Bobby Hebert: Marshon Lattimore is Becoming Michael Thomas 2.0 for the Saints

There is a gigantic difference. Michael Thomas had a major injury leaving him on the sidelines for years and his contract had to be adjusted because he no longer played at a pro bowl level. Lattimore is the best player on the team. Lattimore is one of the main reasons Saints fans do not unanimously despise the Chiefs for jumping ahead of us to draft Mahomes more than we do because Lattimore is one of the best players in franchise history. The only real reason this talk of a Lattimore trade is on the table is that one thing Allen has done very well is draft non-first round corners who can ball out in his scheme. We have two and potentially three other than Lattimore and Lattimore deserves to be paid as a number one corner in a world where lock down corners are not being paid like they use to and are moving teams: see Jalen Ramsey and Xavier Howard. It means Adebo and Taylor are going to not be on rookie deals and something has to budge. Lattimore had one off the field incident that he never got suspended for because of a firearm in a vehicle that resulted in nothing. Thomas had an incident with a neighbor, a fight with CGJ (who hasn't), and was no longer our number one wide receiver. Different worlds.