[PhillyB]

they could replace marques colston with an ox cart at this point and it'd produce about the same, and the ox cart probably wouldn't catapult important laterals downfield at a 45 degree angle with the game on the line

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

Honestly I can see how Graham being on the field is a "WE'RE GONNA THROW IT DUMBASSES" alarm and how the Saints wanted to get away from that. The dude is worthless as a blcker.

[Jeremy Igo]

​Psh! Newbs, amiright? 

​I LOL'd

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

If anything I think the panthers are better equipped to deal with a saints team that wants to play power football than what they were prior to graham getting traded.

[Khyber53]

They'll be different, but not better. Graham was a huge advantage when playing against teams outside of the division. Inside the division, we had the book on him.

 

Graham will do well for a year or two with the Seattle and I think Brees will struggle for the first part of this season as he tries to find a new security blanket in the red zone. He might benefit from better blocking, though, as the new center is excellent at setting up protections. Bringing in a tight end with blocking skills will help as well.

[juliosantos]

was the falcons better without tony g? nope . No way an aging qb is going to be better without one of the best play makers in the nfl thats just stupid talk. if you look at their games graham was basically the only one making big plays

[Donald LaFell]

They won't be anywhere close to better but they can still beat us plenty easily. As long as the front 4 gets pressure we're fine. 

[Mol3m4n]

Losing Graham really had Brees upset....and NOT bc he thinks they will get so much better. 

They not only lost Graham but one of their deep threats getting to year 3 Kenny Stills. Brandon Cooks is coming off an ACL tear late in the season and Colton is on fumes. 

They did revamp their line to run more with Brees getting older, losing some zip on his passes last two seasons. 

I see them using more ball control but Sean Payton will not have the patience bc he loves to air it out and show how creative he is. 

Brees is not getting better.... he is getting older and I think this offseason shut the door on their window with Brees. 

 

 

What? Cooks broke his thumb...

[juliosantos]

OP is a Saint's fan.

​has to be . no one other then a saints fan would think losing a top weapon would make him better. if thats the case lets just get rid of olsen and cam would be better. lol makes no sense