The fastest path for the Saints to clear the decks of their salary cap issues

BreesHOF2024 said

If we would have rebuilt and planned for the future when we should have we’d have Lamar Jackson instead of forcing first round picks to get a decent edge rusher as part of our “final piece” mentality, which we still haven’t accomplished.

The thing with rebuilds is they aren’t called rebuilds when they’re successful. Ravens did it, Packers did it, you can argue even the 49ers did it

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And here we go, right on cue...

Lamar Jackson - drafting a QB when you still have a functional Drew Brees? Not a rebuild.

Last time the Ravens actually went through a rebuild (more a purge of their cap) was about 20 years ago. That's how good they've been.

The Packers just changed QB, they didn't go through a rebuild either.

The 49ers? They actually did go through a rebuild, because they were forced to. The scenario I talked about. Maybe you've forgotten that 2015-18 period where they managed a total of 17 wins...

What you haven't mentioned is all those other teams just exiting lengthy rebuilds, or still going through them, like the Texans, the Browns, the Jets, the Panthers and so on. Rebuilding is not a good place to be. It should never be the aim.