SkippyX Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 1 hour ago, AZ_Eaglesfan said: The Texans are the second oldest team in football and likely have the worst roster in the league.... they have no choice but to tank at this point. The remind me of the Lions team that faced the Bucs last year, but add in Tyrod Taylor. They will probably have more 20+ point losses than total wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 14 hours ago, AZ_Eaglesfan said: The Texans are the second oldest team in football and likely have the worst roster in the league.... they have no choice but to tank at this point. There is a lot of BoB to purge from the building (not saying the guys in the building are doing a better job, mind you - I'm of the mindset that they're not really doing much, but I'm a pessimist by nature). Food for thought - roughly 2 years ago (maybe even less) this franchise was two quarters away from hosting an AFCCG against Tennessee (who had beaten #1 Baltimore in Baltimore). Had BoB not faked a punt in his own territory, who knows what would have transpired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter2_1 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, ET80 said: There is a lot of BoB to purge from the building (not saying the guys in the building are doing a better job, mind you - I'm of the mindset that they're not really doing much, but I'm a pessimist by nature). Food for thought - roughly 2 years ago (maybe even less) this franchise was two quarters away from hosting an AFCCG against Tennessee (who had beaten #1 Baltimore in Baltimore). Had BoB not faked a punt in his own territory, who knows what would have transpired. Even then it was papering over cracks, wouldn't you say? Rot had taken root But yeah that fake punt was...something. Edited September 9, 2021 by Hunter2_1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Hunter2_1 said: Even then it was papering over cracks, wouldn't you say? Rot had taken root Winning cures everything, so I definitely call it a crossroads. Had the Texans not collapsed in such epic fashion, I think a lot of the subsequent moves made afterwards (specifically the Hopkins trade) don't take place. That trade is the equivalent of Chernobyl and the USSR - a nuclear disaster, one that was the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union. But that's just a guess on my end, who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyX Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 So this is a NHL style trade. The Texans changed his salary into mostly bonus so they could eat more cap hit. The Saints have sent the Texans multiple picks to cover for the salary shenanigans (no details yet on what those picks are) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyler735 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 I must say I'm always amused at the salary cap wizardry the Saints pull off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 2 hours ago, SkippyX said: So this is a NHL style trade. The Texans changed his salary into mostly bonus so they could eat more cap hit. The Saints have sent the Texans multiple picks to cover for the salary shenanigans (no details yet on what those picks are) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnobili Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) Texans buying draft picks. Sam Hinkie would be proud. Sean McVay absolutely baffled. Edited September 9, 2021 by Turnobili Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealMcCoy Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Nice compensation for Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyler735 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Yep I'll gladly take that deal for our likely starting #2 CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyX Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 This is a great deal for Houston. A 3rd plus another pick for the suspension dude who is making 10 a year and is not a special player? Its yet another 'pretend we can win the Super Bowl this year' deal for the Saints that kills the future. Roby is due about 10 million next year, pushing the Saints to 35 million over the cap and missing lots of players. Now they are dealing valuable picks due to their cap hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFlaccoSeagulls Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, SkippyX said: This is a great deal for Houston. A 3rd plus another pick for the suspension dude who is making 10 a year and is not a special player? Its yet another 'pretend we can win the Super Bowl this year' deal for the Saints that kills the future. Roby is due about 10 million next year, pushing the Saints to 35 million over the cap and missing lots of players. Now they are dealing valuable picks due to their cap hole. I do not disagree with anything that is said in this post, and that worries me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauce Castillo Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 28 minutes ago, SkippyX said: Its yet another 'pretend we can win the Super Bowl this year' deal for the Saints that kills the future. You will never get me to complain about a team trying year in and year out and competing superbowl or not. Because on the other end of my fandom spectrum i have the pelicans who cant do anything right and its a miserable existence. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) I remember just a few months ago when people were salivating over the certainty that the Saints were going to have to start voiding contracts and field nothing but UDFAs to be able to play in 2021. Funny how that talk fizzled out when the Saints fixed their cap following the same strategy fans and beat writers had been saying they would use the entire previous season. Glad to see the narrative hasn’t changed…. I’m ready for another year of it. Edited September 9, 2021 by Dome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrimiv Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Dome said: I remember just a few months ago when people were salivating over the certainty that the Saints were going to have to start voiding contracts and field nothing but UDFAs to be able to play in 2021. Funny how that talk fizzled out when the Saints fixed their cap following the same strategy fans and beat writers had been saying they would use the entire previous season. Glad to see the narrative hasn’t changed…. I’m ready for another year of it. It really is kind of surprising how little fans seem to understand the many (many, many, many, many, many) ways the cap can be manipulated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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