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Payton gushed over him today. RT @alexmarvez: Breaking on FOXSports.com: NO signs SD RB Darren Sproles to 2 year contract.

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by wwltvsports
Breaking on FOXSports.com: NO signs SD RB Darren Sproles to 2 year contract. Story posting asap. Will tweet link.

OH YEAH!!!!! Awesome

Nice! :bng:

NICE!!!!!!!

Any actual linked proof? I can't find anything

the return game just got the boost it needed. lets see what mighty mouse has left

HELL YEA!!

i finally agree with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The New Orleans Saints didn’t wait long to find a replacement for Reggie Bush.

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A source told FOXSports.com that the Saints have reached agreement on a two-year contract with free-agent running back Darren Sproles. Financial terms weren’t immediately available.

Sproles, 28, doesn’t have the same physical size as Bush, who was traded Thursday to the Miami Dolphins for an undisclosed draft pick and safety Jonathan Amaya. But like Bush, the 5-foot-6, 190-pound Sproles does have outstanding pass-catching skills out of the backfield. Sproles also is a capable blocker on blitz pickups and can potentially assume return duties for the Saints as well.

After spending the past six seasons in San Diego, Sproles was also under strong demand from the Philadelphia Eagles. He caught a career-high 59 passes for 520 yards and two touchdowns in 2010. Sproles also averaged 5.3 yards on his 50 rushing attempts.

Sproles also worked out extensively this offseason with Saints quarterback Drew Brees. The two were Chargers teammates in Sproles’ 2005 rookie season before Brees signed with the Saints in free agency the following season.

Sproles joins a talented Saints backfield that also includes starter Pierre Thomas and 2011 first-round draft choice Mark Ingram.

Darren Sproles, New Orleans Saints agree to terms - NFL News | FOX Sports on MSN

Don't think Danno would post bogus info. (although I would like to see the story myself too) :mrgreen:


**edit**
Thanks.

We already did.

Thank You hagan!

Now I'll celebrate: WHOOOO!

Still, gonna be a crowded backfield. How do you get all of these guys touches? Kind of nuts.

Tool. And coming from me that means somethin. :bng:

Ingram = all around
Ivory = short yardage
PT = screens and draws
Sproles = returns and gadget plays

sounds about right?

Nice touch. Thanks

Championship

I'm extremely excited about this.

It's not really a crowded backfield YET. Who knows when Ivory will even be ready. Remember he suffered the same injury at the end of the season that took Jonathan Casillas out early last year.

I'm thinking PT will be the starter, with Ingram/Ivory each getting a few carries a game as needed.

Sproles primarily on returns and the occasional screen/carry

What are the terms? It will really be a slap in the face to Reggie if it's more than $2.5 million

I love this team! They make things happen.

I know one thing; this news is sure to send shivers of fear through Falc'aint fans... LOL!

Why would we have to trade one of our backs?

This is GREAT. Sproles is way more consistent than Bush......I love it!

I didn't want to sign him, but we're LOADED! Looks like we're going all out this season.

FF I just saw that video and was gonna post it too. Dang, he did make a mess of Big 12 defenses.

I love this signing. May not have Reggie's pure burst but I think he has better vision and at 5'7" in a pair of heels he is sneaky and tough to tackle.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...VO31-yseq0xjla

4 years, $14 million, $6 mill guaranteed.

Not bad at all.

Yep... Good pickup. Fits in nicely in Reggie's place on the offense.

Bush Lite, 1/3 the calories of regular Bush, all the taste.

Sproles is the rich mans Reggie Bush.

And to think... Reggie could have had that offer. :rolleyes:

This is I told ya so, as soon as I heard Drew Brees say that there not gonna change the offense much with or with out Reggie it said to me that they had to get a back that can do what reggie could. People we sign from San Diego usually pan out!!!! WINK WINK!!!! Who Dat!!!!

Half the people in this room just forgot about Reggie Bush!!!!

We go from "Ricky! Ricky! Ricky!"

to

"Reggie! Reggie! Reggie~"

back to "Ricky! Ricky! Ricky"

Oh the irony is just too much...

I thought we couldnt sign FA until tomorrow?

I feel a poem is in order.