Question: Are the Saints closer to a Super Bowl or a total rebuild? (1 Viewer)

[Elvis]

Thinking about this more, I think it's probably closer to a rebuild. But not really by choice. We have missed on far too many draft picks and have invested far too much money in players over 30 years old that are getting closer to the ends of their careers. We also haven't been filling the gaps with quality free agents. So with little up and coming young talent and older talent leaving we're going to be left without much of a roster.

 

[lilvipa221]

It's the forced rebuild that Mickey has been throwing money we don't have at avoiding. We have no way of improving the team enough without drafting the next layer of team leaders and exceptional players to start the process and getting in MUCH better cap health.

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

I'll be surprised if the Saints ever see another Super Bowl.

They are stuck in football purgatory. They won't acknowledge that a rebuild is needed and continue to believe in Sean Payton's "culture".

All while purging or marginalizing the remnants of that culture.

Just rip off the bandaid

 

[lilvipa221]

I think this is the question right here:

1. DA and KK, to their credit, built a team that, when healthy, would have been a SuperBowl contender.
2. DA and KK, to their shame, built a team that was thin at nearly every position and not built to sustain a playoff run.

But I think there are other questions that have to be asked. Who are the great players who would have provided depth we are missing out on? Who has been available on the offensive line that would have been an improvement. Do these players even exist?

I believe the Carr signing was the best player available - is there a QB we could have taken that would have been better?

Is there a better Offensive Coordinator we should have brought in instead of Kubiak?

If we are rebuilding, what do we rebuild with? What is/would be available? Is a "rebuild" truly feasible?

To answer your question on Carr, its not about who would have been better but more about could you have found the same production but save alot of money? Yep. Carr doesnt do anything special that is worth 30 more million a year than Joe Flacco, Gardener Minshew, Andy Dalton.

 

[Booker]

The Saints are in "The Haslett Zone" -- too talented to find themselves drafting a potential difference maker in the top 10, but lacking depth and coaching to be an actual contender.

 

[2009ring]

Assuming we get nowhere this year - it's time to blow it up.

Maybe Rattler is the cheap rookie deal QB that we can build around, maybe not. But this band of mid-tiers isn't cutting it and that includes the head coach.