butkus
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Let's talk that sexy starting position of LG.
With the limited cap space Saints will have to work with this offseason, I believe the Saints will go with a low price veteran and draft a rookie guard to compete. Peat will likely leave via free agency and Warford is in the last year of his deal, so using the 1st/3rd/or 4th rd pick on a OG is a true need.
My hope for the low price veteran just happens to have been on the roster last season and is a free agent:
Patrick Omameh - 6'4" 327 (8yr vet - 30 yrs old)
57 career starts at OG with only 1 career false start penalty and 11 career holding penalties.
He grades better as run blocker than pass protector which works well with Saints quick passing and power/wildcat running game.
I thought he outperformed Nick Easton and Will Clapp last season.
Easton has a $5.5 mill cap hit next season and would provide $4 mill in cap relief if cut.
Would Omameh come back on 1 year deal with a chance to start for $2-3 mill?
Any 1 yr prove it deals for a free agent guard anyone else hoping for?
Anyone high enough on Easton to keep him as the starter for the $5.5 mill cap hit?
With the limited cap space Saints will have to work with this offseason, I believe the Saints will go with a low price veteran and draft a rookie guard to compete. Peat will likely leave via free agency and Warford is in the last year of his deal, so using the 1st/3rd/or 4th rd pick on a OG is a true need.
My hope for the low price veteran just happens to have been on the roster last season and is a free agent:
Patrick Omameh - 6'4" 327 (8yr vet - 30 yrs old)
57 career starts at OG with only 1 career false start penalty and 11 career holding penalties.
He grades better as run blocker than pass protector which works well with Saints quick passing and power/wildcat running game.
I thought he outperformed Nick Easton and Will Clapp last season.
Easton has a $5.5 mill cap hit next season and would provide $4 mill in cap relief if cut.
Would Omameh come back on 1 year deal with a chance to start for $2-3 mill?
Any 1 yr prove it deals for a free agent guard anyone else hoping for?
Anyone high enough on Easton to keep him as the starter for the $5.5 mill cap hit?