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Saints Add Kicker Billy Cundiff; Waive FB Corey McIntyre
Douglas P. Miller, NewOrleansSaints.com
Nov 23, 2006 – 11:50 am


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The Saints signed strong-legged placekicker Billy Cundiff today and waived fullback Corey McIntyre.

Cundiff played four seasons with the Dallas Cowboys and earned the reputation as one of the NFL's top kickoff men with his high, hanging kickofss that helped the Cowboys hold opponents to a league-low 17.5-yard kickoff return average in 2004.

He was signed by Green Bay as a free agent in March, was limited to six games in 2005 with Dallas due to an injury but was released by the Packers on August 17, 2006.

In 53 career games with the Cowboys, Cundiff connected on 60-of-82 field-goal attempts (73.2 percent) and missed one extra-point conversion in 101 attempts. Cundiff's career-long field goal was a 56-yarder in 2005.

He holds the record (with three others) for most field goals in a game with seven against the New York Giants on Monday Night Football on Sept. 15, 2003.

In other news, the Saints added wide receiver Dante Ridgeway to the practice squad and released quarterback Jason Fife. Ridgeway was in training camp with the Jets this season after spending the entire 2005 on their practice squad. A product of Ball State, Ridgeway entered the league as a sixth round draft choice of the St. Louis Rams in 2005. In 35 college games at Ball State, he caught 238 passes for 3,030 yards and 22 TDs.

Dante Ridgeway Grade: 3.53
Position: WR
Class: Jr
School: Ball St.
Conference: MAC
5-11, 212, 4.63
Selected by: St. Louis Rams
Round 6, pick 18 (192 overall) Grading System



BIO: Two-year starter named All-Conference and All-America last season after posting 105/1,399/8. Sophomore totals included 89/1,075/10. Set an MAC single season record for receptions last year and holds almost every Ball State receiving record.

POSITIVES: Sure-handed, underneath receiver who consistently makes the reception. Fluid releasing off the line, runs decent routes and gets separation from opponents. Extends his hands offering the quarterback a nice target and displays good eye/hand coordination. Pulls the ball out of a crowd or adjusts to scoop up the low throw. Makes the acrobatic reception with regularity. Works to pick up yardage running after the reception.

NEGATIVES: Lacks the deep speed or ability to stretch defenses. Not a big, strong, sturdy receiver and may have difficulty handling the jam at the next level.

ANALYSIS: A pass-catching force in college the past two seasons, Ridgeway has been the go-to guy who opponents have been unable to stop. Had a terrific Combine and looked like the best receiver in the RCA Dome. Marginal size/speed numbers make him best suited as a fourth receiver in the NFL.

PROJECTION: Early Fourth Round

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/foo...ers/62462.html

COMBINE: 4.57 in the 40-yard dash … 2.66 20-yard dash … 1.60 10-yard dash … 4.39 20-yard shuttle … 11.60 60-yard shuttle … 7.25 three-cone drill … 33-inch vertical jump … 9-foot-9 broad jump … 30-inch arm length … 8½-inch hands
http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/2005/ridgeway_dante

Ok now we do not have a #3 QB and we add a WR? looks like another Hass to me 4.57 speed but a bit shorter. Is the front office admitting, granted in a round about way, that they should have hung onto Hass? Okay thats my dig for cutting him. Just does not make sense to me.
Copper shows signs of possibility but need work on the mental part of the game. Henderson needs Stick'em still, but he has improved. What about Jones?