FWIW, Payton staying in NO

[saints4lifeagain]

19 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

See, this is why you don't sell out and throw everything into a single season Super Bowl run.

If it doesn't pan out, you screwed yourself for nothing.

I think it very much depends on how you feel about the team you have and how much longer you have to compete. Brees is aging. If you're not going to go all in at the end of a HOF QBs career, when are you? 

[PhillyB]

the saints may enter their own lame duck season. if payton's just playing his contract out the ownership might use next year to try to burn out a ton of cap space and just waste the year. by 2017 brees and just about everyone on that team over the age of 25 will be gone and they'll be trying to put together the outline of a new team in the grimy cellar of the nfc south

can't wait!

[t96]

7 minutes ago, saints4lifeagain said:

I think it very much depends on how you feel about the team you have and how much longer you have to compete. Brees is aging. If you're not going to go all in at the end of a HOF QBs career, when are you? 

I don't think you should ever go "all in." That's the type of thing that puts the franchise in a terrible spot for years going forward and doesn't even guarantee a Super Bowl win. Continue to build the team and the QB position will take care of itself. If a HoF QB has to end his career with a couple mediocre years then so be it. The GM's focus shouldn't be doing what's best for the HoF QB but for the team's future.

[hepcat]

This is great news.  I love watching teams flail in mediocrity until they realize that they should have cut loose their unmotivated coach years ago.

[Mr. Scot]

34 minutes ago, saints4lifeagain said:

I was just letting you know it was 2. I don't think an extension makes sense for either party at this time. The team is coming off of two straight sub .500 years. That doesn't breed a lot of faith for ownership to extend a guy they own the rights to longer than those two years and it doesn't offer him the ability to maximize his profit.

I actually agree that it's not the time.  I was primarily just pointing out how all the "here to stay" talk was a tad overblown.

[panthertime]

4 hours ago, h0llywood said:

article should be changed to "no one was stupid enough to trade a second rounder to the taints so they are keeping him on board to save face"

Well, there is one "stupid enough" to make that trade by giving up a second rounder....I believe Jimmy Jones would. He may even take on the dumpster fire that is Johnny Manziel.

Still, I'm glad Payton is staying in New Orleans. I love to see the Panthers whop his cheating azz......

[Chaos]

4 hours ago, h0llywood said:

article should be changed to "no one was stupid enough to trade a second rounder to the taints so they are keeping him on board to save duck face"

Fixed

[pantherphan96]

Hear it straight from Payton's brother lol:

 

[Frank Hollywood]

5 hours ago, saints4lifeagain said:

I think it very much depends on how you feel about the team you have and how much longer you have to compete. Brees is aging. If you're not going to go all in at the end of a HOF QBs career, when are you? 

The Saints have gone all in for the past 3-4 years, it's why they're in this mess. But I do agree they need to double down now while they still have Brees. I see a complete rebuild in the next 2 years.

[JawnyBlaze]

I, for one, am not pleased about this.  As much as I hate the pucker faced bastard, he's a really good HC.  He and Brees are the only thing that's kept that turd of a team from floating out into the gulf.  Loomis is the real problem, can't draft worth a poo and not good at contracts either.  He's basically Hurney, but worse in the 1st round.

[JawnyBlaze]

also the GMs fault for hiring shitty DCs.