"Post"-Free Agency Draft Needs Thread

I would agree with the list. I think you can put passrusher, dt, and OG at the top as we just don’t have any depth at all in these areas. Truth is we can use help at every level but the oline and dline are truly what makes good teams good. And we just don’t have it anymore like we used to.

Starting from weakest

LG
OLB
DE

Thinest

RB
C
S
T
CB

I think they still could take a DE first if their guy is there but to me if they are going to run some 3-4 they must draft a starting outside linebacker.

We need help everywhere but I think this board often sleeps on how shitty our skilled position depth is compared to almost any good team in the league. It’s like we got spoiled with Brees elevating average talent and now think that any late draft pick/udfa that makes a play or two every once in a while is a viable player.

Olave and Shaheed are solid, relatively one dimensional players both with HUGE recent injury issues. Shaheed may never be the same speed threat anfter his injury ans he approaches his late 20s and Olave is possibly one hit from being out of the league. After that it’s a black hole of aged out or below replacement level talent.

At running back we have a running back past the age where they start to decline (yes I know he is “fresher” than most 30+ year old guys) and literally nothing else. Kendre Miller and his 3.whatever YPC when not injured are considered nothing until he actually does ANYTHING. Juwan Johnson is a good not great relatively one dimensional TE.

We need a major youth and talent infusion at these positions especially when we don’t have a QB that will elevate the talent.

As far a bodies.

TE needs to be much higher on that list.

If you watched that saints team and don’t think Oline is more of a need than corner than I’m not sure what team you were looking at. Koolaid and Taylor are young and talented. We basically have a dead body at LG with zero depth. We do need a corner but holy shite did anyone watch our interior oline last year?

Yes, and a lot of that was from the starters being injured. Same things can be said at any position when you have injuries like that (like look at QB play falling off a cliff with Carr out).

But as it stands currently, not taking future injuries which can't be predicted into account, we have starters with experience at every spot except one of the corner positions (yes Kool-Aid is there, but he doesn't have years of starts, much less half a year), or 2 if you consider nickel is the base with 3 CBs most of the time, meaning we are lacking 2 sure starters at CB compared to every other position at least having someone with multi year experience.

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As far a bodies.

TE needs to be much higher on that list.

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We do but with what they're paying Juwan now we better not go TE early.

Instead of just rankings needs, I pondered the how a decent player at that spot affects the team and when they can contribute.

Examples:
- Grey Zabel or Donovan Jackson might step in as starter at LG in year 1.
- Denzel Burke might step into being a starter next year.
- Jalon Walker might supplant Demario Davis/Pete Werner next year/ be a substitute this year.
- Ollie Gordon II/Raheim Sanders can be a short-yardage complement in the backfield this season.


LG - starter in year 1
RB - RB rotation/role in year 1
CB - starter in year 2
LB - starter in year 2
WR - depth piece given the recent injury history/production of current WRs; could be a stater in year 2/3
S - starter in year 2
TE - starter in year 2/3
RT - starter in year 2 (or 1 if Penning is moved/starts regressing)
DL - could be a starter in year 2/3; probably rotation/depth in year 1

I don't know. Just figured it could something a little different and not totally subjective.