I’m inclined to think the Saints would ideally like to leave this draft w/ Bowers (2 Viewers)

[SWJJ]

From all of the draft buzz I've heard, if we want him we'd have to outmaneuver the Jets and Colts. I hope we keep our cards close to the vest because the Colts are a major trade-up threat to jump us for him.

I am seeing more and more about the Jets taking him at 10.

 

[B4YOU]

No thanks we have 2 viable TEs under contract.

JJ's contract ends after 2024. Moreau and Hill end after 2025. Hill is 34. In 2024, we will spend 27M for this trio. We could draft Bowers, then in 2025 let JJ walk and cut/restr both Hill Moreau while spending half that on TE. Bowers could be what we hoped a combination of these 3 guys would give us.

 

[Jesse Custer]

I am seeing more and more about the Jets taking him at 10.

I'll be honest, the only tight end that Rodgers played with that I can name off the top of my head is Marcades Lewis, and that's only because he played since God was a kid.

 

[St. Widge]

Sorry but TH7 isn't moving any sort of needle for the Broncos.

Okay.

I didn't say they were. I was answering someone else's hypothetical question. I'm fairly certain the Broncos are going to move up for a QB.

 

[TribuneUK]

NFL Draft 2024 Rumors: Colts Would 'Run the Card in' If Brock Bowers Available at 15

Georgia tight end Brock Bowers was one of the most dominant playmakers in college football and may not be available by the time the Indianapolis Colts make…

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If Bowers and Fashanu are both sitting there at 14, would you trade down to 15 for a 4rd round pick?

The "unnamed rival team" who are making this claim sounds like they're busy blowing smoke. Chances are they pick before the Colts and just want to entice some trade up calls to snatch Bowers before 15.

It's smoke season. Don't. Believe. Anything. You. Hear.

 

[SWJJ]

I'll be honest, the only tight end that Rodgers played with that I can name off the top of my head is Marcades Lewis, and that's only because he played since God was a kid.

Jemichael Finley was one of Rodgers favorite targets when he first came in the league. He had 50+ catches every season (except the season he got injured) . And did you miss 2015? They had TE Richard Rodgers and the commentators thought rodgers to rodgers was hilarious so they said it every time he caught a pass. Seems like it was 60 catches and 8 touchdowns. Jimmy Graham had a couple of pretty good seasons with rodgers in 18/19. Robert Tonyan had 50+ catches and 500+ yards in 2020 and 2022.

Rodgers absolutely will throw to TEs, if they can catch, but has no tolerance for dropped passes.

 

[Saint Greg]

Becton signed to block for Burrow.

It doesn't look that way. He visited and that was it.

 

[scott88]

So does the NFL

size wise he's not much bigger than Rome Odunze

 

[Epic Brownie]

Another Bowers thread...

He's gonna go top 12.

top 10

 

[Snakehead]

It doesn't look that way. He visited and that was it.

Ah, okay. Well that's good, another OT who is still available and our O-line coach has experience with him.

 

[SWJJ]

Ah, okay. Well that's good, another OT who is still available and our O-line coach has experience with him.

I had read the same thing, that he had signed with the bengals, but now the link is dead:

https://jetswire.usatoday.com/2024/03/14/mekhi-becton-now-a-former-jet-signs-with-bengals/

 

[FlySaint]

This argument lol. I’m sure the cowboys and browns are upset they took their future HoF OL4 and 5 over Eric Ebron every day.

All depends on how good Bowers turns out to be.

 

[dutar76]

We need OL, DL, S, WR, TE, future LB, and probably future CB and future S. Other than that we're loaded.
Sure, we can draft a TE in this year's draft, another position in the 2nd round and 2 or 3 more top 100 picks
in next year's draft and mitigate some of that. I guess it doesn't matter which order we get them in. We just
need to start adding supreme talent to this team. Our superstars are starting to fade and we can't replace them
all at once.

 

[SweetT]

And regarding the comments that Olinemen are boring …

Armstead, Evans, Nicks, Ram, Brown, Strief, De Le Puente, Grubbs, Bushrod, Goodwin, Stinchcomb and a couple of others.

These are the kind of players that allowed Drew Brees to maximize his potential.

You win football games in the trenches.

How many of those were 1st rd picks?

 

[SweetT]

The road block to Bowers at 14... Is the Jets at 10... and teams trading to get ahead of us at 12 and 13... I'd already be on the phone with the Bears at 9, and have Sean on speed dial should he get past 10.

He's a guy you can build your offense around for the next decade, and be the man for your next young QB once DC is out of here... not just some TE.

I see a lot of you connecting Bowers to the Jets. However, A-A-Ron Rodgers has never been the kind of QB that utilizes his TEs that much.