WhoDat

Um, I remember the Saints saying that they had changed their defense this past season to feature Sammy Knight. The result was a bad defense... they said Knight did not play up to expectations. Here's a quote from the TP:

"Knight is the only Saint to start every game the past four seasons. He led the team with a career-high 127 tackles and five interceptions last season. He earned his first Pro Bowl berth in 2001 after making 120 tackles and leading the team with six interceptions and five fumble recoveries. "

Now, I know it was Knight who voided his final year, but let's be real. The Saints pre-empted it. I'm just confused. The guy went to the Pro Bowl in 01. In 02, he had one fewer interception and 7 more tackles. How is that getting worse?


Also - FOR GATORMAN - Here are some more quotes from Sammy Knight about the Saints. I think you'll see that they are basically the same as what Turley, that crazy loon, was saying.

"My feelings are it's kind of a repetitive thing," Knight said. "They let Sam Mills go. They let Wesley Walls go. They let Willie Roaf go. They let Joe Johnson and La'Roi Glover go. And they let Sammy Knight go.

"When they traded Willie Roaf away for a fourth-round draft choice, I was sitting there scratching my head. I was just wondering, 'OK, this is a guy who played with us for 10 or 11 years and went to 10 straight Pro Bowls. And they just trade him away like that.'

"That's kind of a pattern I picked up on," Knight said. ". . . I thought we had a core (of players) about three or four years back. We kept being promised that we would keep the core together, and the core wasn't kept together."