Saints reach 4 year deal(12 million) with Pierre Thomas

TheDeuce · 03-03-2011, 09:27 PM

I like PT, so I'm glad we got this done. What it tells me is that we are now committed to the "Running Back By Committee" approach. You can debate whether that's a good thing or not, but PT is not a feature back like Steven Jackson so we are going to run different RBs out there depending on the situation. PT, IMO, is the best running back in the league at catching balls out of the backfield, especially on screens. He is such a threat and a great weapon in that capacity. The Saints now need to make sure they have enough depth to balance the load.

st thomas · 03-04-2011, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by TheDeuce

I like PT, so I'm glad we got this done. What it tells me is that we are now committed to the "Running Back By Committee" approach. You can debate whether that's a good thing or not, but PT is not a feature back like Steven Jackson so we are going to run different RBs out there depending on the situation. PT, IMO, is the best running back in the league at catching balls out of the backfield, especially on screens. He is such a threat and a great weapon in that capacity. The Saints now need to make sure they have enough depth to balance the load.

i'm glad u brought up the screens to him. but its the decoy he lays out before the screen is played out hes a master at it and he makes teams bite at a run or a dump the opposite direction then back to him. u can see it developing, masterpiece p.t. think about it, he's not the whole back just a piece of a championship backfield.

03-03-2011, 09:27 PM	#1
TheDeuce 1000 Posts + Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,928	I like PT, so I'm glad we got this done. What it tells me is that we are now committed to the "Running Back By Committee" approach. You can debate whether that's a good thing or not, but PT is not a feature back like Steven Jackson so we are going to run different RBs out there depending on the situation. PT, IMO, is the best running back in the league at catching balls out of the backfield, especially on screens. He is such a threat and a great weapon in that capacity. The Saints now need to make sure they have enough depth to balance the load.
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03-04-2011, 02:27 PM	#2
st thomas Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: lafayette Posts: 7,753	Originally Posted by TheDeuce I like PT, so I'm glad we got this done. What it tells me is that we are now committed to the "Running Back By Committee" approach. You can debate whether that's a good thing or not, but PT is not a feature back like Steven Jackson so we are going to run different RBs out there depending on the situation. PT, IMO, is the best running back in the league at catching balls out of the backfield, especially on screens. He is such a threat and a great weapon in that capacity. The Saints now need to make sure they have enough depth to balance the load. i'm glad u brought up the screens to him. but its the decoy he lays out before the screen is played out hes a master at it and he makes teams bite at a run or a dump the opposite direction then back to him. u can see it developing, masterpiece p.t. think about it, he's not the whole back just a piece of a championship backfield.