Charles Brown to IR
 

Payton on WWL just reported. With hip flexor and surgery is scheduled.

Saints sign Ray Willis, OT

Strief to start at RT.

Saints placed OT Charles Brown (hip flexor) on injured reserve, ending his season.

It's a tough blow for Brown, who shined as the Saints' fill-in starter at right tackle with Zach Strief nursing an injury of his own. Coach Sean Payton revealed that Brown injured his hip flexor and will require surgery. He's been injury prone through two seasons, but should maintain a roster spot in 2012.

Source: Jeff Duncan on Twitter Nov 2 - 3:04 PM

well i hate to say it but he wasnt helping much..get well C.B and come back next year...now we can go after another 0-lineman..

Might be able to help us

Ray Willis, T for the Miami Dolphins at NFL.com

Ouch. I hope Strief is ready. I don't feel real confident with McQuistin at all.

I know Brown was hot/cold, but he was better than anything else on our roster, which translates to "oh crap, you thought it was bad before..."

At least Brown can't get drew hurt from IR

Strief and Thomas..are ready...Vilma and Ingram maybe not..

OH NO! Ray Willis wasn't on a team for a reason. Everyone is s***ing on Brown but no one played well last week. Until this past week everyone seemed to think he was the next big thing. This is a downgrade.

Brown just seems to be made of glass, which is a big part of the reason why he hasn't developed quicker. He performed better than I expected, but he would need to stay healthy for longer periods of time to really start evolving in his position.

Hope Strief is 100% and that he can perform at a higher level than he was when he went down with the injury!

This really sucks. He ha a good game against the Colts good DEs, a down game against the Rams are a thing that can happen in the development of a young OL.

DAMMIT

OK, now I'm pissed. 8 weeks into the season, and we have 2 young backups starting, one injured veteran starting, and 2 guys as backups who've collectively seen 3 games action in 3 years each.

We say, "Oh, let's get Ivory back, he'll make a difference. We don't need roster spots for offensive linemen, what the hell do they do anyway?"

There've been several serviceable tackles on the open market that have been signed by other teams in the interim.

All people have done on this board is eviscerate the offensive line. Now, I fear for anyone who lines up in the backfield. Why not put pressure by screaming, "HEY GET A BUNCH OF LINEMEN IN CAMP!" rather than piss and moan who's going to get tackled in the backfield.

64 will be back baby!!!!

Not everyone Xan... From several weeks back....

Strief will do fine.

Ray Willis, I admit, I know nothing about. But man, thats a football name.

In related news, several Saints fans also damaged their hip flexor watching last weekend's game. :)

No loss. Glad Strief's back

Marlboro, I love the new Avatar and did I mention red was my favorite color?

Too bad for Charlie Brown... He must've injured his hip whiffing on a kick as holder Lucy yanked the ball away as he was about to kick it...

Maybe it was bothering him during the game. That might explain why he was slower than a snail in a glue pot getting off the line!

Like it much beter than the butt shot of that dyke.

Charles, take the rest of the year off and comeback 100%

No loss? Have to disagree there. The Saints are replacing a guy we knew about with a guy we don't know about. Brown may not have played well last week, possibly due to his injury, but I have faith in him as a backup.
At this point in the season the Saints are left picking up scraps. Ray Willis? Never heard of him. I hope he surprises me but he probably won't and I hope that we never find out.

I've heard of Willis..he is a big boy..but he was available for a reason...he's a guard... so i don't think he will be replacing anyone yet..just depth...we might look into another vet soon..who else is out there?..anybody know?

So I guess its great when our young players end up on I instead of on the field developing?

Now Tackle position on both sides of the ball are a priority in the draft...

While not a great option, why wouldn't they think of bringing Jon Stinchcomb out of retirement... At least he is familiar with the line and the plays...

He has already lost too much weight...

Hope Strief is ready and not being rushed back.