The New Orleans Saints have some obvious, glaring needs, and this week they did what they could to fill at least two of those holes. First, they traded DT Khalen Saunders to the Jacksonville Jaguars for backup center Luke Fortner. Then, they dealt 2026 draft picks in the fourth and seventh rounds to the Denver Broncos for wide receiver Devaughn Vele.
Were either or both moves a little too high a price to pay? Host Jim Derry asks Times-Picayune and Advocate Saints editor Zach Ewing what he thinkson Dattitude Podcast (Ep. 406) presented by Evangeline Securities, and the Dat Family weighs in, as well.
Also, with Spencer Rattler being announced as QB1 for Saturday’s preseason finale vs. the Broncos, does that mean he has won the job over Tyler Shough? Gabe Henderson is here to make a prediction for college football’s Week 0, and he offers his opinions on Jim’s predictions for the AFC North and NFC North this week.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
8:15 Pregame Chat on Dat
19:40 Zach Ewing joins the show
25:20 Prices too high for Vele, Fortner?
48:00 Rattler to start preseason finale
1:13:20 Post interview
1:26:14 Fridays with Gabe
1:54:03 Final thoughts
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Jim Henderson was recently here to celebrate Ep. 400, but we also have talked to Saints GM Mickey Loomis (Ep. 79), former coach Jim Mora (Ep. 83), NFL Hall of Famer Rickey Jackson (Ep. 57) and former LSU coach Dale Brown (Ep. 45). Oh, and it all started with former ESPN anchor Stan Verrett (Ep. 1).
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