2019 Targets

First off I would like to see us take care of our own FA's first, especially Mark Ingram, we need to get him re-signed ASAP. Hopefully we can get Michael Thomas extended for another 3-4 years. Re-sign the people we need to re-sign on defense to keep the core players together. Also re-sign the players we need to re-sign on the O-Line so we can continue to have the continuity and cohesiveness to keep Brees protected for another season and Super Bowl run.

I believe once Meredith is healed up and with Tre'Quan Smith & Keith Kirkwood getting all this game experience and another offseason in the offensive system, along with Thomas and Ginn, we should be good at the WR position. We could use a late round pick on someone with burner speed to take the top off the defense and have him develop and learn the offensive system for a season. Ginn has at least one more good season left in him.

I think we need to look at getting a TE in FA. Jesse James would be my choice. He's a big target with decent hands and a good blocker. He's one of the better all around TE's in the league. He won't come cheap, but I don't think we'll have to break the bank for him either. I would also draft a TE if one is there and the value is there at our pick in 2nd round.

We also need to get a versatile O-Lineman that can play multiple positions along the O-Line. I think Ty Nsekhe would fit the bill in FA. He would be a good upgrade and inexpensive, he's been here before. We also need to draft an O-Lineman. If we can't pick up a TE with our 2nd rnd. pick we could pick an O-Lineman here or in the later rounds and let him develop. We've done a very good job over the years at drafting O-Linemen in various rounds.

On defense we could use a CB, S, LB & DT in that order. I wouldn't mind bringing in Tyran Mathieu for veteran leadership and experience. I believe he would be a better upgrade to Coleman. Other than that I believe we are pretty good at the Safety spot. Von Bell really turned it on this season. We also have Marcus Williams and Chris Banjo.

Cornerback is another position that worries me and we need to get some quality depth at. We have Lattimore, Apple, P.J. Williams, Ken Crawley, Justin Hardee & Josh Robinson. We also have P-Rob coming back from the IR, but he is no spring chicken. Hopefully he can bounce back from his injury. Don't know who will be available in FA, maybe our best bet would be to get one in the draft, don't know what round would be the best to get one.

At LB I wish we could re-sign both Teo and Robertson. But unfortunately we could lose one or both. This may be unpopular, but I wouldn't mind bringing in Thomas Davis, he still looks like he has pretty much gas left in the tank. We may need to look at this position in FA or the draft if we lose one or both of Teo and Robertson.

I know this may be a luxury, but I would like to see us pick up another DT in our rotation especially if we don't re-sign Davison. We have Bromley on the IR who was here on a one year deal, so we could lose him too.The only ones that stick out in FA are Darious Philon and maybe Danny Shelton. I liked Shelton coming out of college. Shelton hasn't lived up to his potential. But just look at what our D-Line Coach Ryan Nielsen has done for Rankins, Oneyemata and Davison in 2 seasons. I believe he may be able to bring out the best in Shelton.

Just my 2 cents about a few upgrades we could use this offseason.