Saints sign Olin Kreutz

FinSaint · 08-05-2011, 02:46 PM

I still hope that they won't just hand out the starting position to him, but instead share the reps between him and Tennant through the preseason games, and then make the decision.

Still, I have to think that SP didn't feel like Tennant was ready to step up this season or that he needed a veteran backup.

bbourque5 · 08-05-2011, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by FinSaint

I still hope that they won't just hand out the starting position to him, but instead share the reps between him and Tennant through the preseason games, and then make the decision.

Still, I have to think that SP didn't feel like Tennant was ready to step up this season or that he needed a veteran backup.

Sean Payton has already said in recent interviews that he doesn't hand starting jobs over to anyone period. Every starter has to earn the position by working his ass off

FinSaint · 08-05-2011, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by bbourque5

Sean Payton has already said in recent interviews that he doesn't hand starting jobs over to anyone period. Every starter has to earn the position by working his ass off

Yeah I hear that... what I meant was that I'd rather see Tennant get the job if its close between the two, since there's so much more upside to him.

On another note, how much does it take for a news headline related to the Saints to surpass the news threshold on NFL.com. That site is full of headlines like "what color underwear does Tim Tebow plan to wear to wrestle the starting QB job away from Orton" but nothing on Kreutz signing with the Saints?!

08-05-2011, 02:59 PM	#2
bbourque5 Registered Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 49	Originally Posted by FinSaint I still hope that they won't just hand out the starting position to him, but instead share the reps between him and Tennant through the preseason games, and then make the decision. Still, I have to think that SP didn't feel like Tennant was ready to step up this season or that he needed a veteran backup. Sean Payton has already said in recent interviews that he doesn't hand starting jobs over to anyone period. Every starter has to earn the position by working his ass off
bbourque5 Registered Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 49

08-05-2011, 03:34 PM	#3
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,963	Originally Posted by bbourque5 Sean Payton has already said in recent interviews that he doesn't hand starting jobs over to anyone period. Every starter has to earn the position by working his ass off Yeah I hear that... what I meant was that I'd rather see Tennant get the job if its close between the two, since there's so much more upside to him. On another note, how much does it take for a news headline related to the Saints to surpass the news threshold on NFL.com. That site is full of headlines like "what color underwear does Tim Tebow plan to wear to wrestle the starting QB job away from Orton" but nothing on Kreutz signing with the Saints?!

08-05-2011, 02:46 PM	#1
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,963	I still hope that they won't just hand out the starting position to him, but instead share the reps between him and Tennant through the preseason games, and then make the decision. Still, I have to think that SP didn't feel like Tennant was ready to step up this season or that he needed a veteran backup.