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Saintswrath 03-28-2011 11:59 AM

Something to Ponder: Saints worst LB pick of the century
 
(2000-present) Cie Grant (3rd round, 2003). Former coach Jim Haslett raved about Grant and Grant did nothing for the Saints. He tallied three total tackles in his rookie season and finished his career with only three total tackles.

Oh boy...

st thomas 03-28-2011 12:22 PM

i remember now. 3rd rd pick and the 1st pick of that draft is the; well one of my all time top 2 bomb picks johnathan sullivan lets forget jim hasselett

Saintswrath 03-28-2011 12:25 PM

I was actually excited about Cie Grant because Jim raved about him sooooo much, i thought he was going to pull a Ditka/Ricky and do a Marriage cover with him or something..

Mind you this was after a past 2 very successful Seasons with Haslett as Coach, so everybody was on board with anything he said, we even had shirts with "HECKOVA!" on it lol.. Cie Grant got a lot of "HECKOVA'S" so before the season even started we were ampd up about him. :doh:

Danno 03-28-2011 01:15 PM

Not fair, a career ending injury shouldn't qualify a player as a bad pick.

I'd vote Sedrick Hodge or Coutney Watson.

iceshack149 03-29-2011 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Danno (Post 291700)
Not fair, a career ending injury shouldn't qualify a player as a bad pick.

I'd vote Sedrick Hodge or Coutney Watson.

I had hopes for all those guys. The Saints have been so weak at LB since the early 90's until the new 51 arrived.

Colby Bokwoldt (I must have spelled that wrong) also was a let down. When he picked #57 for his jersey I thought that he either had no clue or that he felt pretty sure of himself. Maybe he didn't care. I dunno.

Danno 03-29-2011 05:31 PM

Don't forget about Stanley Arnoux, although the jury is still out. But so far after 2 years... nothing.

skymike 03-29-2011 05:42 PM

Alvin Toles usually gets a mention in these threads, but in his defense,
how are you going to break into the Dome Patrol. He would have played
on a lot of other teams.

papz 03-29-2011 06:04 PM

Fincher was also a disappointment. I really thought Hodge was going to become a player... he was pretty good in college.

I don't know if I would use Colby as one... he was a 7th round pick and the odds were already stacked against him. At least we got some numbers out of him.

Papa Voodoo 03-30-2011 04:47 PM

Kevin Mitchell

skymike 03-30-2011 05:03 PM

naw, not kevin mitchell

SAINT_MICHAEL 03-30-2011 06:06 PM

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Kevin Mitchell? Man he sure was a hitter!

foreverfan 03-30-2011 06:30 PM

Anybody remember the "I have to take a Haslett" story?

Papa Voodoo 03-31-2011 12:47 PM

Skymike, you may be thinking of Keith Mitchell. He had a TD return that got put in a commercial. First big time commercial I ever saw for the Saints now that I think about it. Weary and Mathis were in it too I think.

spkb25 03-31-2011 12:55 PM

Grant had real knee issues. I remember that- I think he would have been a solid player if not for the knees

QBREES9 04-03-2011 10:29 PM

UConn Huskie Alfred Fincher BUST, DUMB A**

HouYat 04-04-2011 07:26 AM

Most of you won't remember this guy, but I'll go with Rick Middleton, and No. 1 draft pick who wasn't even the best LB on his college team. Denver used the very next pick to grab his teammate Randy Gradishar, someone you may have heard of.

spkb25 04-05-2011 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by QBREES9 (Post 292658)
UConn Huskie Alfred Fincher BUST, DUMB A**

i still remember the quote from that guy ter he got drafted- they asked what are you going to do now- he said prolly run some stands.

HouYat 04-05-2011 01:05 PM

I'll have to take back my selection, since Middleton played in the previous century. For this century, I'll agree with y'all on Fincher. Middleton is still one of the worst of all-time for the Saints.


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