Saints sign WR Brandin Cooks to a 2-year, $13 million deal

[Lustmord]

a least have a little vet depth at wr, so we aren't throwing guys off the street out there

 

[St. Geezy]

Would have rather just kept MVS at this point, he already has chemistry with Carr.

But we didn’t re-sign him, for one reason or another, so we had to make a move. How could this be viewed as a bad move based on someone else signing elsewhere days ago?

 

[SaintStephen1]

Trade Olave. Draft Tet.

 

[Dallas_Saint73]

Wow, full circle. The guy still has wheels.

He definitely had some serious flashes in Dallas. I kind of like this signing TBH.

 

[Infoman]

Insurance policy for Olave - We all know he's one hit away from retirement... At least they have a plan. Cooks is older, but he can at least fill his role if needed.

 

[LetsGetWaffles]

Yeah. Having different role playing WRs may not be as important to Moore as it seems to be among us.

They very well may have just gone down their list of the best route running receivers and Cooks was the next man up.

The idea that you need a fast guy, a big possession guy, etc., is ideal in theory but may not be all that important in the grand scheme of things. Having three fast guys has its own set of perks…kind of like the ol’ Greatest Show on Turf back in the day.

Well Kamara is the closest thing in todays NFL to Marshall Faulk, so let’s see if Moore can get it done.

 

[SAINTSFAN]

Would not have expected him to fetch more than a 1 year small deal with incentives. At 32, not sure he brings much at that cost.

 

[SonOfNOLA]

Would have rather just kept MVS at this point, he already has chemistry with Carr.

MVS had chemistry with Carr on deep routes. He wasn’t catching slants or crossers often, or catching before or near the sticks that much. Pass offense has to function with WRs who are effective at a full route tree. We can’t do shot throws on most passing downs which is what MVS was mostly effective at.

Cooks is a much better complete WR than MVS. He has the career #s to more than back that up. Even in Cooks’ down year last season, he was a better intermediate route receiver than MVS in inter targets and FDs.

 

[Taker597]

It’s a process to add talent or legit contributors to the roster, especially at depleted skill positions. We’d disappoint ourselves if we look at every move as all-in or SB or bust. They’re trying to get back to having good depth to be a winning team again.

I think going all in would’ve been splurging on a couple top 5-AAV FAs. Cooks simply gives us an established starting WR on an inexpensive short term starter deal. We have 3 good WRs now instead of just 2.

Cooks hasn't been good for 3 years and will be turning 32. This is a nothingburger move.

Going from MVS to Cooks is a more expensive downgrade.

 

[platinumvinnyv]

Michael Thomas next ?

 

[Elvis]

Juwan Johnson can serve as the Big X. He did it towards the end of last year.

I've been a proponent of converting him back to WR to play that role, but he can do it as a TE as well.

We need big a few big targets, but CKM could be using TEs as those targets.

Means is big at 6'2" 225lbs and crazy athletic so he could be the guy as well.

I really want to see what Bub Means has in him. He looked the part at times in his limited snaps last year.

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

We’ve (you and I) been contemplating that move since last year. He’s an asset similar to what Lattimore was and is a piece of the new core we started building in 2022 that hasn’t exactly panned out like we thought.

Add that to Olaves brother saying him risking his career in New Orleans wasn’t worth it and a potential divorce has always had some legs to it

I’m still interested in a move to #1

Olave has no where near the value that Lattimore did.

Olave is worth maybe a 5th? 4th if you're lucky?

 

[RaisingTheBar]

Would have rather just kept MVS at this point, he already has chemistry with Carr.

The issue with comments like this is that, although I agree with your opinion, it takes two to tango. What if MVS wanted to follow Kubiak and didn’t want to resign here?

 

[Tulsa Saint]

Cooks hasn't been good for 3 years and will be turning 32. This is a nothingburger move.

Going from MVS to Cooks is a more expensive downgrade.

He had 8 TDs in 2023

MVS is about the same age and the money is comparable.