Saints appear ready to keep Hill over Bridgewater

[TheRumGone]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

May or may not be, but apparently Payton thinks he is.

It's better for us if he's wrong, of course.

I don’t think Payton actually thinks he is. 

[Tbe]

Lol...sounds like the saints are trying to generate some trade bait.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, TheRumGone said:

I don’t think Payton actually thinks he is. 

See Jay Glazer's quote in the story above.

Also keep in mind Payton's ego. 

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, Tbe said:

Lol...sounds like the saints are trying to generate some trade bait.

Also possible.

[TheRumGone]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

See Jay Glazer's quote in the story above.

Also keep in mind Payton's ego. 

I can read. Still doesn’t change my opinion. 

[LinvilleGorge]

Taysom Hill is their shot at Trevor Lawrence.

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

Taysom Hill is their shot at Trevor Lawrence.

From what I've read, I don't think it's a huge stretch to believe that Payton thinks he could win with Taysom Hill.

Again, if it comes to that, I hope he's wrong. But it's not hard to think that he might genuinely believe it.

[rodeo]

if i was a saints fan i would honestly be rooting hard for brees to retire. they're going to continuously be 1-and-done in the playoffs with him and probably stop making them altogether by next season.

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

From what I've read, I don't think it's a huge stretch to believe that Payton thinks he could win with Taysom Hill.

Again, if it comes to that, I hope he's wrong. But it's not hard to think that he might genuinely believe it.

I think if he did Hill would've been starting over Bridgewater this year. They really simplified their offense with Bridgewater in there. They used him as a game manager which isn't surprising. Virtually all teams do that with their backup QB, but they don't play that guy over a QB they think is their future.

[uncfan888]

Smoke screen 

[Mr. Scot]

6 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I think if he did Hill would've been starting over Bridgewater this year. They really simplified their offense with Bridgewater in there. They used him as a game manager which isn't surprising. Virtually all teams do that with their backup QB, but they don't play that guy over a QB they think is their future.

I agree that was their decision last year. Doesn't necessarily mean that's their decision for next year. What they saw it last year could have changed their minds.

Granted, this could be posturing, but if they ultimately do choose to pay Hill over Bridgewater, who knows?

[LinvilleGorge]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I agree that was their decision last year. Doesn't necessarily mean that's their decision for next year. What they saw it last year could have changed their minds.

Granted, this could be posturing, but if they ultimately do choose to pay Hill over Bridgewater, who knows?

They've let this dude throw 13 whole passes.

[t96]

40 minutes ago, NanuqoftheNorth said:

What a nice problem to have: 3 potential franchise QBs on your roster.

Cry me a river.

I mean realistically none of them are “franchise QBs” at this point. Hill has proved less in this league at QB than Kyle Allen. Teddy has had an opportunity and been average at best and that was before a career changing leg injury (affecting one of his bigger strengths in mobility), and Drew is a year to year declining future HoF at this point.

[Mr. Scot]

5 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

They've let this dude throw 13 whole passes.

And of those, several looked pretty good.

Also remember a rookie will have thrown zero NFL passes. Teams still give them starting jobs.

Bottom line: What we think of Hill isn't what weighs on the decision. It's what Payton thinks of him.

And of course, if his faith is misplaced, that's good for us.