CantonLegend

brown isnt a cancer.....a cancer is someone who destroys a team and the relationships in the locker room

all brown did was want more money.....he held out and didnt show up which is a poor business and professional decision and it shows immaturity IMO

but a cancer? really? you guys are blowing this way out of proportion trying to pretend like the trade was the only thing to do

this trade was a mistake.....we lost our best offensive lineman in favor of a draft pick next year? why would we want a draft pick when we have a proven player at the most important position on the line. a pick is a gamble....whereas brown is the real thing

threads like this make me wonder if you guys know the importance of a talented offensive line

"deal with it or you can go play the saints and get trounced by 30 and you won't have to worry about it."-colin cowherd

biloxi-indian

A legend in one's own mind!

CheramieIII

Cancer starts with 1 bad cell (something really small). You say yourself it showed a lack of professionalism and maturity, so I assume you're saying we want that on the team? Yes, it was a bad trade and I would've made him honor his damn contract and shut the hell up or fine him every chance I got but the team obviously knows more than the both of us or they would've made the trade.

SaintFanInATLHELL

I'll wade in here.

Agreed. Brown was not that.
As is his right. But I think he still made a mistake on two fronts. First is thinking that the time was right for him to ask for his deal. Brown has not played a meaningful football game in nearly 18 months. While of course he was a Pro Bowl caliber tackle at that time, truthfully all bets are now off.

Second was holding out. I think we should have signed the OTA waiver, gotten into the organization, and try to show them what they would be getting. Then if by the end of OTAs nothing was happening, make another move then.

But now he's playing for the same $3.6 million the Saints would have payed him. But now he's in Washington instead of playing for the Champs and with the best QB in the game.

Brown thought he had done enough to earn the Big Ticket contract. But in fact he's going to play another year on limited money. I think he made a bad bet not playing with Brees. McNabb is pretty good. Brees is much better at this point in both of their careers.

It wasn't. It could have lingered on becoming a protracted holdout battle. From the looks of it the Saints did Brown a favor. I think the decision had already been made that Brown wasn't going to get a long term contract without playing a year under the tender. The Brown camp seemed adamant that he get a long term deal or he would sit. It's a stalemate. One the Saints honestly could have afforded to wait out as they have enough tackles in camp to play an entire season without Brown.

But Brown was stuck. If he wasn't going to play for the Saints for the tender amount, then he wasn't going to play this year. Or drag in at week 10 and be totally useless to anyone, including himself.

The Saints could have fined him into much less money. Or they could have simply waited until after training camp started to make Brown available.

Brown is going to get a chance to start this year. A chance to gel with the O-line and McNabb in Washington.

Again I think the Saints did him a favor.

Because he wasn't going to play and the team did not know what his current status is. Also there could have been the simple decision that with so may other needs to be filled, that they couldn't afford to pay a premier left tackle premier left tackle money.

The platoon of Brees, Payton, Bushrod, Streif, and Thomas succeed as a group in winning the SB. While Brown certainly can function on an island, and Bushrod has yet to prove that he can, that battery can motivate a functional #1 offense.
Of course. Did you notice that the Saints did pay the talent?

SFIAH

Super Bowl Championships: New Orleans Saints:1, Carolina:0, Atlanta Chokers: STILL ZERO

Only Atlanta choked in an unchokable situation... Life is definitely good.