Saints waive Joique Bell to make room for Will Smith

jeanpierre · 09-21-2011, 07:19 PM

He cleared waivers and was signed to the practice squad...

...per Kevin Spain, Times-Picayune...

jnormand · 09-21-2011, 07:19 PM

I like Bell. But I when can we use the guy? I mean we already are deep at RB. Ivory is still supposed to come back too. I hope we can keep him.

saintfan · 09-21-2011, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

He cleared waivers and was signed to the practice squad...

Wow! We should consider ourselves fortunate. I'm really surprised somebody didn't snatch him up.

homerj07 · 09-21-2011, 07:26 PM

Damn - I think we saw this coming

crawgator · 09-21-2011, 07:41 PM

That could come back and Bite us in the ass... There are some teams that need running backs..

FireVenturi · 09-21-2011, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by 73Saint

My money was on IR'ing Hartley. And while I don't typically second-guess Payton, I will say this: he is one hard-headed SOB. Hartley has been, in a lot of ways, just like Bush. Up and down, inconsistent, makes you nervous when he's near the ball, etc., etc. But for some reason, SP has a thing for him...

Has anyone else noticed how nice it is when Kasay kicks? Not the fact that his kicks split the uprights, so much as they don't hook like a bad golf shot!!

Hartley makes me nervous as hell also, he did kick us into the super bowl though...and that has gone a long way with me.

|Mitch| · 09-21-2011, 10:02 PM

Did anyone ever say exactly what was wrong with Hartley? All I ever heard was a hip injury?

saintfan · 09-21-2011, 10:38 PM

Kickers are a dime a dozen. GOOD kickers aren't. Hartley is going to be a good kicker in the NFL for a lot of years. I don't think we're going to send him packing.

Rugby Saint II · 09-22-2011, 12:36 AM

The man owns a Superbowl record for kicks over 40 yds. He missed time because of a 4 game suspension for adderol which wasn't very bright . He's good and is even going to kick better with time.

RockyMountainSaint · 09-22-2011, 02:26 AM

Pigs have flown!
Hell has frozen over!
The Saints are on their way to the Superbowl!

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09-21-2011, 07:19 PM	#11
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saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Originally Posted by jeanpierre He cleared waivers and was signed to the practice squad... Wow! We should consider ourselves fortunate. I'm really surprised somebody didn't snatch him up. strato likes this.

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FireVenturi Cold as Ice! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Da Big Easy Posts: 2,978	Originally Posted by 73Saint My money was on IR'ing Hartley. And while I don't typically second-guess Payton, I will say this: he is one hard-headed SOB. Hartley has been, in a lot of ways, just like Bush. Up and down, inconsistent, makes you nervous when he's near the ball, etc., etc. But for some reason, SP has a thing for him... Has anyone else noticed how nice it is when Kasay kicks? Not the fact that his kicks split the uprights, so much as they don't hook like a bad golf shot!! Hartley makes me nervous as hell also, he did kick us into the super bowl though...and that has gone a long way with me. RockyMountainSaint likes this.

09-21-2011, 10:38 PM	#18
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Kickers are a dime a dozen. GOOD kickers aren't. Hartley is going to be a good kicker in the NFL for a lot of years. I don't think we're going to send him packing. iceshack149 likes this.

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Rugby Saint II Bounty Money $$$ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5800 Airline Dr. Metairie, LA. Posts: 24,052	The man owns a Superbowl record for kicks over 40 yds. He missed time because of a 4 game suspension for adderol which wasn't very bright . He's good and is even going to kick better with time. RockyMountainSaint likes this.

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\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	Did anyone ever say exactly what was wrong with Hartley? All I ever heard was a hip injury?