I was just wondering where your interest in him in particular originated. That's why I mentioned it as seeming random. I brought up fantasy because that's an arena where lessor known players are sometimes identified by fans. I wonder why J'Ville decided to move on from him after one season. Okay, I see now. They jumped all over McManus when Denver released him. I do remember hearing something about that. It looks like they already had a second year practice squad kicker, McCourt, as competition. They probably gave Detroit a call asking if they wanted their kicker back before he was waived. Who knows, maybe the Saints may have tried to pick him up off waivers had he been released.

But, you think it would have been a good idea if the Saints had given up a draft pick just to try the guy out beside Lutz? That might have gone over like a turd in a punch bowl with some fans. We got that player as competition for no draft collateral as a UDFA in Blake Grupe. I could see bringing in one of the 12 remaining free agents if Lutz was seen as having any difficulties this off-season. From everything I've heard, mainly from Underhill and Triplett, both Lutz and Grupe are looking good so far. They both said they've seen nothing that would prevent Lutz from keeping the job, however.