Poll Did the Saints avert disaster with Clowney deciding on the Titans? (1 Viewer)

[Saint Kamara]

I am speaking directly to the attempt by the Saints of giving up a 2nd round pick allegedly to the Browns so they would save us $5 million in cap space to make it possible for us to even sign him.

Saints tried “sign and trade” deal for Clowney, offered a pick for other team to take cap hit

The Saints got creative in their pursuit of free agent defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, attempting an unusual move that would have seen another team sign Clowney first, pay him a bonus that would go…

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[Mississippi Saints Fan]

I liked the idea of signing him at around 10 mil. Wasn’t so fond of the idea of giving up a 2nd rounder and a player. That would have been too much for my liking. I think we managed to avoid a decision we would have likely regretted later.

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

2nd rounder for one year of Clowney? I’m sorry but no thank you.

 

[Saint Kamara]

After an injury plagued rookie season, Clowney has managed to average only 6.4 sacks a year.

A lack of consistent effort has been his downfall in failing to live up to his immense billing coming out of college. Which in turn speaks to his character, undoubtedly.

 

[Playmaker0017]

I don’t know if he was necessarily a need for you guys....but the NFL had no business blocking the sign & trade. A 2nd round pick is valuable consideration you were sending the Browns

 

[Saint Kamara]

I don’t know if he was necessarily a need for you guys....but the NFL had no business blocking the sign & trade. A 2nd round pick is valuable consideration you were sending the Browns

Explicitly stated in the rules you can't trade cash for a draft pick.

Browns were gonna pay, in essence, $5 million in order to get the Saints 2nd round pick. That was never gonna happen between any two teams in the NFL. Ever.

 

[Playmaker0017]

Explicitly stated in the rules you can't trade cash for a draft pick.

Browns were gonna pay, in essence, $5 million in order to get the Saints 2nd round pick. That was never gonna happen between any two teams in the NFL. Ever.

I mean, the Browns paid 16 million for the Texans 2nd round pick in the Brock trade. Everyone knew the player was irrelevant in the deal. Guess the Saints could have sent Williams to make the deal “appear” kosher

 

[whodatphil]

We didnt necessarily need Clowney but with a well rounded roster, we could have afforded to burn the pick to acquire him. It was high risk, high reward. If it brought a ring, it trumps the 2nd round pick.

guess it doesn’t really matter now though

 

[Saintsphere]

49ers gave up a third and fourth round pick for three months of Sanders and because of that beat us in the important head to head matchup and got to the Super Bowl and I'm sure they will tell anyone that it was well worth it.

I think Clowney would have been a game changer and all but guaranteed a Super Bowl for us so yes, I would have been ok with giving up the 2nd rder. Wouldn't be thrilled with it, but we're obviously all-in so I'd support it. I'm sure Payton will be active around the trade deadline too if there's a player he feels will put us over the top.

 

[meily]

I like the defense we have excited about the young DE's

 

[chemist54]

I definitely wasn’t fond of giving a 2nd for him, I think it worked out for the best imo...but this whole situation made wonder...who was the player we were willing to deal to Cleveland?

 

[TheRealJRad]

I wasn’t super thrilled about him at 10, but I wouldn’t complain about it. 15 just seems waaaay too high. In either circumstance, giving up a 2nd in addition to the cash is too much.

But in some fantasy land where we could give up a 2nd (as in only the pick) for a FA, I’d be ok with it.

 

[WhoDat_SB44]

It depends on the player that was supposedly going to be involved. I wouldn’t mind giving up the pick as we have such a deep roster as it is. Plus we have shown that we can get good players later in the draft as well as undrafted. If Davenport could be counted on to stay healthy than I would rather keep the DE spot as is. If he does he will have a huge year IMO. He has the talent to be one of the better defensive ends in the league. Hopefully he sees this as a critique to his game and steps it up even more

 

[renegadewa]

2nd rounder for one year of Clowney? I’m sorry but no thank you.

I agree. I liked the idea of signing him but giving up a second round pick too??

I'm in the no thanks crowd as well!!

 

[lavered]

I was good with the $10 million, but don't want to give away the farm for one year of Clowney. I'm hoping Granderson will do this year what we had hoped Clowney would do for us.