The fastest path for the Saints to clear the decks of their salary cap issues
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
This is absolutely my view as well!
The fans that want rebuilds are the fans who
The key to success in the NFL, if you don’t have a top-flight, generational QB, is drafting a solid QB and finding success before you have to pay them the big, cap-consuming contract.
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
I agree with your comments 100%. The thing with rebuilds is that fans forget truly how bad things have to get before a rebuild is necessitated and when that happens – you have to be incredibly lucky on the coach and QB you bring in to carry the team forward.
If you aren’t one of the lucky teams to have a
generational QB at the helm, like KC, you essentially have to draft a QB who can come in and immediately succeed on their rookie deal. Because once you drop a massive contract on a QB, a significant portion of the young talent and depth are lost because you can’t pay them.
We are in a frustrating spot now. Three consecutive seasons hovering around .500 and no playoffs. It’s the kind of purgatory we suffered through with Haslett from 2001-2004 and then under Payton from 2014-2017. But I’d honestly rather be there than terrible.
I see all these teams that are just bottom feeding and completely dearth of talent and I’m so grateful that we aren’t one of them because sometimes you get to the bottom and just stay there for years and years until you get lucky.
As it is now – sure we aren’t the top dog or hell…even the second-tier dogs – but we are in an advantageous division and despite being looked at as a 7 or 8 win team, we could certainly sneak a couple of wins we aren’t expecting and end up in a nice playoff spot. I’d rather that every year than knowing we are the bottom of the barrel going in.
It’s really, really hard to succeed in the NFL and I believe it’s better to be closer to the middle when fortune comes calling than a blown-up mess.