Fitt bringing Sexy back..

[WOW!!]

Let’s look at some sexy in this years draft..

https://www.nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/AT-Perry-WR-WakeForest

6’5 205 WR 2nd or 3rd rounder

 

https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4385690/dalton-kincaid
 

6’4 255 TE 

[45catfan]

We have to come away with MINIMUM a vertical threat TE, WR and RB on the offensive side.  Not sexy but, DE, ILB and FS on the defensive side.  That's about the entire draft.  The very reason I want to TRADE BACK a time or two to pick up 2-3 more picks.  We simply do not have enough to fill what we need.  Still should get another LB (super thin now), slot WR, IOL and possibly a nickle corner. 

Can't get all that in 7 picks.

[LinvilleGorge]

12 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

We have to come away with MINIMUM a vertical threat TE, WR and RB on the offensive side.  Not sexy but, DE, ILB and FS on the defensive side.  That's about the entire draft.  The very reason I want to TRADE BACK a time or two to pick up 2-3 more picks.  We simply do not have enough to fill what we need.  Still should get another LB (super thin now), slot WR, IOL and possibly a nickle corner. 

Can't get all that in 7 picks.

There's free agency too.

[ForJimmy]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

There's free agency too.

We also aren’t going to have a compete roster with nice depth. Very few teams in the NFL do…

[Khyber53]

TE first round (Mayer out of ND), DE in second. We also need a good nickel.

 

[45catfan]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

There's free agency too.

Yeah, about that.  I know they will toy with the numbers some, but re-signing Bozeman, probably Sam, Eddy, Foreman and a few other role players to keep in house is going to leave us with very little for outside FAs.  Remember we have only about $1M in cap and (-$14M) in effective cap. 

[45catfan]

4 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

TE first round (Mayer out of ND), DE in second. We also need a good nickel.

 

I'm great with that and in a slight trade back too.  We need more picks. As much as I like Mayer, #9 is a little high for him in terms of value.

[kungfoodude]

8 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Yeah, about that.  I know they will toy with the numbers some, but re-signing Bozeman, probably Sam, Eddy, Foreman and a few other role players to keep in house is going to leave us with very little for outside FAs.  Remember we have only about $1M in cap and (-$14M) in effective cap. 

This is the modern NFL era where the cap isn't real. We can restructure basically forever and kick the can basically forever. 

This is quite literally the new way to handle that. Especially with the cap expected to skyrocket in the next few seasons. 

It isn't just the Saints that do this. It's the norm.

[LinvilleGorge]

32 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Yeah, about that.  I know they will toy with the numbers some, but re-signing Bozeman, probably Sam, Eddy, Foreman and a few other role players to keep in house is going to leave us with very little for outside FAs.  Remember we have only about $1M in cap and (-$14M) in effective cap. 

The Saints have been over the cap every year and still make splash signings. If you want to sign people you can make it work.

[Bear Hands]

Absolutely love Kincaid.

[45catfan]

4 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

The Saints have been over the cap every year and still make splash signings. If you want to sign people you can make it work.

And eventually you have to clear the books.  The Saints have to do monetary gymnastics every offseason to get a few good FAs.  Once their GM/ financial guys are eventually let go, the people replacing them will have a hell of a time getting their cap back into order. 

[LinvilleGorge]

8 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

And eventually you have to clear the books.  The Saints have to do monetary gymnastics every offseason to get a few good FAs.  Once their GM/ financial guys are eventually let go, the people replacing them will have a hell of a time getting their cap back into order. 

I've been hearing how the Saints' cap issues are coming home to roost now for over a decade. It might be time to just admit that they're better at the accounting fugery than we are.

[Jon Snow]

They are going to need 2 drafts to fill the holes on this team. Not all holes can or will be filled in the upcoming draft. If they're lucky they may get 3 filled.  In FA they may get 1 more but that will depend on how many leftovers we sign to extensions. 

[TheMaulClaw]

1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

This is the modern NFL era where the cap isn't real. We can restructure basically forever and kick the can basically forever. 

This is quite literally the new way to handle that. Especially with the cap expected to skyrocket in the next few seasons. 

It isn't just the Saints that do this. It's the norm.

Well Payton jumped ship because of the quagmire the Saints are in and McVay is getting ready to bounce because of the same.