TE David Sloan resigned

SaintNik · 12-04-2003, 06:32 PM

Has the resigning of David Sloan and the steady play of Boo Williams already made fans forget Ernie (Caldwell) Conwell? Let\'s all wish Ernie a healthy recovery and return to the team. Sloan got caught up in a numbers game here more than anything because of the upside talent of Zach Hilton. We haven\'t seen much of Hilton other than preseason as he has been inactive most of the year and not in on any plays in the games he was active for until last week when he hurt his knee playing on special teams. He may be out for a few weeks. I sure would like to see the Saints use him when in the redzone. At 6\'8\" tall I can\'t see how a 5\'10\" corner could out jump him on a toss up throw in the endzone on short yardage situations. Boo Williams has given the team a sure handed tight end with enough speed to be a mismatch with LBs. If Joe Horn could just get that knee healthy and if ANYNODY could pose a threat on the other side by just making a few plays, our offense would see a bigger effect of the emergence of Boo.

As for Sloan, he should be able to fit right in. He has a lot to prove. He has been there and done that, but not here and not lately. As a former starter and former probowler, he knows he can perform well and hopefully he will. He has the ability to help this team out down the stretch. The team had to release DT Henry Ford to make room for Sloan. Ford was a dissapointment as he missed all of the preseason and some of the regular with ankle problems and was a less than average backup playing behind all of the young guys.

12-04-2003, 06:32 PM	#1
SaintNik 100th Post Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 312	TE David Sloan resigned Has the resigning of David Sloan and the steady play of Boo Williams already made fans forget Ernie (Caldwell) Conwell? Let\'s all wish Ernie a healthy recovery and return to the team. Sloan got caught up in a numbers game here more than anything because of the upside talent of Zach Hilton. We haven\'t seen much of Hilton other than preseason as he has been inactive most of the year and not in on any plays in the games he was active for until last week when he hurt his knee playing on special teams. He may be out for a few weeks. I sure would like to see the Saints use him when in the redzone. At 6\'8\" tall I can\'t see how a 5\'10\" corner could out jump him on a toss up throw in the endzone on short yardage situations. Boo Williams has given the team a sure handed tight end with enough speed to be a mismatch with LBs. If Joe Horn could just get that knee healthy and if ANYNODY could pose a threat on the other side by just making a few plays, our offense would see a bigger effect of the emergence of Boo. As for Sloan, he should be able to fit right in. He has a lot to prove. He has been there and done that, but not here and not lately. As a former starter and former probowler, he knows he can perform well and hopefully he will. He has the ability to help this team out down the stretch. The team had to release DT Henry Ford to make room for Sloan. Ford was a dissapointment as he missed all of the preseason and some of the regular with ankle problems and was a less than average backup playing behind all of the young guys.
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