Would you pay Brock Purdy $55 million a year to be Saints franchise QB? [mod edit]

St. Widge said
The problem is that I don't think Purdy counts as finding your QB and $55 million AAV per year is a lot of money to pay for a guy that is not your QB. I think they won with him because his cheap contract allowed them to pay guys like Deebo and McCaffery. But, you can't really do those things if you are paying Purdy $55 million AAV.

And, if you are tearing the team apart and let Purdy go, they are likely to pick high next year so they can draft a young QB. I'd feel different if they were keeping there other players to go for it with Purdy, but that's not what they are doing.

But they aren't gutting that offense - they've mostly let a few very good defensive players coming up for their second contracts go. They're obviously working on the basis that they can replace them.

We disagree on Purdy's importance to them. If he was a non-factor, they'd still be starting either Jimmy G or (sniggers) Trey Lance. They've got better by going with Purdy and when he was injured in the playoffs a couple of seasons ago, they were sunk. It's really that simple for me.