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this is a discussion within the NFL Community Forum; Originally Posted by alexonfyre This statement is patently false.[/url] “Nnamdi Asomugha ate lunch in his car during practices instead of eating with his teammates last season, WIP Radio in Philadelphia reported Tuesday. WIP Radio’s Hollis Thomas, who played for the ...

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Old 03-21-2013, 07:00 AM   #11
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Re: New Orleans Saints Better Off Not Signing Nnamdi Asomugha

Originally Posted by alexonfyre View Post
This statement is patently false.[/url]
“Nnamdi Asomugha ate lunch in his car during practices instead of eating with his teammates last season, WIP Radio in Philadelphia reported Tuesday. WIP Radio’s Hollis Thomas, who played for the Eagles from 1996 to 2005, reported the information, citing unnamed sources, who told Thomas that Asomugha chose to eat in his car in order to secure some “me time” during the season.”

Philly fingers start to point at Asomugha | ProFootballTalk

Eagles' Nnamdi Asomugha questions defensive coordinator's decision-making in loss | NJ.com

Asomugha Blames Timezone > “Here, things aren’t as familiar,” Asomugha said, via CSN Bay Area. “The biggest reason is because when I got here, we went straight into football. I didn’t get here in March, so I didn’t have months to get acclimated. It’s the end of September and I’m still getting acclimated to the area and just using my down time to familiarize myself with the East Coast and with football out here.”

Philadelphia Eagles: Nnamdi Asomugha reflects on the team’s defensive performance - The Times Herald

Originally Posted by burningmetal View Post
Keenan Lewis is a nice pickup, but I don't know where you're getting the information that he was the highest performing cornerback.
NFL Stats, factor in Passes Defensed, Passes Deflected, QB Rating v. Throws to CB coverage, QB Yds/Completion v. CB Coverage, Tackles; the only category that he lacked in was interceptions, but this was his first season where he was a starter...

Originally Posted by burningmetal View Post
You brought up players we over paid for. That's cool, I didn't say we never made a bad deal. We had money to give then. The reason I say you can rest assured we will NOT over pay for Nnamdi, is because it is simply impossible right now.
Burn, look how much money has been rolled forward or converted to sign players when we were over the salary cap - I just don't won't to borrow money for a lemon that, if it doesn't run, we won't even have the money to fix it...

Originally Posted by burningmetal View Post
Also, I'm aware that we would get little savings from releasing Greer or Robinson. The only way to save is to somehow find a trade partner.
We would save by meeting a need (i.e. DE, OLB, LT) and sending on of those players in trade compensation...

Originally Posted by burningmetal View Post
I brought up our safeties because they present the same problem. You're saying we should pursue Huff, but that would mean dealing with the financial burden of getting rid of one of our safeties...
There'd be little in savings (rookie contract) for Jenkins, who I feel is miscast as Free Safety and would be a better Cornerback or Strong Safety; I'd prefer to keep him...

Now Harper, if released, would result in a total of ~3.5mil (1.75 per year) in dead cap money over the next two years, that is significant dead money, but it is also significant available money to sign another player...

Originally Posted by burningmetal View Post
Now don't misunderstand, I would like an upgrade and Huff could be a nice addition. But he is likely gong to command more than the Saints can give.
Bring him in and ask him; show interest...

Originally Posted by burningmetal View Post
We're either going to roll with the safeties we have, and bear with it...
New Orleans Saints set record: Worst defense in NFL history - Las Vegas Sports | Examiner.com

Originally Posted by burningmetal View Post
While Huff might be a nice upgrade, I do strongly disagree that he would give us a Darren Sharper type of impact. He has never been close to that kind of player before.
Huff actually shifted to cornerback as the Raiders suffered injuries early on and transitioned into a very good cornerback; That selflessness jumps out at me. That and the fact that as a Safety, he can acutally cover someone, which is the primary nature of a Safety, Defensive Back in today's game.

Originally Posted by burningmetal View Post
If you don't want Nnamdi, that's ok. But I'm not really buying into the argument against him.
It's all good brother...

In my vocation, when I have call-outs in my business and I have to wait in the office for customers, all hours of the day/night -I pass and enjoy time with discussion about sports...

And with the Saints, who like all of us are passionate - have seen this story before and I'm cautious of signing Asomugha, coming out of a damaged goods situation by some of his reactions when faced with adversity...

I just cited some sources so others can understand my position on signing Asomugha when I believe we should think out of the box and look at other options...

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