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dickey moe
Fingerpicker
I was wrong about him this season. He's a situational start at best.
packersfan
Footballguy
shader
Footballguy
I have a feeling Colston's role is going to be unchanged, but I could be wrong. I think Kenny Stills benefits, and I think Pierre Thomas could be a ppr goldmine when he returns.
packersfan
Footballguy
Watching him play I honestly think he's close to being done. But the opportunity now is huge with Cooks out. Like a pedestrian RB maybe the potential volume will help.
But man he's dropped a ton of easy catches this season. I don't know what the official drop total is but he's had a lot of easy passes he's dropped. Seems like 1-2 per game.
rdrouyn
Footballguy
He's catching like 50% of his passes. But Brees keeps passing to him for some reason...
packersfan
Footballguy
I think it's because with Sproles and Moore gone, Colston's one of the few top guys in the passing game Brees knows and trusts. I haven't seen Colston struggle too often to get open. He is getting open so Brees is throwing it to him. The problem is Colston's dropping a lot of balls he used to catch with ease in the past.
With Cooks done, I gotta think Colston continues to be a guy Brees will throw to a lot. He's sitting on the WW in my league (I drafted him and cut him after the GB game). I'm gonna spend about 50% of my remaining FAAB to go get him today to replace Cooks. It's too much given what he's done so far but I don't think his role will decrease now and the Saints have some good matchups the rest of the way. So what the hell. If he doesn't pan out as my WR4 I'll hit the WW again.
With Cooks done, I gotta think Colston continues to be a guy Brees will throw to a lot. He's sitting on the WW in my league (I drafted him and cut him after the GB game). I'm gonna spend about 50% of my remaining FAAB to go get him today to replace Cooks. It's too much given what he's done so far but I don't think his role will decrease now and the Saints have some good matchups the rest of the way. So what the hell. If he doesn't pan out as my WR4 I'll hit the WW again.
Donny Loved Bowling
Footballguy
While Colston's stat line for the season pales in comparison to his prime years, they are still very respectable numbers, especially considering his place in the pecking order for targets. Even at his age, I imagine that several teams would be interested were he to become available. He would be a very capable second option, who still possesses rare size and decent hands.
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nightmare
Footballguy
2015 cap is around $140 mill. The Saints are at $164 mill with their top 51 players.
The Saints are going to be doing a lot of cutting/restructures. My guess is Colston,
Thomas, and B Watson are gone. This isn't a situation like Arizona's with a one
player cut(Fitzgerald) and your looking a lot better.
The Saints are going to be doing a lot of cutting/restructures. My guess is Colston,
Thomas, and B Watson are gone. This isn't a situation like Arizona's with a one
player cut(Fitzgerald) and your looking a lot better.
saintfool
Dead sexy
this is not a surprise at all. he doesn't want to play anywhere else, i think, and the market wasn't going to work in his favor at this stage of his career. i think brees, payton value continuity - especially given the struggles associated with the vets leaving the team last year - to the team and Colston is definitely that. it will be interesting to see what he has left in the tank.
cstu
Footballguy
Can't believe he's worth $6.9M even if the Saints were able to kick the cap hit down the road.
SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
Boy that cap number keeps dwindling.
I'm a little surprised, I thought they could cut him and resign him. Brees wants him, Payton wants him, he may not really fit in another offense, it all makes sense that he take a cut and stays, but that extra vet money is still there and it's going to come out of someone's pocket and they have more work to do.
Actually it might have already happened, maybe that's what happened with Pierre, they had to make a choice.
SproutDaddy
Footballguy
I for one am glad he's staying even with his skills declining. He's still versital and a nice red zone option with his size.
Brees only has so long left as a top QB and even then he seems to have peaked. With all the young WRs, I can see wanting a veteran to show them the ropes and advance their learning experience. Many teams wait 3 years for some WRs to develop. The Saints rook WRs looked good already, but that was fortunate. I could see keeping him around.
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
Saying he was catch-less in the 3rd game - where the starters typically play a full or close to it 1st half - is a bit misleading as NO only had their starters in for the first drive. I think Cooks had 2 targets, Ingram 1, Colston 1, Hill 1, Watson 1. Colston didn't play after that drive, Coleman did.
Not sure exactly what to expect from Colston this year but I dont see him falling off a cliff from being a WR3. Im sure Cooks will get the most targets by a landslide, but Colston's targets/game last year werent all that different with Cooks in the lineup (5.9) vs Cooks out of the lineup (6.6). With Graham and Stills gone, as well as their 200+ targets, I think its reasonable to think Colston will see 120+ targets again, will likely means 70-80 receptions. Everyone thinks he's lost a step or 2, but his YPR last year was 15.3 which was his highest since 2009.
His upside is undoubtedly limited at this point, but his floor has to be higher than any other WR going around him. In my draft the other night, WRs were drafted early and often, so I picked the value at all the other positions that fell and ended up taking Colston as WR47. Not happy with my WRs, but Colston should work as a WR3/4 for me I think.
