ThibodauxSaint
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I said this in October. Sean Payton saw this coming... now granted he had everything to do with this (he had 100% input on the roster) so he jumped ship before it began to sink.
The problem is with the way the contracts are written we would take massive cap penalties by trading/cutting players. If we really want to reboot we would have to royally suck for at least 3 years before we have a chance to can get back into contention. But it can be done if we fully commit to the rebuild.
But I'm here for it.
What's frustrating for me is that we should be a season into the rebuild. The rebuild should have started as soon as Sean Payton announced he was stepping down. Should have cleaned house and started fresh. I think we all knew a rebuild would have to start and it would be tough sledding for a while and I know I personally would be good with that because that's the price you have to pay for being in "win now" mode for the past decade. But instead the front office tried to sell us on "continuity" and "culture" and that this team is still a contender. Look where that's gotten them. Now we are a year behind in the rebuild and if they don't make the changes now, a year later, it may be 5 years before they get themselves back in contention. Sean Payton changed the trajectory of this franchise. Won us a Super Bowl, kept us in Super Bowl conversation for years. He raised the bar for this franchise. I don't want to go back to what the Saints were before he arrived.