AsylumGuido

Seven year veteran guard/tackle Chris Reed has started 30 games and played in 70. He spent his last two years with the Vikings.

AsylumGuido

Shane Lemieux played extensively at center during the preseason, I believe.

iceshack149

No thanks!

AsylumGuido

It's what we've got. Like it or not. You can't just pick offensive linemen off trees. There has been a dire shortage to begin with and half the teams in the league have already lost starters.

AsylumGuido

AsylumGuido

With ‘thin’ free agent market, Saints opt for internal replacement after McCoy lands on IR

From article above ...

By adding Lemieux to the 53-man roster, the Saints signaled they're willing to attempt to replace McCoy internally rather than bring someone off the street to play center.

Part of that rationale may be because of the lack of options available. New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis called the free agent market for offensive linemen "pretty thin" in a recent radio interview with WWL.

"There was a number of offensive line injuries, not just this last weekend, but in the prior two weekends," Loomis said. "That pool of players has been depleted."

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This jives with what I have been hearing. In an already thin offensive line talent pool, the rash of injuries to OL's across the entire league has resulted in a historic shortage of quality replacements.

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill

AsylumGuido

I just heard on NFL Radio that there are currently 92 offensive linemen that have either been placed on IR or injured and not expected to play in week four with IR still pending on several of them. That's an average of almost three offensive linemen for every franchise in the league out injured.

Just let that sink in.

Sinner

Regardless of whatever is happening around the league, we need to beat Atlanta this week. No excuses.
Just let that sink in. 😉

K Major

^^^ This.

Philly found a way to get it done on the road without AJ Brown, Lane Johnson & Devonta Smith (late in the game) last week.

Saints need to do the same THIS WEEK vs Atlanta.

Sinner

If Philly could come into our house and do that to us, you would THINK that we could go into Atlanta and take care of business. If we don’t, the NFC SOUTH and the rest of the season is going to get real funky.