Saints gains and loses

WhoDat · 03-27-2003, 10:23 AM

Hey man, it\'s not like I\'m not excited about the draft. I am. The prospect of picking up Trufant, Bailey, and Doss really excites me. But throw those guys in the lineup and you\'re talking about

Mitchell - 2nd year, first year as a starter with any significant playing time
Doss - rookie
Carter - 9th game as a Saint, we still don\'t know if he can stay off the hooch or if he\'ll pan out on the field
Trufant - I\'m not sure he\'ll start, but he\'ll be part of a secondary that also has Craver, who is in his second year and didn\'t get a lot of PT last year due to injury.
Ruff - first year with the Saints, he didn\'t play much last year and who knows what he can do.
Allen and Hodge are both young without a ton of PT. Throw Bailey into that mix and you have another rookie starter.
Grant - he played very well last year, but he\'s still only a second year guy don\'t forget.
Add a new DT, to replace Hand I\'m guessing, and you\'ve got a whole lot of new faces and YOUTH on D. Inexperience and little playing time as a group. That\'s a hit or miss recipe for this year. Certainly in years to come this group could be great. But looking ahead to this season... all I see are ?????????????

03-27-2003, 10:23 AM	#1
WhoDat 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,631	Saints gains and loses Hey man, it\'s not like I\'m not excited about the draft. I am. The prospect of picking up Trufant, Bailey, and Doss really excites me. But throw those guys in the lineup and you\'re talking about Mitchell - 2nd year, first year as a starter with any significant playing time Doss - rookie Carter - 9th game as a Saint, we still don\'t know if he can stay off the hooch or if he\'ll pan out on the field Trufant - I\'m not sure he\'ll start, but he\'ll be part of a secondary that also has Craver, who is in his second year and didn\'t get a lot of PT last year due to injury. Ruff - first year with the Saints, he didn\'t play much last year and who knows what he can do. Allen and Hodge are both young without a ton of PT. Throw Bailey into that mix and you have another rookie starter. Grant - he played very well last year, but he\'s still only a second year guy don\'t forget. Add a new DT, to replace Hand I\'m guessing, and you\'ve got a whole lot of new faces and YOUTH on D. Inexperience and little playing time as a group. That\'s a hit or miss recipe for this year. Certainly in years to come this group could be great. But looking ahead to this season... all I see are ?????????????
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