Again, I’m just talking in terms of talent.

The bar isn’t exactly high either, as I’ve also already said.

Slow down a hair over what? We're talking about a 2nd string TE. It's not like the dude is being compared to Kelce or Gonzo for christ's sake lol.

I’m with ya man. He’s definitely been impressive thus far and I agree he has a high upside.

Let’s see if that continues once the pads are on and the bullets are flying.

FRT I’m in love with almost every pick the last 3 drafts, this kid included.

Keizer, yes? I was really excited to see what Ricky Seals-Jones had - nothing, apparently?

Who the hell was high on Keizer?

RSJ was the only guy i recall having any remote interest in and that guy did dick in camp.

I have very high hopes.

It's why I said earlier in the offseason that we may be much more efficient but less 'explosive'- teams may very well play to not get beat over the top, and we will now have the horses to shove it down their throat and beat them with TE's if they choose that path.

There may be less of the heroic Mahomes and more of a surgical approach.

Either way, you're ****ed.

The season can’t get here soon enough.

Now that I know with full confidence that we’re legitimate contenders this time of year, I’m always nervous about injuries.

We’re we more excited about RSJ or Noah, comparatively speaking?

Again, I’m in love with the pick and my nature is to get ahead of myself with optimism. Those are the kinds of things I usually say. ;)

Prior to 2021, the Chiefs in the Reid era drafted one TE. Travis Kelce.

It's not going to be that ****ing hard to top the chart as the best TE2 when that's your competition.

And that's not even to shit on Demetrius Harris. Everybody hated that guy for his hands, but he came up with some clutch catches for TDs in the final 1-2 seasons for us. Was a nice player as a complement to Kelce.

I still think Gray will be better, though.

Never say never, Long could be a lifesaver somewhere down the line this season

They also drafted James O'Shaughnessy.

Noah for sure. And with good reason.

Can they not do something with Andy's apperance.

Well said, and I'm PERFECTLY fine with a more powerful and well rounded approach

We're gonna Double Dog Dare teams to flood the backfield and overwhelm our line with their front four

Good luck

Wut

He's beautiful the way he is.

Mike Hughes the starting corner? Yikes.

No, he comes in for subs and Sneed slides inside.

Hughes is a very talented player though, he’s just battled injuries, and needs to be more consistent. If he can’t, I’m sure it’s just a matter of time before Baker gets that spot.

If there’s one thing I fully trust this defensive staff with, it’s the secondary.

Trey Smith running with the First Team from day 1!

Looks like we got a steal in the draft.

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How confident are they his blood clots won’t become an issue again?

Confident enough to draft him and give him first crack at a starting job after Kyle Long went down.

No shit. I’m thrilled he may start from day 1, he’s clearly the most talented option.

I’m asking if there’s been any talk of the clot issue possibly recurring.

Veach addressed this after the draft. They are confident in the plan they have for him, or they wouldn’t have drafted him. That was my point.

Fair enough, thanks for the info.

Man, seems like a good chunk of the top teams are dealing with some bullshit. Glad we're not one of them.

What are you referring to?

Beasley, Lamar, Rodgers etc.?

Yes. Michael Thomas as well, although I guess the Saints really aren't a top team anymore.

Really? The man is SETTING THE BAR! You may need to take note and address your wardrobe! :hmmm:

It's Andy man, he can trot out there bare ass for all I care.

My favorite tweet of the day is the 2nd string OL. A pretty good group except for Wylie.

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Yea that Michael Thomas situation is brutal.

2 years in a row of him being unavailable for the majority or a good chunk of the season.

That line is better than what we had in the SB

When Long comes back, he’s probably the RT in that scenario.

Potentially as good a line if not better than the Super Bowl starting line.

Sean Payton press conference today was pretty interesting. Dude is clearly pretty pissed at MT for doing what he did.

A piece of Monkey terd would be better than what we had in the SB!

What did he do?

If I understand it correctly, teams were wary not so much because of the blood clots themselves, but more that he has to be on blood thinners because of them. Blood thinners can be dangerous when you're playing a contact sport because you can have internal bleeding from a hit and not know it. At Tennessee he managed it by cycling off the blood thinners around gameday, I assume we're going to manage it in a similar way.

In other words it's not a chronic thing like a bad knee where he might be in and out of the lineup. Either he'll be able to manage it and play, or he'll have to retire.

Saints coach Sean Payton seems to be unhappy with how long he’s going to have to wait to get wide receiver Michael Thomas on the field this season.

Thomas had surgery last month on the ankle he injured during the 2020 season, and Payton said today that the surgery should have been done earlier in the offseason so that Thomas would have had more time to recover and get ready to start the 2021 season.

“It appears we’re going to have to spend some time without him,” Payton said, via Amie Just of NOLA.com. “We would have liked that to have happened earlier. Quite honestly, it should have.”

Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis also said the team wishes Thomas’s surgery had been done earlier. But at this point, Thomas may miss the first half of the season while the Saints wait to get the 2019 NFL offensive player of the year back on the field.

Delayed having surgery.

Smacks of getting paid and then mailing it in.

The exact timeline is behind a paywall, but after the season ended Thomas saw a specialist about his ankle and it was decided then to do a conservative plan with a reevaluation in a month to see if surgery was necessary. That would've put the potential surgery sometime around February/March. For whatever reason Thomas never returned for that reevaluation. May have thought it was fine and didn't need surgery, or he may have been pulling a Pippen.

Just get rid of Thomas and give him...to us

Edit* His cap hits are insane...24 mil.

Yikes.

Wow that’s ****ing ridiculous.

Michael Thomas had ankle surgery that was supposed to be sooner than later. It was rescheduled so later thus postponing his return. He was expected back but now won't be back until week 4 I believe of the regular season?

Here is the article...

https://www.nfl.com/news/saints-hc-s...dn-t-happen-so

Blood thinners are a tricky thing A minor bump in the wrong place can cause a dandy bruise and internal bleeding can be an issue. I haven't had any issues other than some minor bruises, but my best friend has had a couple scares.

I'm just baffled as to why they have Niang doing LT reps?? I thought he was gonna battle it out for the RT position?? Also word is Zayne Anderson impressed yesterday aswell. Not surprised about Smith because his potential is through the roof and hopefully he continues grind hard and compete.

Yes

Once Clyde has a couple games of 150 yards rushing those safeties will have to cheat up. Then it's Cheetah time.

Where's my Mizzou man Nick Bolton?

Trying him out for the swing tackle role.

As someone who deals with injuries professionally, I’m feeling Sean Payton’s frustration.

You know it’s gonna be surgical and then they ****ing delay for all sorts of good and bad reasons.

Normally I’m pro labor, but the Saints would fine Thomas for this horseshit.

I don't have a lot of problems with Niang getting reps at LT rather than battling it out with Remmers for the RT spot. I think we all saw what happened when Fisher went down and we had to use our swing T on the left side. Remmers is servicable at RT. I'd like to see a little more depth at T besides Wanogho and Wylie. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see Mitch come back mid-season.

Mitchell Schwartz ship has sailed… Not happening..

I’d sure like to read that he’s kicking ass and taking names

He's kicking ass and taking names.

Damn. I heard he was taking names and kicking ass.

I heard hes good enough to do both while sexting Direckshuns whore of a mother.

I heard it was taking ass and kicking names.

Anthony Hitchens, who tweaked one of his hamstrings yesterday, is not practicing today.

Direckshun doesn't have a mother. He sprang fully grown from Satan's rectum.

Que super troopers mother of god gif.

As expected, Armani Watts, Kyle Long, Darwin Thompson, James Winchester, Nick Keizer & Malik Herring are not practicing.

I legit forgot Darwin Thompson was on the team

I only remember because hes bought two vehicles from one of my good friends in Joplin.

I'm so ready for this season... LETS GO

holy shit... same here.

Time for Bolton to get some reps with the 1s.

Yes sir!

I’ll to find some highlights.

Niemann/Gay 1st team Nickel LBs with Hitch out

LOL, Nieman. Gross.

Darwin Award has the Rona.

As they noted Winchester has it but is vaxxed, I’m gonna assume Darwin is an idiot.

Good God. **** Niemann right in his stupid ****ing face.

7v7s: Noah Gray just made a nice over-the-shoulder grab on a flag route over the defender. Great throw by 15 #Chiefs

With Anthony Hitchens out, Nick Bolton is running with the 1s in 7 on 7s.

Per Sam McDowell

Travis Kelce left the field with trainer.

Just so we all don't freak out

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:thumb:

hopefully nothing, but DO NOT LIKE

So Vaxxed players who get rona is no big deal but a unvaccinated person gets it and we all blame them. How about the vaccine doesn’t work at all