Saints sign WR Brandin Cooks to a 2-year, $13 million deal
In 2 years... the Saints cap situation will have sorted itself out and the books will be clean. might even have the most available cap room in the NFL (assuming Loomis doesn't do anything stupid).
With that said I love this signing. We get another fast albeit small receiver to go along with Shaheed and Olave... along with AK and Velus Jones coming out of the backfield.
Some people think Kellen Moore will come to NOLA and turn us into a ground-n-pound offense just because he did that in Philly. I disagree. Moore had to be "reeled-in" by Siriani in the beginning of the season because they thought Moore was pasiing too much. With that change in philosophy Philly rode Saquon and their defense to the super bowl.
Newsflash... the Saints don't have Saquon, nor do they have Philly's Oline nor the Eagles defense, so the ground-n-pound isn't an option here. PLUS, Kelle Moore is a QB, and no play-calling QB wants to run the ball at the rate the Eagles did last year.
Moore has full autonomy to call whatever the hale he wants here in NOLA, so I expect us to load up on offensive weapons. Mike McCarthy said this when he took over the playcalling from Moore in Dallas
"Kellen wants to light the scoreboard up," McCarthy said (
via the Dallas Morning News), "but I want him to run the damn ball so I can rest my defense. -
Link
Yes... Kellen wants to score points, so signing Cook is cool with me. I love this signing especially when its only for 2 years, and his salary will be off the books when we have a ton of cap space to make moves.