Saints LB Vilma impressed with RB Thomas

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His twists and turns and jukes and power rushes, for once, were hailed by a defensive player.

“Oh man. Jesus,” Saints linebacker responded when asked if Thomas was one of the hardest guys to bring down on first contact.

“I mean, we’re on the sidelines watching it and we started calling how many tackles he was going to break before he touched the ball,” Vilma went on. “I’ll tell you what – he was wired for that situation. He did a great job. He’s had a great year. It’s really refreshing to see him play his best ball at the end of the year.”

Of the Saints running backs during the regular season, Thomas finished with the second-most carries at 110.

But rookie Mark Ingram led the team with 122 before missing the final four games with injury and Chris Ivory had 79 in his six games after returning from the physically unable to perform list.

Saints coach Sean Payton promises Thomas wasn’t limited during the season with eyes on the playoffs, though.

“I think it’s a by-product of a rotation,” Payton said. “I don’t think there was a specific pitch count. When you separate Darren (Sproles) and his role, and then you look at Pierre (Thomas) and Mark (Ingram) and Chris (Ivory), I think it’s kind of handled itself.”

Saints LB Vilma impressed with RB Thomas | wwltv.com New Orleans

SAINTstunna · 01-09-2012, 01:38 AM

Its surely a great "PROBLEM" to have........ TOO MANY TALENTED AND EXPLOSIVE BACKS..... Not enough balls to go around,WOW!!!!!!!!

halloween 65 · 01-09-2012, 10:27 AM

He has always been a good rb. and underrated by a lot of people, not by me though. He is our best back and has been for years, I'm not taking anything away from the rest of our rb.'s but Thomas is damn good.

|Mitch| · 01-09-2012, 10:36 AM

Payton said otherwise in his press conference, but I think Sean was somewhat limiting him in the regular season; saving him for the playoffs

dizzle88 · 01-09-2012, 11:20 AM

PT plays with more heart than ive ever seen out of a player, all the tackles he broke vs lions were reminiscent of the tackles he broke vs colts in the superbowl.
Easily our best RB

Choupique · 01-09-2012, 01:13 PM

PT is the man.

I'm so glad they signed him to a multi year contract.
What a stud.

Can't tackle dat!

01-08-2012, 11:21 PM	#1
Threaded by QBREES9 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Haven Ct Posts: 23,985 Rating: (0 votes - average) His twists and turns and jukes and power rushes, for once, were hailed by a defensive player. “Oh man. Jesus,” Saints linebacker responded when asked if Thomas was one of the hardest guys to bring down on first contact. “I mean, we’re on the sidelines watching it and we started calling how many tackles he was going to break before he touched the ball,” Vilma went on. “I’ll tell you what – he was wired for that situation. He did a great job. He’s had a great year. It’s really refreshing to see him play his best ball at the end of the year.” Of the Saints running backs during the regular season, Thomas finished with the second-most carries at 110. But rookie Mark Ingram led the team with 122 before missing the final four games with injury and Chris Ivory had 79 in his six games after returning from the physically unable to perform list. Saints coach Sean Payton promises Thomas wasn’t limited during the season with eyes on the playoffs, though. “I think it’s a by-product of a rotation,” Payton said. “I don’t think there was a specific pitch count. When you separate Darren (Sproles) and his role, and then you look at Pierre (Thomas) and Mark (Ingram) and Chris (Ivory), I think it’s kind of handled itself.” Saints LB Vilma impressed with RB Thomas \| wwltv.com New Orleans Attached Thumbnails
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halloween 65 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Grand Haven, Michigan by way of a little Mississippi River town in Louisiana Posts: 5,893	He has always been a good rb. and underrated by a lot of people, not by me though. He is our best back and has been for years, I'm not taking anything away from the rest of our rb.'s but Thomas is damn good. Choupique likes this.

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dizzle88 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11,358	PT plays with more heart than ive ever seen out of a player, all the tackles he broke vs lions were reminiscent of the tackles he broke vs colts in the superbowl. Easily our best RB