FA Guard Dillon Radunz visited the Saints

[TruSaint]

Not really and whats your definition of good. He gave up 6 sacks last year and 26 or so hurries. I would just roll the dice with Patrick tbh.

above avg

 

[DSnfla]

I wish SaintsReport.com would get rid of it...
The disagree emoji is all that is needed...

I would prefer a " Highly Disagree" Emoji to be added and a " Ridiculous " one to replace the Clown one. Yes I use the Clown one only because the others don't represent what I'm thinking. The Clown one doesn't either because it infers that I think the member is a clown which I don't. Just that I think that I highly disagree with the post

 

[SonOfNOLA]

 

[MikeyF]

Another option is still Jedrick Wills...
He has had injury problems the last 2 years but he could be like Becton & benefit by being moved inside to OG.







His market value is 1 yr $2.2 million...

 

[Saintaholik]

is he any good

Solid

Versatile as well, would be an upgrade overall over Lucas Patrick.

Patrick may be slightly better in pass pro

 

[Snakehead]

Another option is still Jedrick Wills...
He has had injury problems the last 2 years but he could be like Becton & benefit by being moved inside to OG.







His market value is 1 yr $2.2 million...

Wills has long arms and big hands as well.

 

[SonOfNOLA]

Solid

Versatile as well, would be an upgrade overall over Lucas Patrick.

Patrick may be slightly better in pass pro

Radunz would be an overall lateral move in talent to Lucas Patrick. But he’s 5 years younger so he could stick around for more seasons as depth or fallback plan to start.

LG has to be addressed early in the draft no matter which vet is signed though.

 

[Saint KayBee]

Some people use the clown emoji in strange ways. I don’t get it.

I see it a lot from people who rarely make their own thoughts known, on a message board

 

[Saint KayBee]

Do everyone remember Jeff Faine? He was consider a bust by the Browns where they paid Bentley. Then they basically gave him to the Saints you put him between Evans and Nicks and he was named a pro bowl alternate and then the highest paid center in the game by the Bucs surpassing the guy who replaced him. I not saying we have Evans or Nicks on the team, but I saw a video where someone pointed out having him between Fuaga and McCoy he may go to the next level. Look at Becton last year. He was a bust with the Jets and one year with a good line and everyone here wanted him. I wanted to kick the tires last year to replace Penning. If the coaches thinks he can come in and start I'm down.

Faine also routinely whiffed on blocks. He’d just straight-up miss the guy expecting to be blocked by him. It’s intentional on draws and screens, but there would be plays where he’d go the wrong way and let a DT or MLB just run anywhere they wanted.

One of the most “giveth, and taketh away” offensive linemen I’ve ever seen.

 

[St.Dan]

Faine also routinely whiffed on blocks. He’d just straight-up miss the guy expecting to be blocked by him. It’s intentional on draws and screens, but there would be plays where he’d go the wrong way and let a DT or MLB just run anywhere they wanted.

One of the most “giveth, and taketh away” offensive linemen I’ve ever seen.

Considering both your post and the one you replied to, I think it's all about scheme and fit, just like with the team overall. Putting a line together is all about fit and chemistry, all those things.

Folk talk about how lucky we got with Brees' shoulder in the beginning. But the two most low-key bullseye draft picks during the Payton era were Jahri Evans and Carl Nicks. Those two guards let Brees step up in the pocket and deliver all those seam shots and deep shots we all remember. I'd tell people if Drew steps up cleanly, you can make a bet to yourself in that instant that the pass will be completed.

 

[WxM]

Faine also routinely whiffed on blocks. He’d just straight-up miss the guy expecting to be blocked by him. It’s intentional on draws and screens, but there would be plays where he’d go the wrong way and let a DT or MLB just run anywhere they wanted.

One of the most “giveth, and taketh away” offensive linemen I’ve ever seen.

Yup. Faine was the number one reason we were consistently poor at running the ball in short yardage situations in the first years of the Payton era.

 

[Saint KayBee]

Considering both your post and the one you replied to, I think it's all about scheme and fit, just like with the team overall. Putting a line together is all about fit and chemistry, all those things.

Folk talk about how lucky we got with Brees' shoulder in the beginning. But the two most low-key bullseye draft picks during the Payton era were Jahri Evans and Carl Nicks. Those two guards let Brees step up in the pocket and deliver all those seam shots and deep shots we all remember. I'd tell people if Drew steps up cleanly, you can make a bet to yourself in that instant that the pass will be completed.

I remember first watching the Payton-Marrone-Brees blocking scheme. The tackles were pushing the defensive ends way out wide, which worried me because wide is also where the DEs want to go, but the key to it working involved the tackles staying within themselves and not letting pass rushers win on their second move. The interior linemen just had to not get beat so Brees could step into space and make the throw. He was so good at finding the sight lines and making things happen, instead of any of the other less-preferred outcomes like relying on extremely deep drops or a high volume of rollouts, or having lots of passes knocked down at the line.

 

[St.Dan]

I remember first watching the Payton-Marrone-Brees blocking scheme. The tackles were pushing the defensive ends way out wide, which worried me because wide is also where the DEs want to go, but the key to it working involved the tackles staying within themselves and not letting pass rushers win on their second move. The interior linemen just had to not get beat so Brees could step into space and make the throw. He was so good at finding the sight lines and making things happen, instead of any of the other less-preferred outcomes like relying on extremely deep drops or a high volume of rollouts, or having lots of passes knocked down at the line.

To paraphrase Weird Al, Brees was indeed like a surgeon out there

 

[3ParStillDriver]

I remember first watching the Payton-Marrone-Brees blocking scheme. The tackles were pushing the defensive ends way out wide, which worried me because wide is also where the DEs want to go, but the key to it working involved the tackles staying within themselves and not letting pass rushers win on their second move. The interior linemen just had to not get beat so Brees could step into space and make the throw. He was so good at finding the sight lines and making things happen, instead of any of the other less-preferred outcomes like relying on extremely deep drops or a high volume of rollouts, or having lots of passes knocked down at the line.

Add to that, it also worked very well because Bree's typically only needed 2 seconds to throw. He diagnosed the defensive play pre-snap so well that he very, very rarely every needed to go to his 3rd progression. To top that off, he went through progressions extremely fast. So even if he needed to go to this 3rd, we're talking maybe 2.5 seconds. Him needing to hold onto the ball for 3.2 seconds or more was rare and mostly ever occurred if were baiting off the safety for a deep throw.

 

[soggymoss84]