New Orleans Saints Discussion

[CJSchneider]

Well, since he's with another team, now I hope so.

[wicket]

I really think we could use hall although i usually dont like that kinda characters but with porter injured en mckenzie out for a while prolly we just need al the help we can get. For those who are better familiar with contract lengths, are there any good left tackles hitting free agency, I'd really like to move brown to the right and have a good LT. (I know the odds are slim)

[Shiver]

After the Shockey experiment I don't think you guys need players like that.

[saintsfan912]

Originally Posted by Shiver

After the Shockey experiment I don't think you guys need players like that.

Give Shockey a full offseason healthy and he'll be fine.

McKenzie out for the rest of the season by the way.

[Menardo75]

Watching the Saints all year it seems like with all the new faces and injures. The team really has not had a chance to gell together. It sucks that the Saints caught the injury bug, because I was really pulling for them. Look at the bright side though, if you finish worst this year. Next year you will be first. It was good to see Brees to get on Shockey for not being where he was supposed to be, and dropping the pass.

[SaintsFanForLife]

Saints need to get that secondary fixed fast. I still think we should have gone after D.Hall

[diabsoule]

Originally Posted by wicket

I really think we could use hall although i usually dont like that kinda characters but with porter injured en mckenzie out for a while prolly we just need al the help we can get. For those who are better familiar with contract lengths, are there any good left tackles hitting free agency, I'd really like to move brown to the right and have a good LT. (I know the odds are slim)

Jordan Gross, LT, Carolina Panthers will be a FA this year.

Other notable OL are Stacy Andrews, Jordan Black, and Vernon Carey.

[saintsfan912]

Isn't Gross more suited for the right side though?

Did Jason Peters sign an extension or is he gonna be a FA too?

[diabsoule]

Originally Posted by saintsfan912

Isn't Gross more suited for the right side though?

Did Jason Peters sign an extension or is he gonna be a FA too?

He signed a 5 year extension in 2006.

And no, Jordan Gross is definitely a LT.

[saintsfan912]

Idk, thought I heard somewhere that he did better when he was on the right side. Either way, it's an improvement over Stinch.

[wicket]

And I honoustly think brown is a great RT but he isnt able to stop great quick athletic pass rushers good enough, he was in trouble against peppers an again against abraham and I probably missed a couple. He still is one of our better linemen but I'd rather see someone else do the blind side whilst he'd own at RT, besides that stinch isnt much good. Where can you find a overview of which players are becomning free agents btw?

[iloxygenil]

I feel bad for the Saints with all their injuries, but come this year's draft I'm going to be wanting to kill them with their top 15 pick (for a team that has the talent to be picking in the 20s) it's really going to hurt me to see them be able to get the caliber of player they will be able to pick up in the first round. Injuries have really limited the Saints this year. Payton seems like he's only getting these guys ready every other week, and I figured with a bye week he'd have a had a much better gameplan coming into the game. Guess he couldn't do anything to overcome the injuries and the lack of talent on Defense.

[diabsoule]

I'm in Baton Rouge.

[Flyboy]

I live in California. I'm from Texas, though.

[wicket]

rotterdam, the netherlands, not really in "da boot" whatever that is.

[diabsoule]

Saints place RB Aaron Stecker on IR, sign RB Mike Bell
Posted by Mike Triplett
The Times-Picayune
November 18, 2008 6:21PM

The Saints placed tailback Aaron Stecker on injured reserve Tuesday after he aggravated his lingering hamsting injury in Sunday's 30-20 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. They replaced him with free agent tailback Mike Bell, a 6-foot, 225-pounder who spent the past two seasons with the Denver Broncos.

Stecker's injury was expected to need four to six weeks to heal, according to his agent Ronald Slavin. With only six weeks remaining in the season, the Saints needed the roster spot.

Bell, 25, had a breakout rookie season with the Broncos in 2006 after signing as an undrafted free agent out of Arizona. But he played only sparingly last year and did not catch on with a team this season after a brief cameo with the Houston Texans in training camp. His agent Steven Feldman confirmed the signing.

Bell (6 feet, 225 pounds) ran for 677 yards and eight touchdowns as a rookie and just three yards on six attempts last year. With his size, he could possibly be a candidate to line up at fullback, as well, while the Saints are playing without a healthy fullback on the roster.

Stecker, 33, is a free agent after this season after he signed a one-year deal to remain in New Orleans this past spring. The valuable utility man has been with the Saints for five years after spending his first four seasons in Tampa Bay.



http://blog.nola.com/saintsbeat/2008...ace_runni.html

Terrible signing as far as I'm concerned. Mike Bell succeeding for a while with a zone blacking system, a system we do not incorporate. The better to sign would have been Najeh Davenport, a back that can help grind it out between the tackles. Navenport was successful for a span in Pittsburgh but wore down due to the workload he was given. We have McAllister and Thomas to help spell Davenport, which would keep him fresher.

Now, we signed a back that wore down in Denver and couldn't succeed in a system that mass-produces productive RB's damn near every year.

[CJSchneider]

Originally Posted by diabsoule

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Now, we signed a back that wore down in Denver and couldn't succeed in a system that mass-produces productive RB's damn near every year.

Point well made.

[SaintsFanForLife]

Originally Posted by diabsoule

Saints place RB Aaron Stecker on IR, sign RB Mike Bell
Posted by Mike Triplett
The Times-Picayune
November 18, 2008 6:21PM

The Saints placed tailback Aaron Stecker on injured reserve Tuesday after he aggravated his lingering hamsting injury in Sunday's 30-20 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. They replaced him with free agent tailback Mike Bell, a 6-foot, 225-pounder who spent the past two seasons with the Denver Broncos.

Stecker's injury was expected to need four to six weeks to heal, according to his agent Ronald Slavin. With only six weeks remaining in the season, the Saints needed the roster spot.

Bell, 25, had a breakout rookie season with the Broncos in 2006 after signing as an undrafted free agent out of Arizona. But he played only sparingly last year and did not catch on with a team this season after a brief cameo with the Houston Texans in training camp. His agent Steven Feldman confirmed the signing.

Bell (6 feet, 225 pounds) ran for 677 yards and eight touchdowns as a rookie and just three yards on six attempts last year. With his size, he could possibly be a candidate to line up at fullback, as well, while the Saints are playing without a healthy fullback on the roster.

Stecker, 33, is a free agent after this season after he signed a one-year deal to remain in New Orleans this past spring. The valuable utility man has been with the Saints for five years after spending his first four seasons in Tampa Bay.



http://blog.nola.com/saintsbeat/2008...ace_runni.html

Terrible signing as far as I'm concerned. Mike Bell succeeding for a while with a zone blacking system, a system we do not incorporate. The better to sign would have been Najeh Davenport, a back that can help grind it out between the tackles. Navenport was successful for a span in Pittsburgh but wore down due to the workload he was given. We have McAllister and Thomas to help spell Davenport, which would keep him fresher.

Now, we signed a back that wore down in Denver and couldn't succeed in a system that mass-produces productive RB's damn near every year.

I agree I dont like bell myself but I think P.Thomas can handle the load. Last time he started and got most of the reps during a game he got over 100 yards rushing and over 100 receiving. I know we just sighned like 2-3 other backs since McAllister could be out for 4 games due to the starcaps BS.

[SaintsFanForLife]

Here is the report with the RB's names we sighned.


Deuce McAllister facing a four-game suspension, running back Aaron Stecker has been placed on injured reserve, a league source tells us.

The Saints, we’re told, filled the spot by inking running back Darian Barnes. Adam Caplan of Scout.com reports that they also have signed running back Mike Bell.

The Saints added another running back via the practice squad, inking Lavarus Giles.

[Sveen]

I'm from Norway.

[GermanSaint]

Aachen , near Collogne in Germany

it seems that especially the saints have a couple of european fans

[saintsfan912]

Why does Jason David even suit up? I know we are thin at CB but son of a ***** he sucks. We would probably do better with Devery back there damnit!

[RCAChainGang]

Originally Posted by saintsfan912

Why does Jason David even suit up? I know we are thin at CB but son of a ***** he sucks. We would probably do better with Devery back there damnit!

I hate to agree with you. But I do. I liked David in Indy, but he always got circulated in and out with other guys.

[TigerBait45]

He made a few plays tonight but he looked horrible on more than a few as well..

He's better than last year. Maybe he'll improve more next year and become competent.

51 points is good. Defense was better tonight. Still not good, but better.

[yo123]

A big thank you to New Orleans from the Vikings!