Malcolm Jenkins retires
 

Saints DB Malcolm Jenkins announced his retirement.

SOURCE: Ryan Clark on Twitter

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Thanks for everything Malcolm. Hope you find success and happiness in your next stage in life

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I'm glad he did this before the draft.

Good luck with life after football.

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A healthy Marcus Maye makes an excellent strong safety. CJ fits perfectly at FS.

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Congrats to Jenkins and having a SOLID NFL CAREER.

Was one of the only 2 remaining Saints still playing from the 09 SB team.

Enjoy your retirement sir.

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Jenkins appears set for life. Still relatively young, has business ventures in place, and has dabbled in the broadcasting field in the past.

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So, all the people suggesting we needed to draft his replacement were right?

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We'll draft a replacement. It's OK. Learn can't do it when Leon gets too old.

We should not have let Jenkins go to Philly in the first place.

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He's played extensively at both positions and may be better suited to play SS now given his Achilles injury. He also came discounted so I really don't money plays much of a factor here. IMO CJ has more range is better suited playing FS. Maye has played a large amount of his snaps in the box under Saleh making him better suited for SS. Honestly both have shown in the past they have the skillset for either position. We should be good back there regardless.

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Nick sees Mayes as a possible replacement at SS for Jenkins pointing out that he played that position for NY the past two seasons.

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I think it was good for him and Payton that he got that time in Philly. I’m not sure he would ever have developed into the player he is had he stayed. If I remember correctly those were the days Payton was hell bent on building a defense like Seattle had without the personnel in place to do so. He was trying to fit players into roles that didn’t play to their strengths. When DA took over Payton stopped meddling with the defense and they got a lot better.
Still pisses me off that most of Brees good years were squandered by ****ty defenses.

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Well dang it, this won't help our Buckeyes quota.

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Man time flies. Losing both starting safeties is gonna hurt if for only the communication aspect.

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He played well when he got some good coaching after moving. Thank god, Payton finally cleaned house of his old cronies. When push came to shove, after multiple 7-9 seasons, he stepped up and brought in fresh faces who helped develop players with proper coaching and a fresh perspective. He developed into a Super bowl winner while in two different cities.
I didn't always agree with his politics but he represented well. He knew he was losing a step and retired at a good time in his life after investing well for his family's future. Thanks for all you've done. Live long and prosper.

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Will miss his leadership but believe it or not, we could upgrade his position this season

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That happens more than we care to admit and probably more than than a mid career player floundering somewhere else comes to New Orleans and flourishes.

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Just shows Payton made the exact same mistake twice.

He said he let Jenkins go too early and said it was the biggest mistake of his career. Yet he let it happen again with a player just entering his prime.

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IDK, in the Bengals' games I've seen, Bell hasn't exactly flashed as a game-changer. A solid player, but not a star.

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You can't keep everyone. And when you draft talented players, sometimes you lose them. Sometimes that player wants to be somewhere else too. They can't all be perfect decisions.

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So true. And this happens regardless of what strategy is used in cap management.

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Is this the circle of life I keep hearing about?

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More like a Roulette Wheel it seem's when it comes to the Saints.

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I thought Rob Ninikovich was his biggest blunder ?!?

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That’s true diz, but Vacarro was a high drafted safety he let go as well and that was the right move. It’s a tough choice.

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It's still better than Russian roulette.

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Right about now.. nothing good is coming out of Russia not even Vodka.

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You don't make the playoffs for a straight decade by playing russian roulette.

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Nick Underhill mocked Jameson Williams at 18 and I can't argue it.

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I can't forget what Dr. David Chao said about Jameson Williams the other day. He said he could see him in his workouts being unable to lift the leg with the ACL injury near as high as the other. He doesn't expect him to be ready for the season based upon the procedure and what his position and skillset requires, but he could be a good investment for the future likening him to a player that the Titans drafted at #19 recently that was coming off an ACL injury and wasn't able to play right away, Jeffery Simmons.

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Personally, I don’t give a damn about the ACL injury keeping Jameson Williams off the field for most of the season. Picking him in the first is a five-year investment where you’re sacrificing a little playing time at first for a couple years of potentially having the most electrifying deep threat in the league. I’d take him at #18 all day.

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Or Chris Olave @ 18.

Day 1 starter in the NFL & more importantly a difference-maker at WR.