Loomis’s inability

REBELMAX said

Ok take Hendrickson off the list. I will go back and re-read what I wrote word for word to get a literal interpretation and edit if it doesn’t fit.

Sean had the offense. I’m assuming he and Loomis listened to and trusted DA’s council on defensive personnel. So that means Sean ultimately advised Loomis to not pay up for Trey.

Is that good for you ? Or do you need further translation to get the point ?

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They paid Marcus Williams that offseason, if I remember right. The Covid year/salary cap drop adversely impacted the one draft class we could ill-afford (literally) it to happen.

I also remember the consensus being that Hendrickson couldn’t/wouldn’t duplicate the success he had in a contract year, whereas Williams’ growth was seen as more linear/scalable. That’s compounded with the ‘21 draft strategy to take Payton Turner with their R1 pick, hoping to get that kind of production on a rookie deal vs. a huge payday. There was a number the FO set, Hendrickson wanted more, the notoriously-cheap Bengals met his number, they later had to sell naming rights to the stadium to ensure assets to pay Burrow, and they might lose a star in Higgins along the way. All that, and the Bengals aren’t any better than the Saints for having him, 2021 playoffs aside.

Getting back to the Saints, I don’t think it was a hard-no situation for retaining Trey. He’s thriving in a defense that lets him, and he’s worked hard to maintain his game. He’s still a guy who got out of the building while Sean Payton was the head coach. Unless stepping down after 2021 concluded was pre-determined on, like, a three-year arc, I struggle to classify it as a failing of Dennis Allen. Mickey Loomis makes the money work for what the head coach wants, in the end.