Saints release veteran receiver Emmanuel Sanders in cap-saving maneuver | Luke Johnson

gosaints1 · 03-11-2021, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

So I was wrong. Or not totally right. Brees was obviously able to play, but affected by injuries. As did and was Michael Thomas. But what does that have to do with the Saints coming into the game dealing with several significant injuries which you seem to totally dismiss as being no factor in the loss? I don't get your point.

ALL teams INCLUDING Tampa Bay had injuries. Let’s look at a final injury report for that game:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl...go/ar-BB1cNmyQ

Neither Brady, nor Brees were on that list, Godwin was but CGM wasn’t, but clearly all four were hampered by injuries. Bottom line, both team’s were beat up. All teams at that time of the year are, it’s the exception to the rule, the extremely rare exception, to find a starter who isn’t beat the heck up when going into wild card/divisional/championship weekend. Heck Tom Brady had knee surgery immediately following the season’s end.

Jared Cook was listed on that injury report. Do you believe he deserves a break for his fumble bc of a back issue? Many here intimate that Cook is responsible for the Saints loss, as the game swung on that fumble, so to speak. While simultaneously ignoring the first turnover of the game, the Drew Brees int that wound up on our own 4 yard line. Followed very quickly (4 seconds of game time later) by a TB TD.

I don’t understand the distinction. Why does Cook get the blame..., while DB#9 gets a “pass”. Turnovers, all four of them combined, were the deciding factor.

03-11-2021, 04:04 PM	#29
gosaints1 500th Post Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 576	Re: Saints release veteran receiver Emmanuel Sanders in cap-saving maneuver \| Luke Johnson Originally Posted by AsylumGuido So I was wrong. Or not totally right. Brees was obviously able to play, but affected by injuries. As did and was Michael Thomas. But what does that have to do with the Saints coming into the game dealing with several significant injuries which you seem to totally dismiss as being no factor in the loss? I don't get your point. ALL teams INCLUDING Tampa Bay had injuries. Let’s look at a final injury report for that game: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl...go/ar-BB1cNmyQ Neither Brady, nor Brees were on that list, Godwin was but CGM wasn’t, but clearly all four were hampered by injuries. Bottom line, both team’s were beat up. All teams at that time of the year are, it’s the exception to the rule, the extremely rare exception, to find a starter who isn’t beat the heck up when going into wild card/divisional/championship weekend. Heck Tom Brady had knee surgery immediately following the season’s end. Jared Cook was listed on that injury report. Do you believe he deserves a break for his fumble bc of a back issue? Many here intimate that Cook is responsible for the Saints loss, as the game swung on that fumble, so to speak. While simultaneously ignoring the first turnover of the game, the Drew Brees int that wound up on our own 4 yard line. Followed very quickly (4 seconds of game time later) by a TB TD. I don’t understand the distinction. Why does Cook get the blame..., while DB#9 gets a “pass”. Turnovers, all four of them combined, were the deciding factor.
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