Offseason Dreams (by iwitnesskr) (1 Viewer)

[seraph33]

Free Agency: As the clock strikes midnight on March 1, ESPN’s Ticker states

The New Orleans Saints Sign LB, Lance Briggs to a 5-year, 58 Million Dollar deal, 18 Million guaranteed.

Analysis: Though many would want to go after Samuel, Briggs will come at a much cheaper price, and as before mentioned, you have to build your D one level at a time. We already have two stars on the D-line, Briggs comes to New Olreans and brings instant credibility to the Saints LB core.

Off Season Trade: RB, Deuce McAllister to Detroit for DT, Shaun Rodgers. Deuce would be a perfect fit in Detroit and Rodgers would be a massive force in the middle for the Saints.

We need a presence in the middle, and Detroit cant afford to keep Rogers. He’s young, and most importantly, a massive, athletic, defensive tackle. Detroit always struggles with their sub par ground game, an Duece would head to the motor city to help reestablish the the run, and provide veteran leadership for a team with high hopes..


Round 1, the New Orleans Saints select Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, CB, Tennessee State.

If Cromartie shows well at the combine, he will certainly push himself into the top half of the draft. Barring the slide of Dorsey or Ellis, the Saints select a guy with the skill set, and natural ability to become a shut down corner in the NFL.

Round 2, the New Orleans Saints select Ali Highsmith, LB, Louisiana state University.
A super athletic LB with enough range to cover the entire field, and plays with aggression.

Round 3, Draft Day Trade: The New Orleans Saints trade their selection to the New York Giants to acquire TE, Jeremy Shockey. Sorry, but Eric Johnson was a bust (he single handedly cost us the Texans game). Payton already has the inside track to Shockey due to his days as the giants OC.

Round 4: The New Orleans Saints select Trevor Laws, DT, Notre Dame. Productive DT, who showed great quickness and hustle during the Senior Bowl.

Round 5: The New Orleans Saints select J Leman, LB, Illinois. Extremely Productive LB who only falls b/c he doesn’t have great timed speed. Think Zack Thomas.

Round 6: The New Orleans Saints select Sam Keller, QB, Nebraska. Storng armed, physical QB who would be a great understudy to Drew Brees.


Round 7: The New Orleans Saints select Simeon Castille, CB, Alabama.
Payton takes a chance on a talented CB, who has had some off the field issues, which is a gigantic red flag in this day and age in the NFL.


In review:

Briggs moves to the middle, giving us Highsmith, Briggs and Fujita at LB.

Cromartie starts opposite David until Mckenzie is back to full strength.

Rodgers, Laws and Thomas form a great rotation at the DT position.

Shockey takes the offense to an entirely different level.

What about all the reports out of Detroit about Roger's laziness? That's the reason they wanna get rid of him. We've already been through several of those DT's. I'd stay away from him unless it cost us very little (and even with a bum knee I don't consider Deuce very little). I would trade at the most a Scott Shanle for him or a 5th round pick.

 

[cruize]

I give you an A for effort. I'll stop there.

 

[sycamoresaint]

my dreams are:
fa- corey williams, dt alen faneca rg and move jahri evans to lg

rd 1-leodis mccelvin cb
rd 2- curtis lofton ilb
rd 3- any safety upgrade
rd 4- another o line or d line helpfull body who makes the roster.

i think briggs will bring too high of a pricetag and i wonder without urlacher if he's really as good as his money will be. if we spend some $$ i'd like to see it in the trenches with proven bangers. then both usama young can play like his butt is on fire and warrant a starting spot and mccelvin can emerge as a starter in game 3. finally, i do think lofton will be all that and he slips to us in the 2nd. that should help us significantly. i also think that billy miller was one of the unsung heros of last season, and there's no reason to think that he can't be our starter with johnson or a late round te emerging as a #2