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Perhaps Mike McCarthy saw the writing on the wall and tried to bow out gracefully. And maybe the New Orleans Saints are interested in McCarthy’s former offensive coordinator. But the Saints need help, and here are the two best players they must trade for in the 2025 NFL offseason.
There’s a problem with the Saints, and it’s not just the 5-12 finish in the 2024 season. The Saints won their first two games and looked like world-beaters with a 91-29 margin of victory. Seven straight losses later, their season titled the wrong and never recovered.
What will it take for the Saints to become contenders again? Well, it will take more than a couple of trades. But here is a starting point.
Because of the way the offense looked at the beginning of the season, dealing with an outside threat like Wilson could make this offense one of the better ones in the NFL. Yes, it would take quite a bit to pull off this kind of a trade. But at least Wilson is potentially available, according to Pro Football Focus.
“Where there’s smoke, there’s often fire, and plenty is billowing around Wilson and the Jets entering this offseason,” Bradley Locker wrote. “With only one year left on Wilson’s rookie contract and a series of sweeping changes inbound, New York could elect to trade him.”
A lot of this comes down to Aaron Rodgers. And if the Jets are wise enough to cut bait with the fading Rodgers, Wilson will likely stay put in New York.
However, there’s no doubt that pairing Wilson with Chris Olave could lift the Saints offense into a gear it hasn’t seen since the Drew Brees days. Wilson has a career grade of 84.5 from PFF. That ranks near the top 20 in the NFL.
And Wilson is hungry. Jets interim coach Jeff Ulbrich, who Aaron Glenn has since replaced, said the three-year veteran expressed his frustrations about not getting enough targets in the right way, according to yahoo.com.
“If he wasn’t frustrated, that would bother me to an extent,” Ulbrich said. “He is just one of those ultimate competitors that wants the ball. Not for selfish reasons, but from the standpoint that he can help our team win if he does have the ball in his hands.
“From that standpoint, of course, it’s going to be a little bit of frustration just when we lose because he always feels like he is the guy that can win the game for us. I think he has utilized that frustration to this point to push him to be better in every single way. As long as he continues to use that as motivation, it can be a positive.”
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