Week 6 AMA
Baring in mind Carr could be out for several weeks, do you think we should continue to pursue signing Adam’s please ?
I do.
Part of resiliency is being able to adapt when you need to. The Saints are down Taysom Hill and 2+ OL. I like Mason Tipton and he has a bright future, but they should be treating him more like they did Rashid as a rookie, designing a specific package of plays and easing him into the system. It was clear that they liked the matchup with him vs. the Chiefs 3rd CB but weren't able to take advantage of it.
With Adams they get a great route runner who, while he isn't much taller than the Olave, Shaheed, or Tipton, has a good bit more bulk. He also plays bigger and is a guy with a large catch radius who the QB can throw open. He runs exceptional routes and with him you'll have that dirty yards guy the Saints just don't have right now.
Trying to line up in 12 and 21 pers and run the ball on 1st and 2nd down will be difficult to accomplish consistently with a banged up OL and no Taysom Hill. I have agreed with what Kubiak has been doing in the last 2 games--in fact, I called for it--using more 11 pers on learly downs, running the ball from spread looks, etc.
But their top 3 WRs are all kind of in the same mold. Shaheed has strong hands and plucks the ball well but the outside fade and 50/50 ball game isn't his specialty. He's more up the seam, splitting the safeties, snagging the ball on those posts and skinnies. Olave is good on contested catches, but it's much more finesse the way he goes and gets it and sometimes, you just can't go to him either because of where the pressure is coming from and who is covering him.
With Adams you got that guy who will body up defenders and go physically compete for those footballs. He also has 10 years in the league and will recognize some of those hot situations more and shorten his routes to space. What the Saints need right now on offense is some juice, and if that comes from bringing someone in, it needs to be the best player out there.
Adams fits that, and he also fills a needed role.