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By Nick Underhill | The Advocate
MOBILE, Ala. — The New Orleans Saints spent a third-round pick to get a closer look at Teddy Bridgewater this season.
If the team likes what it saw in the quarterback, and the reviews from his teammates were all positive throughout the season, one of the things it has to figure out in the coming months is how much it is willing to invest in one position.
Drew Brees isn’t cheap, and Bridgewater should field some very competitive offers this offseason if he reaches the open market.
But the thing is, the Saints aren’t looking at it through such a rigid prism.
“I never looked at it that way,” general manager Mickey Loomis said. “We don’t sit up on the board and allocate 'X' percent, position by position. We just don’t do that. We’re aware of where the buckets lay with teams, but it is so influenced by your draft picks and who is playing well at that those low-cost numbers. ...
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