Hey everybody, this is your GM, your back row
dom, it's your GM Kale who currently is not on
the team right now, but don't you worry about
it. Here to bring you episode 4 of the Stack
and Shed series, but this time we're talking
about the Saints, alright? Now for all of you
who don't know, we're covering all 32 teams,
so nobody is going to be neglected, okay? Now
we're going to cover a few different areas, and
those areas are what went wrong, what do they
need, stack or shed, their draft picks, one move
I would do in their cap space. So for all my
Saints fans, buckle up. It's going to be a little
bit controversial, but just follow with me. Let's
get into it. All right, let's get into it. So
what went wrong in the Saints season? And I will
venture to say it was an inconsistent offense.
Now, coming into the season, we all knew that
the Saints had undergone a lot of change. For
starters, they just hired Kellen Moore, Derek
Carr just retired, and they were starting to
give Spencer Rattler an opportunity. So I don't
think nobody had a high expectation for this
offense. However, we have to highlight that this
offense doesn't have a lot to work with. Sure,
you have Chris Alave and Alvin Kamara, but those
are only two people. Did anybody expect Tyler
Shuck to come in and light it up as a rookie?
Did anybody expect Spencer Rattler to light it
up? No. Now, according to Sumer Sports. Spencer
Rattler started in 8 games and played in 9 games,
and his stat line was 257 attempts for 174 completions,
1 ,586 passing yards, 8 touchdowns, 5 interceptions,
6 .2 yards per attempt, and a 67 .7 completion
percentage. Tyler Shucks started in 9 games and
played in 11 games. His stat line was 327 attempts
for 221 completions, 2 ,384 passing yards, 10
touchdowns, touchdowns, 6 interceptions, 7 .3
yards per attempt, and a 67 .6 completion percentage.
Now, when we look at their offensive rankings,
they had the 23rd ranked offense, and they averaged
18 points per game, 313 .6 yards per game, 5
yards per play, and 28 touchdowns. They were
13th in passing offense, and they averaged 219
.3 passing yards per game, 5 .8 passing yards
per game, and 19 passing touchdowns. They were
13th in rushing offense, and they averaged 94
.5 three rushing yards per game, 3 .7 rushing
yards per play, and nine rushing touchdowns.
Now, what do the Saints need? And that is more
offensive production. And the two ways that you
can go about that is by figuring out who's going
to be your franchise quarterback and bringing
in offensive weapons. By making these investments,
you're increasing the floor and ceiling of this
offense while assessing both Tyler Shuck and
Spencer Rattler. Because my belief is this. The
only way that you can truly assess your quarterback
room is by investing into your quarterback room.
And the way that you make that investment is
by surrounding them with weapons. and when you
do this you're also minimizing the margin of
error these quarterbacks have so now they can't
say oh i wasn't put in the right situation to
be successful oh i wasn't given enough weapons
in order to truly showcase my skills because
why the organization made every single effort
to make all the investments they need to make
into you in order to see if you are the franchise
guy now with that being said the question we
all need to ask ourselves is stack or shed and
i will eventually say stack and the reason The
reason why I say that is because this team has
some pieces. All they have to do is just continue
to build off of it. Now, I'm not saying this
team is going to take a significant leap like
how the Commanders did where they went to the
NFC Championship, but what I am saying is this.
They have some building blocks. All the Saints
have to do is just continue to build off of it
and continue to make the right decisions. And
please, for the love of God, clean your books.
Why is it that every single year this team continues
to nickel and dime, penny and pinch every single
contract just to be in cap compliance? If you're
having to do that every single year and you're
not a contender, something's wrong. Whoever's
giving out these contracts needs to be fired
immediately because there's no way under the
sun that you're continuing to be over the cap
every single year. And when we look at their
draft picks, they have their first, their second,
their third, two fourth round picks, two fifth
round picks, and a sixth round pick, which isn't
bad, right? But just hear me out for a moment,
Saints fans. Would you be open to the idea of
trading down just a little bit? Now, I'm not
saying you go from the eighth pick to the 22nd
pick, but maybe if you trade down to maybe the
12th or the 15th or maybe the 16th pick of the
draft, you're still in a really good spot. Because
let's be honest here. the upper part of the draft
is inflated. In previous draft classes, the top
part of the draft is usually where the creme
de la creme players are at, right? Not in this
draft class. I truly believe that the middle
part of the draft is where a lot of the good
players to maybe great players are going to be
drafted. We all know that Fernando Mendoza is
going to be drafted by the Raiders. That's a
given, right? But what's gonna happen afterwards?
Because I guarantee you the player that you really
want would still be available if you traded down
just a little bit. Because what we're seeing
in this draft class is that positions that teams
usually don't value very high are gonna have
to be valued high. Case in point, safety, for
instance, right? Caleb Downs is regarded as the
best safety in this draft class. Do you really
think someone like the Jets is gonna take him
with the second overall pick in this draft? Especially
when you realize that safety has one of the highest
miss rates out of all the positions you can draft
in the first round. Now, the only safety that
I can remember that was drafted very high was
Sean Taylor. Outside of him, Ed Reed wasn't drafted
high. Troy Palomaro wasn't drafted high. All
the great safeties were not drafted that high.
So if I'm the Saints, I'm trading down just a
little bit so I can acquire extra draft capital
that I can use in either this draft class, the
27 draft class, or trade for a player. Now, the
one move that I would do if I was the Saints
GM is draft an offensive player. And the reason
why I say that is because outside of Chris Alave
and Alvin Kamara, what else do you have? Now,
let's be honest here. In this draft class, you
have a lot of options at both receiver and tight
end. If you want to get a power slot this year,
you can go ahead and get it. If you want to get
you an X, you can go ahead and get it. If you
want to get you a Z, you can go ahead and get
it. If you want to get you a 6 '4 receiver that
is able to catch those 50 -50 contested balls,
you can go ahead and do it. Or you can pivot
and you can get you a really productive tight
end because remember, a young quarterback's best
friend is a really productive tight end. And
honestly speaking, the only tight end that you
really have that's been really productive is
Taysom Hill, and he's a Swiss Army knife. Now,
when we look at their cap situation, they are
negative 28 .7 million over the cap. Which if
we can be honest here, Mickey Loomis always finds
a way to be cap compliant. Usually he just nickels
and dimes every single contract like he does
every single year. I don't know how he does it.
I wish I can talk to his financial guy because
wow, that is just magical work that he is doing
every single year, okay? But I want to end this
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