saintsfan1203

CB Duane Starks should be happy that he's out of Oakland after being released.

A mere shadow of his former self, Starks needs to find a job with a winning team, even if it's only for the Veteran Minimum. The 10th pick overall in the 1998 NFL Draft by the Ravens, Starks was a crafty and scrappy defensive back who stole 20 passes away from his opponents over the course of his four seasons in Baltimore. He even picked off a pass in the Ravens' Super Bowl victory over the New York Giants and returned it 49 yards for a touchdown.

But for the past two years, he's been a struggling veteran player attempting to resurrect his career with a struggling team. That rarely works. If he wants to be successful in this league again, he needs to find a defensive backs coach with a winning program who has the talent to spot what's gone awry with Starks' approach to the game, both mentally and physically. And he has to surround himself with players who have a winning attitude and who won't accept anything from him but his best effort every day. I hope he finds that opportunity, because when his game was on, he was great fun to watch.

Just curious to know what you think?

hagan714

LOL him and Aaron Glenn could fight over the now vacant Lazy Boy recliner on the sidelines that Fred Thomas was assigned to cover last year.

jewagr007

ROFL....that is funny. Needed a good laugh today. Thanks

saintsfan1976

I think the most glaring word in that article ------ WAS!!

mikesaintfan

why get all these mid level/downside of career guys? Do we have a plan to play all of them? Could we slip 14 guys on the field? MM on one side and everyone else on the other?

saintsfan1976

Why not bring in Takeo?

SapperSaint

I don't know about you guys but I'm sick and tired of talking about "what our team will be like", and I am ready to start arguing about "Sundays'" game!!!!

JKool

I think T. Spikes would be a good addition. With Morgan actually hanging up the cleets, we're still a linebacker away from a good crew.

I don't see any harm in bringing in some aging vets. Eric Allen was not too shabby for a couple of years (for us), and he was on the back end of his career (unless I am remembering incorrectly). Not all the corners we have in camp are going to make the team; there is no harm in looking at a few different options.