Silver Lining: The Saints almost drafted Patrick Mahomes

[Cary Kollins]

Way back in April 2017 during the NFL Draft, the draft board was falling precisely in the New Orleans Saints favor. Player after player was coming off the board, and they finally were going to be in a position to draft a Quarterback with all the tools to replace future Hall of Famer Drew Brees. Patrick Mahomes was the number one player on the Saints big board, and as Mahomes seemed certain to fall out of the top ten, the Saints, picking 11, informed Drew Brees of their intentions as a good gesture.

Why not tell Brees, after all? As much as he has done for that franchise, he deserves that respect, right? Well a funny little thing happened after the Saints told Mr. Brees. Word is Brees' agent just so happened to place some phone calls around the league, informing other teams of the Saints intentions. It was already known Buffalo wanted to go defense at number 10, so there was a market to jump ahead of the Saints and snag Mahomes before Sean Payton could get his filthy hands on him.

As we now know, the Chiefs seized the opportunity to steal Mahomes from New Orleans, cementing the young stars future in Kansas City. Drew Brees meanwhile signed a $50 million dollar, two year deal this past March, a contract he surely would not have received had Mahomes been waiting in the wings.

Funny how things work out. I'm sure as hell glad we don't have 10+ years of going against that kid with the funny voice and rocket arm twice a year.

[LinvilleGorge]

It would've really sucked ass long-term if the Saints had landed Mahomes to be Brees' successor. 

[saints4lifeagain]

Did you make most of that up? Lol. Mahomes would have been the pick if Lattimore went off the board. I've never heard any of the rest of that.

[Cary Kollins]

14 minutes ago, saints4lifeagain said:

Did you make most of that up? Lol. Mahomes would have been the pick if Lattimore went off the board. I've never heard any of the rest of that.

 

It's true. There's nothing far fetched at all in there. Brees wanted a player that would help the team immediately, plus it helps when he pockets tens of millions of dollars as a result of the Saints not having a backup plan. If Payton doesn't do the courtesy of telling Brees their intention to draft Mahomes, he might be your starting QB.

 

[Iron Saint]

3 minutes ago, Cary Kollins said:

It's true. There's nothing far fetched at all in there. Brees wanted a player that would help the team immediately, plus it helps when he pockets tens of millions of dollars as a result of the Saints not having a backup plan. If Payton doesn't do the courtesy of telling Brees their intention to draft Mahomes, he might be your starting QB.

Care to provide a credible link? Because ~90% of that post, you’re full of  on.

[jfra78]

fuging tired of Saints threads

[E CaT PanTHer 2]

whether true or not, it doesn't really matter. brees is no where close to retiring.

i'd much rather go up against a young QB who's still prone to mistakes as opposed to a veteran HOF'er who'll likely have the saints contending for a superbowl and ass raping us over the next 5 years, at which point cam will be in his mid 30's likely hitting the tail end of his career b/c of this read option college BS that we're still running and a coach who constantly chooses to use cam as a scapegoat for his boneheaded decisions and a league who clearly has no interest in protecting cam at which point we'll be grooming a young rookie QB who'll take at least 5-7 years to develop at which point mahomes will be in his mid 30's on the verge of retirement. 

our window will open again in 2035  

[JARROD]

So that’s why you should never show “respect” to anyone over money,..

Drew is told out of respect but the agent goes and sabotages it?

That causes situations like Getts and Steve Smith and why people are shocked that there is no notice or warning or “respect”

when you show respect to people you just get screwed.

im happy it happened to the Saints but that will cause more “disrespect” to happen to others

[*FreeFua*]

Can I get a link?

[LinvilleGorge]

This conspiracy theory really doesn't make any sense. I get telling Brees out of respect, but why would you do it until you're on the clock? Anything can happen until you're on the clock, so why potentially ruffle any feathers until you actually know you have an opportunity to draft the kid? Once you're on the clock, give Drew a call. If he doesn't pick up, well you tried.

[hsfolk]

pretty sure the Saints were going to take Marshon Lattimore since he wasn't expected to drop out of the top 10 like he did

[hsfolk]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

This conspiracy theory really doesn't make any sense. I get telling Brees out of respect, but why would you do it until you're on the clock? Anything can happen until you're on the clock, so why potentially ruffle any feathers until you actually know you have an opportunity to draft the kid? Once you're on the clock, give Drew a call. If he doesn't pick up, well you tried.

exactly, Saints were also going to take Reuben Foster, but the 49ers jumped in front of them to #31 leaving the Saints to take Ryan Ramczyk. Nobody knows what's going to happen until you're on the clock

[saints4lifeagain]

3 minutes ago, hsfolk said:

pretty sure the Saints were going to take Marshon Lattimore since he wasn't expected to drop out of the top 10 like he did

Payton has repeatedly said Lattimore was top 3 on their entire board. Has also said with Mahomes and Lattimore there, they knew they would get one of the players they thought highly of, depending on which was picked at 10.

[hsfolk]

Just now, saints4lifeagain said:

Payton has repeatedly said Lattimore was top 3 on their entire board. Has also said with Mahomes and Lattimore there, they knew they would get one of the players they thought highly of, depending on which was picked at 10.

and looking back you couldn't have gone wrong with either pick, but truth be told I was a little nervous of Mahomes coming from that Texas Tech offense